My wife had a crazy experience during drop-off at Bear Creek this morning. As she and my son were crossing Table Mesa, a woman in her 50s or 60s driving an olive-green Subaru honked, accelerated, and veered toward them, trying to hit them. Thankfully, she missed.

My wife reported the incident to the police, who said they've received other reports and will be focusing on the area.

Has anyone else encountered this psycho?

I might be crazy here, but since it's been getting dark earlier these days, I've been struggling with flashlight etiquette from folks out walking. A couple times in the last week, I'll either be biking home or driving through the poorly lit neighborhoods, see a walker with flashlight in the distance, but as I approach they point the thing right at my face making it really tough to see them, their dog (maybe), or anything else in their immediate vicinity. I get that you want to be safe, and see stuff or whatever, but you don't need to point it AT me to be seen! Just flash it around a little, make your presence known, and I won't run into you. Pointing it straight at my face just makes it harder to see anything. Anyway, just wanted to throw a PSA out there in case any of ya'll are night strollers.

Hi, after my prior (much more negative) post, I want to try and make Boulder more enjoyable for me. Does anyone want to join me for a movie? Maybe dig a hole? If so, dm me!

I’d like to hang out with people around my age (18-20).

I am going to pearl street on Halloween for that masquerade thing on the 31st, let me know!

EDIT: I am Male (it’s a shame that this detail determines safety).

Before human habitation, turkeys were endemic to the area, I think. Im told native peoples had them domesticated. But in the 90s, there were no wild turkeys in the mountains to be seen. Now they are common. What changed? It couldnt be overhunting as we could hunt turkeys just as well in 1996 as in 2026. Did the laws around hunting them change?

This was from a recent hotline email. .Thank you Carolyn for speaking to PUC on behalf of the community.

On October 21, Carolyn Elam, our Sustainability Senior Manager for Energy Systems in Climate Initiatives, provided public comment to the PUC, formally requesting action to address ongoing power reliability concerns. Specifically, the City asked the Commission to open a formal investigation into the root causes of these issues, require a corrective action plan, and direct Xcel to develop a comprehensive plan to address aging infrastructure.  For those interested, the recording is available here. Staff is now in conversation with Xcel’s regulatory team and PUC staff to advance the city’s request for a formal plan and to determine the best pathway to present such a plan to the Commission. 

Hello! I run Dungeons and Dragons games professionally and I have an opening this Friday evening 10/30 if someone would like to host a spooky Halloween inspired game of 5e DnD and have me be the dungeon master for your group! I'll have multiple spooky story options, and I'm happy to have new players at the table.

Games are around 4-5​ hours and usually have 5 player spots available. This would be in person, and I would come to your space. ​

anyone know what the heck happened there? smoking Subaru appeared to have taken out a tree—no other vehicles involved. I hope everyone is ok!!! EMS was not on scene when I drove by around 4pm.

Can someone please explain to me how these rental companies are able to get away with asking you to sign a lease renewal 9 months before the end of a (residential) lease? Is this typical? (Outside of student housing?) As a young working professional with precarious future plans and a difficult and competitive job market, I have no idea if I will be here in 9 months. I understand maybe even 6 months in advance but I JUST signed over the summer for this place? (The furthest in advance I’ve ever had to sign in my 10 years of renting has been maybe 4 months in advance?)

It feels predatory to me. Maybe I am out of line here and I understand that this is a college town and that is partially what drives these competitive rentals, but I don’t even necessarily live in a “college” part of town, intentionally, (meaning on the north side of pearl..) because I am not a student.

I am being asked to make a decision this week (with very little notice) as to whether or not I will be re-signing for next year. This feels extremely predatory since I just signed, I have no idea what my plans are for the year and as they also mentioned they will begin marketing and showing my apartment TOMORROW if I do not agree to renew now. And the other thing? This is totally legal in Boulder. (As far as I understand.)

This is my home- this is where I live. I of course would like to stay assuming I take a job offer in the area but that is so far away and so TBD how do I decide now? It’s also invasive having people touring your home. And if I agree today to sign this lease for NEXT year, and then decide to take a job elsewhere or leave Boulder, I will be hit with heavy fines for breaking a lease agreement. And moving is just a pain in general (but I digress, I’m trying to remain constructive.)

I also know through friends who are in the affordable housing workforce and city planning that vacancies for rentals are at an all time high and this is driving companies to try to secure tenants at alarming rates (but perhaps its the over-priced, un-renovated apartments that are the issue, plus a decline in people migrating to colorado.)

Please be kind but reasonable in your responses, I am genuinely just looking for support, perspective and or reason to better understand this. Finding (affordable) housing in this town is hard enough as a single working adult, (and almost always requires roommates.) I’d just like to have the peace of mind to know I’m not getting screwed over either way? Or love to see better local policies on this in the future because there are more than just college students in this town.

(P.s. separate rant but to my last point there, we need more representation to the in-between, as in between the college students and the more affluent residents of boulder. The lower/middle working class in boulder is a super difficult place to be. unless I am missing something here… Hopefully some of these prepositions on the ballot are progressive in helping this? IDK, enlighten me. OPEN DISCUSSION.)

Hi all! I will be visiting Boulder in the first week of November. I am an avid birder, and was wondering if anyone had any spots they recommend in the area for birding during the colder season? Thanks so much!

Hello! We're currently fostering the sweety Stubbings! She is cuddly, potty-trained, house-trained, leash-trained, great with other dogs, and cats!

Stubbings is what I call a 'good to go' adult dog! She'll need some patience adjusting to a new home but otherwise is a no-training needed loyal companion. She's low/medium energy. Would enjoy hanging in a yard or going on a few walks a day but doesn't need a crazy exercise schedule.

Feel free to share her pic with your social circles to get the word out! Happy to answer any questions, we are fostering through Soul Dog Rescue and you can visit their site to read about the organization, learn about the adoption process, and see other available animals. They have been really awesome to foster with and do great work.

Have a great day!

I am looking for a good local mechanic that won’t completely overcharge me for my 2021 VW Tiguan’s 40k mile maintenance protocol. Otherwise will resort to the dealership but wanted to know of any recommendations before I made that decision.

Taken by a pleb (me) on the second

What is up with the sad,torn Now Enrolling sign in front of the school? Is it not closing?

Has anyone been there recently and can comment

Hi all!

A friend of mine (who doesn't use social media) is debating applying to buy one of the Boulder Regional Affordable Homeownership condo units in the Village at Boulder Creek Condos (2510 Taft Drive). She said she hadn't seen anyone online saying whether they liked/disliked living there, so I offered to post something here to see if anyone has any thoughts on it. She's a pretty quiet person and is mainly worried about noise level given it's so close to Folsom Field, but it is very close to her work.

To clarify, this isn't the similarly named student apartment building University Village at Boulder Creek which is down the street at 2600 Taft Drive (which she says there's a lot more reviews of).

If anyone on here lives/has lived/knows someone in the Village at Boulder Creek Condos and has any insight please feel free to share! Thanks in advance!

I’m getting married in June and would love some recommendations for bridal make up artists in Denver/Boulder! I’m planning on getting make up for me and my bridal party, any suggestions are appreciated!

Hello,

My friend has a disability and is in a nightmare housing situation in Boulder.

Her carpet was so old it was worn down to the cement in areas. She put rugs over it. They agreed to replace the carpet as part of her lease.

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The new carpet is has a thick sludge on it. It’s sticky. A professional carpet cleaner said he’s never seen anything like it. She has gone into anaphylaxis trying to access her unit after the carpet install. It’s been three weeks since the install. Paramedics keep telling her to stop trying to go inside. It’s unsafe for her. Her throat swells up. The carpet is from a local company and smells like burning vanilla piss. She has burned through epi pens and ER trips trying to get to her loved one’s ashes, other things important to her and her wellbeing.

She gave medical verification the unit is unsafe until the toxic sludge carpet is removed. They point blank explained she is at risk of imminent death until it is removed. It is unsafe and not habitable. She has asked for permission to pay at her cost to remove the carpet and put in something else higher quality, on a rental, just to get access to her things and stop the crisis. She is paying rent still. They blew up her email telling her they will not allow it.

They agreed to replace the flooring with unknown flooring by the same vendor of flooring if she signs away her fair housing act rights. She is gently declining to do that.

They demanded she pick up some weird flooring off a website that has no details about the flooring. Others cough and get sick in the unit. No one wants to live in it. It’s gross.

Can anyone help us with this? We need an advocate. Can anyone point me in any direction to help her?

Nothing is showing up on the Xcel outage map (or Reddit) but ever single stoplight along table Mesa is out, all the way to foothills, causing serious problems.

I didn’t notice in outage but it could have just happened.

any Milwaukee fans going out anywhere to watch the game tomorrow, Tuesday night.

Note to anyone banking with MeriTrust Credit Union, which used to be Premier Members Credit Union. Debit cards issued by this bank since at least the first of October have been dysfunctional unless activated and secured in-person at a MeriTrust branch.

I spent three weeks, solo, in Southern Mexico unable to access my account for cash. So, I had no pesos and therefore was restricted in what I could do, to include the average taxi ride. It also meant, since I had to use a credit card for everything, the trip cost me more.

I spent hours over days trying to solve the problem and, since MeriTrust has not seen fit to notify customers, I hope this post will be helpful to you. Just, do not leave town without another means of obtaining cash.

I need something productive to do, I would like to find something that offers a friendship and mentorship. I cannot drive, and have very little experience in life, but I am yearnin for a learnin.

I would love to learn the basics and work alongside a mentor at jobsites. bonding with the mentor is a must for me.

Thanks!!

(I think ranch work might be better, I made this post to ask for help finding a mentor/to find a mentor)

Edit: please stop giving me school advice as that was not the purpose of my post.