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When Yorkiss Ramos and her family first arrived in Denver two years ago, she heard about an apartment complex that offered cheap rent and required little documentation to lease. The 35-year-old Venezuelan immigrant and her family moved to a building on Aurora’s Nome Street in 2023. When she wasn’t cleaning houses and offices, she felt confined to the dilapidated apartment, with its rats and bed bugs. She was fearful of the rumored gang activity outside and the growing national backlash toward recent immigrants like her. The property’s owners, CBZ Management, ignored requests for help, she said. The apartments “were already…

My husband and I experienced an unimaginable loss when our son, Lucas, was stillborn seven years ago. On May 14, 2018, just a day after Mother’s Day, my husband and I went to the hospital. I was 39 weeks pregnant with our first child. With joy and anticipation, we were looking forward to meeting our son, Lucas. His name means “light,” because his arrival would light up our world. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, I experienced a placental abruption — a serious condition where the placenta separates from the uterus, cutting off oxygen and nutrients to the baby. I…

When the 2025 Rockies take the field, there’s a good chance something extraordinary will happen. It’s usually not good, but it is unique. Case in point: Their 13-6 loss to the Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. The Rockies trailed just 4-3 when Arizona came to bat in the fifth. Right-hander Tanner Gordon retired the first two hitters, but the D-backs rifled out nine consecutive two-out hits and scored eight runs. The D-backs had never done that before, and the Rockies had never had it happen to them before. The Rockies had their chances to avoid the fifth-inning carnage.…

One of the largest wildfires ever recorded in Colorado persisted Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fueled the flames and officials stood ready to order additional evacuations in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties. The Lee Fire exploded in size over the weekend and as of 6 p.m. Sunday, it was blazing across 106,672 acres or 167 square miles, making it the sixth-largest wildfire in the state’s history. The fire, south of Meeker, continued to push south toward Garfield County. Crews had reached 6% containment on the fire on Saturday, according to Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 3. No…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Bo Nix looked and sounded Saturday night like a guy who was happy to just be back on the football field playing against another team. The film review of his offense’s performance over three drives early in the Broncos’ eventual 30-9 win over San Francisco might not be particularly pretty, but the second-year quarterback brushed off any thought of concern after the game. “I thought it was good and I thought our team competed really well,” Nix said of the overall effort. “It was fun to see guys get out there and fly around. As the…

With the dog days of summer barking, 18 of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams entered Saturday with records of .500 or better. Theoretically, all of those teams have a shot at the postseason. The team with baseball’s best record? That would be the Brewers at 71-44 through Friday’s games. Yes, those Brewers with a $113 million payroll that ranks 23rd in baseball, according to Spotrac. Yes, those Brewers, who are headed toward their seventh postseason in eight years. Their plus-128 run differential is best in the majors, which is impressive considering it was minus-32 after a 0-4 start to this…

PHOENIX — The Colorado Rockies’ season to forget is trending down once again. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled off the wall in left with one out in the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-5 victory over Colorado on Saturday night, handing Colorado its sixth straight loss. Geraldo Perdomo had his third hit of the game, a double to right-center off Jimmy Herget (0-2) with one out in the ninth. Gurriel followed with the drive off the wall to easily score Perdomo. Gurriel drove in three runs, the first two with a sacrifice fly and a single. Andrew Hoffmann…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a relatively inauspicious first-team start, the Broncos’ reserve brigade cleaned up in a 30-9 win over San Francisco in their first preseason game of 2025. Here’s a look at the Denver stock that rose and fell on Saturday night. Stock up Trent Sherfield, WR: Toss a few stacks into the Sherfield 500 fund, at your earliest convenience. After keying in on the free-agent wideout with a two-year deal this spring, Sherfield’s spent the entirety of training camp showing he shouldn’t be viewed as just a specialist. He’s shown sticky hands. He’s shown some burst. And it…

Dugan Darnell’s major league debut was perfect. The 28-year-old relief pitcher entered a game that appeared hopelessly lost. Yet, when all was said and done, he’d won. It was the story of his baseball career — told in two innings. When the undrafted right-hander strolled to the mound at Coors Field to Eminem’s “Square Dance” in the eighth inning on Aug. 1, few took much notice. The Rockies trailed the Pirates, 16-9. Many in the crowd of 36,030 had drifted off into the sweltering Friday night. But in the Rockies’ family section, a dozen fans lived and died with every…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Matt Henningsen’s season is over before it ever started. The reserve Broncos defensive lineman tore his Achilles tendon Thursday and will be placed on season-ending injured reserve, head coach Sean Payton confirmed after Denver’s Saturday night preseason win against San Francisco. Henningsen, a 2022 sixth-round pick out of Wisconsin, suffered the injury during a 1-on-1 drill at Thursday’s joint practice with the 49ers. “I hate it for him,” Payton said after the Broncos beat the 49ers, 30-9, in the preseason opener. Henningsen, Payton said, will have surgery to repair the Achilles after the team gets back…