google maps at -- as stoner hill. the city put up a fence last year for a few months, but as soon as it came down the problems came back. >> what you have is a city that cares deeply for humanity. >>reporter: this resident says her empathy only goes so far. she says the homeless are one thing, urban travelers another. >> we are attracting a group of people to our state that are seeking marijuana. >>reporter: she says the police are trying, even suggesting turning on the speakers -- sprinklers when large group start to congregate. >> every idea they get to city council, the government gets

a spokeswoman told us there are solutions " coming down the pipeline >>reporter:, but she does it -- did not comment on what those solutions might be. safety measures come too late at a wearable crossing the killed a family. stephen and christie miller and three other daughters were killed a couple months ago on their way to church. a train hit their minivan and a crossing. after the county with that an application for safety upgrades. at the time the crossing only had a sign, which is the case of 45% of railroad crossings in the state. police are calling the drowning death of two young sisters and their babysitter and unfortunately -- unfortunate accident.

year-old babysitter. an adult at the pool notice something was wrong. when staff and officers tried to save the girls it was too laae. we have new video showing something you never want to see what you are driving to denver late at night. take a look.>> [ clip playing ] >> say patrol say they got called twice just after 3 am about a car going the wrong way on the highway. troopers tried to find the charter, but no luck. i guess the good say they never got a call about any crashes. tonight the city takes a step towards holding law- enforcement more accountable. they want to make sure the office of independent monitor does not go away. we are by the city hall where a rally just wrapped up. >>reporter: the denver justice project is behind that push. members tell me the current mayor or any of his successors to do away with the independent monitor's office if they

by an ordinance. it came a part of the city charter and doing away with it would be difficult. a little earlier protesters gathered outside the city and county building asking members to do the right thing and the office reviews investigations related to access the police force and misconduct and makes recommendations. >> it has been difficult in the past for the office to make findings on investigations didn't have all the facts. they have been having problems getting body camera footage and things like that.>>reporter: denver city council recently strengthened the ordinance requiring the denver police turn over records in a timely manner. alex of the denver justice products says he would also like to see the office of independent monitor be given investigative authority and a bigger budget. he would also like the public

office. the denver sheriff says he will not tolerate excessive force and he has fired three deputies ingests two weeks. theyll worked at the downtown detention center. this adams county deputy in that up behind bars, police arrested him earlier this month on charges of domestic violencee arrest reports rel ground and slammed her head to the floor. he is not administratively. and online petition to impeach a judge involved in a high-profile rape case worlds. the judge sentenced the man to work release and 20 years probation. advocates call that a slap on the risk thing the only way to get rid of the guys -- judges through impeachment.

county sheriff's office is still looking for the person behind this hateful graffiti. the sheriff's office tells me it shows light on the growing tensions between cycle is as drivers. -- ccclists and drivers. >> i got hit by a car twice. >>reporter: into this isn't the norm. >> i do not think it is any place for threats and graffiti on the highway. think that it's dom.>>reporter: the sentiments worse prepayment during a cycling event this past weekend. and blew the hateful graffiti read kill off paddlers and cars should kill you. >> it is disheartening and happening more often. >>reporter: the executive director of the largest biking

but still anger her. >> what you have people such as this deciding for everyone the cars should kill cyclists is ridiculous. >> she says graffiti like this causes for confrontation. the drivers are still going to be on the road. >>reporter: a role that some drivers tend to forget is for everyone. >> drivers feel inconvenience, but >>reporter: the sheriff's office says the person behind it could face jail time. aid in dying? the secretary of state just verified petition for a measure allowing patients with terminal illnesses to get a prescription for life ending drugs. how would you like to spend

while asking us for help. she sent us this video of residence shoveling out trash from their government subsidized apartment building in denver. trash pile so high the smell is making people sick. they say management just wouldn't listen. but when we started at the -- started asking questions we got quick actions.>>reporter: smell was nauseating. you can see where this dumpster is overflowing, that was all trash that they moved outside after we started making calls. you can see they is still quite an issue. you have mattresses and furniture piled up. people who live. say they are cries for help have gone unheard. people living in courthouse sq., apartments and outside today to escape the smell.>> it smells like a dead body. >>reporter: inside, they show us the trash room.

the third floor, but this weekend it as worse. this cell phone video showing residents shoveling trash out of the rooms themselves because of the smell. >> this was filled up to the fifth floor on the weekend. >>reporter: people here tell us order is in their only concern. >> someone throws a cigarette bobbed -- cigarette butt in there and it is up in flames.>>reporter: second floor flies are everywhere and roaches. >> how would you like to live here or have your mother living here? >>reporter: she tells us management is usually out to lunch so we tried calling. we even went to the denver office not long after we started investigating a group of men showed up. and cleaned out the trash room, something people living here

>> we sign for a clean and safe environment and we have either. >>reporter: the management company says maintenance was on vacation so they could it be out here dumping the trash. we have not heard back from the corporate office about what went wrong and what they are doing to fix it. >> but it was cleaned up, bottom-line. denver7 is launching a new series addressing ho tonight we look for a plan for

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>> tonight, part one of our series, homeless in denver behind the sign. >> and a lot of people might think of this as all one person's trash, but it becomes a dumping spot.>> this man has been living on denver street for almost 4 years. >> there is probably 20 or 30 people here. >> most mornings you will find him picking up what others have tossed out. >> homeless people do throw trash on the ground house people. >> he is one of about 6000 people experiencing homelessness throughout the denver area. >> we do have a crisis. >> a city councilman says the mayor's new affordable housing plan will help. >> if we can build 6000 affordable homes in 10 years that is maybe 8 to 10,000 people. >> it is unclear how many will help the poorest people. >> we have something like

city of denver. >> it isn't even bleaker picture when you look at the housing available. this group's deficit is six this group's deficit is 6 to 8000 units, making up the vast majority. >> i have thought of a are trying to do it, but it is a drop in the bucket and nowhere near what we need to have. >> we don't pay you are going to stop hiring police officers because you are never point in crime and you shoun' >> for people on the street this is a difficult reality. >> if we were told you can use this land, right here, right now, within a day or two we would have a village. >> teresa how it works with denver homeless. they have their own plan for affordable housing, tiny housing. it has been met with measure

that tiny homes, but i like the idea. i like this group of individuals are coming together to say this may actually work. >> i do not think there any -- is any community and apartment buildings, people on top of people on top of people. i have been in construction for 30 years. i lost everything i had. once i ended up on the street probably did the same thing a lot of people do, panic. i started really drinking a lot and that was that. i used to go to the median -- meeting strong and higher crack and no one judge before. they put up with it, which was probably very difficult. and then i started sobering up. >> for ray and the thousands of people without rooms over their

and that is part one of our special series. the city council will meet wednesday to discuss the affordable housing project. imagine fighting a massive wildfire and spotting this..it happened yesterday. it reached more than 36,000 acres and is 44% contained. firefighters did not expect to have that number up until the end of october. nice to see a little moisture out there to help. we have a few showers around us. some of those came down onto the plains moving into the denver area this afternoon. for the most part, just a spin of rank, gusty winds and a couple rumbles of thunder. this is what it looks like right now. you can see that activity off to the east. none of it has been severe today.

a bag. a few thunderstorms up to the north extending up to around nebraska. here is how it looks right now. some of those storm clouds off to the north. in denver we have hazy skies and winds from the north at 15. temperatures were in the 90s. the 44th day of 90 or better so far this summer. 92 the high which was six tie -- six shy of tying the record. look at the high temperature statewide, into the 90s on the eastern plains, 98 degrees employed low. flight -- degrees coming in in pueblo. overnight, skies will be mostly clear, low temperatures getting pretty comfortable, 38 degrees,

warmest temperature is 64 degrees. tomorrow starts off mainly sunny, just enough moisture in the atmosphere that by lunchtime if you showers are popping up in the mountains. some light thunderstorms move through, not quite as hot, but about where it should be for the middle of august. 94 degrees down and lofton. a mix of 60s and 70s in the mountains and middle to upper 80s expected on the planes tonight. just a few isolated storms primarily east of denver. the high temperature expected and 88. sunny in the morning and a few storms in the afternoon. pretty much the same ssory on wednesday with a high around 90. we had a cold front moving to the state thursday and brought us a better chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. 72 degrees on friday, mostly cloudy. the weekend looks pretty good,

sunny and a delightful 80 degrees. welcome to seven sports extra. breaking news and a 19th of broncos camp, thence walker out for the season, he tore his acl at practice this morning. terrible news, he was having a great camp. after a bad day on saturday joy has the latest. >> we still do not know who was going to start the quarterback. what we do know is they played much better on monday. several big plays. the offense is tired of being pushed around, emmanuel sanders got into it with chris harris.

out, but it was an indication that it was that time of. >> we are just tired of going at each other. we have to keep our composure. guys are going to get upset and battle each other, but there are some things that will not let you do on the field. we can't do that in practice either. they're just competing. nobody was thrown out of anything. >> super bowl l was for pat, but there was one last tribute to his legacy. vote. he is a finalist out to see if he will get into camp. he is more than deserving. five losing seasons and 33 years. she deserves to be in camp. >> big news from rio, the first us woman to ever win a medal in this event. anna lee, we went out on the

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two teenagers who has $10,000 worth of damage at the montessori peaks academy. deputies say they snuck inside early saturday morning. they had 6 foot pipes and smashed out 20 windows and

bar believe people vandalize this window advertisement for a purpose. you see it introduces breastmilk facials. the owners believe people smashed out the window because they do not agree with that type of facial.

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over but we've got news on what's going on with some of team usa when they return home from rio. on "the top of the list," post-olympic pandemonium is number one. team usa going from rio to your breakfast table. special k is kicking wheaties to the curb in order to feature the final five on the gold medal edition of special k red berry. and how about michael phelps. >> it's the end of my career, it's the start of something new. that's something i look forward to. >> the winner of 23 gold medals will be heading to arizona state university where he'll be an assistant coach for their swim and dive team. wait, assistant? so the coach is somehow better than fell s? looks like every one of the olympic swimmers just found their new school of choice. >> the interest that people have in swimming and asu program, it's insane. another sport, soccer.

obviously this soccer match isn't happening in rio but it's arguably more important. it's in minnesota and one of the teams is made up of pups. >> i think it's beagles. >> the other team is made up of men, young and not so young, from a community group calls the gentleman's club. >> pretty amazing. >> the goal of the game and other activities like improve the community's relationship with the police force. >> it's a great opportunity for us to interact with community members. >> maybe it's not the olympics but it is a game of champions forming bonds on the soccer field. bridging the gap to long-awaited justice. the unmaking of a murderer at number three. >> please help me if you can. sincerely, brendan dassey. >> help is on the way for brendan dassey, the mentally