welcome to 9news at five. it is not every day we get phone calls about a bad review posted online. but today we had to look into claims made against a florence store in highlands ranch. an employee is accused of using a gay slur against a customer

>> this is what it's supposed to look like. >> reporter: the job was supposed to take two days. >> we have a crack here, manufactured crack there. >> reporter: but it's taken five days. >> spend $3,000 in stone and see a crack here and there. >> reporter: and james has made five trips to floor and decor in highlands ranch. >> that's our first stop, because prices are really good, always gotten great treatment there. >> reporter: the bad review james wrote had nothing to do with the quality of the st the store manager in front of my 4-year-old. i guess the stores have problems with gays. >> the manager came over was not too happy. >> reporter: when he says a manager asked him to buy the boxes and leave. >> i just told him, i said, hey, my husband and i spend a lot of money here.

that explains it now, that [bleep] voted for hillary. he said, trump is going to make america great again. i'll probably get emotional. he basically said, what are you [bleep] going to do to this child? >> reporter: he left and posted his review and shared his story on facebook. >> it's not so much a political thing. it's human rights and having somebody go that low somebody, you know. >> reporter: righting this kind of wrong. >> i don't want to get anybody in trouble. hopefully when he's older he can see dad stood up. >> we reached out to floor and

they say they're conducting a thorough investigation. james said he also heard from a regional manager this morning who did apologize. the man accused of hitting and killing a colorado state trooper is charged with careless driving resulting in death and failure to yield to the right of way. noeruiz has no criminal and bonded this morning. the trooper was investigating another earlier crash when he was hit on the road. the douglas county sheriff's office is reminding everyone to move over for law enforcement. >> there's a law in place for emergency vehicles. there's a reason why this is there. and this is why. we don't want this to happen. unfortunately, we've seen it happen to two troopers over the

be careful. >> today a spokesman for u.s. foods which owns the truck involved in the extent released a statement -- trooper donahue was an 11-year veteran the colorado state patrol. a nine-day mourning period is underway in cuba following the death of fidel castro. concerts and bars shut down last night after the news was announced by ra churches and flags flying at half staff. his body will be cremated according to his wishes. a burial is set for december 4th. we'll have more on reaction around the world coming up in our second half hour. hillary clinton's presidential campaign says it will participate in a recount of the votes cast in wisconsin's election. the news comes after jill stein initiated a recount there and

ones in michigan and pennsylvania. they know the odds of reversing a recount are slim. trump won michigan by less than 12,000 votes, wisconsin by less than 30,000, and pennsylvania by less than 70,000. clinton would have to win recounts in all three states to receive enough electoral votes to win. president-elect efforts today and called on voters to accept the results and look to the future. sunny skies and fairly warm temperatures on the front range. changes are coming. a storm arrives in colorado tomorrow, bringing heavy mountain snow and cooler company. we want to bring in meteorologist becky ditchfield from the weather center. are we going to see snow in the metro area is what folks are wondering? >> it's possible. it's not going to be a lot. if you want a lot of snow

mountains for that forecast. but some is possible around the denver metro area. it may happen about 9:00 in the morning or closer to the noon hour. right now we still don't have much going on across the city. just partly cloudy skies and fairly calm conditions. those temperatures today are going to, or excuse me, those temperatures today were mild and we're expecting them to drop as we head into tonight into the 30s. here's a look at what those 52 boulder. 53 in denver. avalon park 46. in the high country, silver thorn you're at 32. speaking of the mountains, check out the extensive winter weather advisories and warnings. nothing happening across the state yet. west just off and moving onto front going quickly approach the state and we will see snow arrive in our northern and central mountains by early tomorrow morning.

tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. 7:30rain/snow mix in fort collins, greeley. still no snow in denver. chance around lunchtime and it gets windy and chilly for the remainder of the day. for the remainder of tonight, those temperatures are going to be falling. 42 degrees at 7:00. 40 at 8:00. and at 9:00 we'll drop to about 39. this system brings as i mentioned a lot of snow to our mountains. we'll about that forecast coming up, and we'll detail the outlook the rest of the weekend as well. thank you. we are less than a half hour from kickoff of one of the biggest cu football games in years. they are talking on utah and if they win they are moving on to the pac 12 championship. our rod mackey is live at the game. i can't imagine the excitement out there now. >> reporter: boulder is

the scenario for cu simple, beat utah here tonight and they are in the pac 12 championship game next week against washington in california. beating the utes on this field will be easier said than done. this season has been all about firsts. coach mack came into the season with three wins, or nine total wins as head coach in boulder. he has nine wins already this number 10 tonight would be the big difference. punch their ticket for that championship game. i guess it's safe to say that things in boulder have definitely changed. >> football is important at the university of colorado. just hadn't been very good in a while. now that hopefully we can inkee doing what we're enjoying doing and keep building it and develop fans that are in elementary school that the kids in elementary school, haven't

younger. hopefully we can keep developing that and get a lot of following back, and i think it's kind of reconnected and rekindleed old sparks maybe. >> it means everything to be able to help turn the program around with this group of seniors and everyone else. it's a great feeling. usually this time of year we're just playing for pride basically. i'm proud of the way our team ourselves there's a lot more we can accomplish. this week is important for us. >> reporter: it's loud here. part of the reason i can't hear, because it's a sellout. the first sellout for cu at home since way back in 2008 when colt mccoy and the texas longhorns came to town. another reason this game is

we'll send it back to you guys. >> no doubt very loud out there. thanks, rod. if the players are excited, you can imagine the fans are too. this is the first sellout game there since 2008. nelson garcia is live with more on this excitement from fans. nelson. >> reporter: people are flooding into folsom field now. have endured a lot of heartache, i'm sure you can imagine this place is electric with a chance to go to the pac 12 championship game. one fan brought her 2-year-old son to this game. this would be his first cu game ever. we have talked to fans who have been been to a cu -- haven't been to a cu game in decades. this game, if they win, is like a big part of the healing

endured so much mediocrity over the years. >> i think, you know, there's a lot of us that believed in them the whole time and we sat here and watched them lose and lose and lose, until it's just so fun, because we believed in them and they're actually doing it. it's just great there's some awesome football happening in boulder. >> reporter: students tell us that ticket prices have skyrocketed heading into this game with so much demand trying to get to this game because it's so big. to be fair, there are utah fans here, so there are a lot of people who drove in as well to gobble up some of those tickets. but we have talked to folks who already, if cu wins tonight, they are going to be booking their travel to santa clara. >> i'm sure they are. nelson, thank you. it's been a tough ski season so far thanks to the warmer november. but that means big business for a specialized facility at copper mountain. we'll explain coming up.

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open pretty soon here. this warm dry november hasn't been good for skiing outdoors. one ski area's business is booming. matt, people not getting the excitement they want outdoors are heading indoors. >> reporter: you bet. indoors is where it's happening. if you can't do your tricks on the snow, then you head in here. they have ski jumps, th got foam pits, they've got just about everything you want to practice on. if you can't do your 360 on the snow, you can come indoors and try it here.at the woodward barn in summit county -- >> pretty much everything in the county has been through our doors. >> reporter: emily and the staff are busy. >> it has been so busy the last few weeks.

sports facility. >> we have been the family hangout in summit county. >> reporter: where just outside their windows skiers are hitting the hill at copper mountain. but so far, there's not a lot of hill to hit anywhere. with warm temperatures limiting the amount of terrain open during a busy holiday weekend. >> we're opening terrain as we can. woodward barn is a great alternative to on hill action. >> reporter: that's sending their dare vi and you need to train on better, safer stuff. >> reporter: tuning their skills on jumps. >> those are good for simulating skiing so you can go off these jumps here. >> reporter: or trampolines without having to find snow. >> bounce around, get in the foam pits. >> reporter: even regular skiers are showing up. >> you can work on your general skills, and also balance and coordination on the trampoline. >> reporter: and all of it is keeping emily racing to keep

>> reporter: with isrush of indoor ski area business. >> i'm praying for that snow. i want it to come, but i'm also not bad at the business we're getting. >> reporter: now, there are a lot of ski teams training here as well. like a robotic camera. we're going to stop because it's shifting around. a lot of ski teams training as well. christine, normally in the afternoon this place is pretty empty. not a lot of people coming in here because it's terrain is opening up, having powder days. that's not happening now. this place is packed all day, all afternoon, and why not? might as well have some fun if you can't get out on the snow, right? >> absolutely. i'm worried about the other

>> reporter: yeah. and trying to keep this camera from spinning around. it wants to show you where i'm going i think. >> you be careful out there. make sure you have your knee pads on, matt. we'll talk to you in a bit. we hope you got out to enjoy today's mild weather, because we know this won't be sticking around for long. a storm is coming in tomorrow. becky has your full forecast

three, two, one, light the lights! >> there you have it. the holiday season officially kicked off last night when the lights went on at the denver

night's parade here at 9news. sailing at 9,000 feet usually a short summer season. but not the case this year. november is almost over and there's one last boat on the dillon reservoir. the owner says he's still taking his boat out for mountain sailing after thanksgiving. the mornings are cold and ice is forming near the shore, but he says by the afternoon the temperatures have gotten warm enough to be the last boat on the water. i love that. we have the people holding on to every last bit, dare i say summer, with 60s at this point. people getting their christmas trees, it's kind of a mix of all these seasons. big changes are coming our way. mountains will see a lot of snow coming up over the next 24 to 48 hours. here in town we're not expecting a lot of snow, but it will get chillier. now this is the divide. still dry there.

and johnson tunnels. temperatures as christine was saying quite mild this afternoon. we'll hit 60 official at the airport. way above our average of 47. dia is colder. it's 38. 49 for greeley. 45 for fort collins. 30s up against the foothills. here outside of the 9news back yard, partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. our but we're going to be dropping. highs will be closer to that 53- degree reading you see there. you see all that blue and red to our west? those are winter weather advisories and warnings for a storm system just now coming onshore to our west. you can see the rain and snow pushing into california. cold front is just ahead of that and it will quickly move across the inner mountain west, making its way into colorado tonight. back side of this system we see

some of that could cross i-25. it won't be a lot. this system quickly moves off to the northeast and while it does so, we're going to have partly cloudy skies around here. windy conditions. not a lot of snow. most of that snow continues for our northern, central and southern mountains through tuesday. what does this mean for the broncos' game? well, they face the chiefs this sunday at 6:30 p.m. temperatures are going to be dropng a little bit gusty. but it is expected to be dry. those showers mostly moving east of i-25 during tomorrow morning and early tomorrow afternoon. 11:30tonight we'll start to see snow in the san juans. it will work its way north, north of i-70 by 6:30 early tomorrow morning. then at about 7:30 crosses i-25 with an isolated rain or snow shower in places like fort collins, greeley and loveland. by about lunchtime that will be

around here. then we'll be under partly cloudy skies, windy conditions the remainder of the day, while the snow continues to fall in our mountains. winter weather advisories that start early tomorrow and go through 5:00 a.m. tuesday. 6to 12 inches expected along the continental divide. eastern side of the san juans we'll se4 to 10 inches of snow. 2to 4 inches expected near the four corners and up again around the upper rive butte, winter storm warnings also through tuesday morning. ten to 20 inches will fall near steamboat springs and around rabbit ears pass. southwest san juans expecting 10 to 20 inches there. and 8 to 16 falling in places like vail, snow mass and aspen. not that much snow. isolated shower here. this is mainly a high country event. 31 our low tonight. 28 greeley.

plains with 20s for the mountains. look for winds tonight out of the southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. we'll start to get a few more clouds around here, too. isolated rain or snow shower possible, but not much in the way of accumulation for us tomorrow and early tomorrow afternoon. 55 the high with sunshine. but winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. then 49 and breezy monday with mostly cloudy skies. tuesday looks mostly cloudy with a high of just 36. wednesday and thursday we're in the upper 30s and low 40s with a little bit of sunshine around here. so after a mild day today we are really going to start to take a turn to more winter-like temperatures and they hang on for quite some time. >> considering that it's almost december, i suppose it's time. >> right. there are some people who are going, finally! >> finally, absolutely. absolutely. becky, thank you. >> you bet.

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circulating before locking the phone and requiring a reset. it's more of an inconvenience to have to reset your phone, no data is lost. there are a lot of children in our communities who might not have any christmas gifts this year without the generosity of others. you can help by donating toys, dolls and daughters was out collecting toys this morning. if you didn't make it but still want to help, there are locations open through december 1st. they still need toys of the older children. >> we're one of the only agencies that serve up to 18. so we need gifts for teens, soccer balls, make-up kits, nail polish for the older kids in our community who often are underserved and overlooked because of their age. >> at their distribution next saturday, 5,000 children will receive a new toy, stocking stuffer, toothbrush set and

locations online at 9news.com. bars can't seek social marijuana use in denver, but other businesses can.

for many people this weekend is all about the shopping. and today it's about shopping business saturday. one store is one of the certified green shops in denver. >> it highlights a need that people need to shop small as well and support their local community. so much more of your dollar goes back into your own community when you spend it locally.

increase every year since 2010. denver is the first city in america to allow -- other places in denver are looking into whether initiative 300 could help or hurt business. here's jessica oh. >> it's definitely starting to pick up. >> reporter: open seven months and the rhythm revolution is a hit. you won't find many like this one. >> we really want to cultivate an experience that people haven't really had yet. >> reporter: from the moment you walk through the door on colfax avenue, you'll notice something different here. the owner, jasmine anderson, says that's intentional. >> it's really based on the senses and tapping into the senses. >> reporter: they believe tapping into your senses, especially your sense of hearing, can change how you work out by enhancing your performance and connecting the body. it's why they're considering a

people working out to consume marijuana. >> when we talk about tapping into the senses, you know, cannabis is used to enhance senses or as a medicine. in some way, shape or form on woman level. -- some level. i'm a supporter of that. >> reporter: the bill would allow marijuana edibles or vaping in the store. while jasmine is considering getting a permit, she's not information on what the rules look like right now. i'm just trying stay open. >> reporter: considering what else could boost business as denver becomes the first city in the country to navigate the social use of marijuana. jessica oh, 9news. >> there are a lot of stipulations that come with initiative 300. we have it posted online at 9news.com. denver city council has a little more than a month to

rule will work. the world's largest fire fighting aircraft, capable of carrying 75 tons of fire retardant, it's assisting the efforts to control a rash of fires that started four days ago near jerusalem and spread elsewhere. hundreds of homes have been damaged, but no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. reactions to the death of fidel castro is pouring around the country. cuban exiles are celebrating in the streets of havana. >> reporter: thousands poured into the streets of miami's little havana as news of fidel castro's death spread. it's a day many cuban-americans have anticipated for years. >> i've been waiting all my life for this moment. >> reporter: castro's rise to power in 1959 tore families

are celebrating because he has caused pain on all generations of cubans. >> reporter: cuban-american leaders in congress agree. >> the truth is, he was a sad i say tick murderer who brought great surfing to the 11 million people of cuba. he should not be revered. >> trafficking, that is the legacy of castro. >> reporter: president obama's move to normalize u.s.'s relations with cuba was more measured. while president-elect trump said, fidel castro's legacy is one of firing squads and denial of fundamental human rights. castro's brother, raul, remains

retire in 2018. now there's hope for the future. >> castro's remains will be cremateed. one person was killed outside of a florida mall this morning. police haven't said what sparked this violence. they say one person was killed, a second was injured. the mall was placed on lockdown. no arrests have been protestors say they don't intend to leave in the near future. they spoke out in a news conference today in response to the u.s. army corps of engineer's decision to close land where hundreds have been camping for months. the protestors say they're protecting their land and water. others say they don't believe

as planned on december 5th. up to 50 million americans have been told they're allergic to penicillin. now a surprise finding shows most of those people aren't actually allergic at all to that. dr.john tores has the details. >> reporter: spencer jones was 15 months old when he first got the label, allergic to pencillen. >> if it stayed in his chart, he would be given antibiotics not as effective, more toxic and more extensive. >> reporter: today he's at the algist to see if he's truly allergic. it's something more doctors are calling for, as new research finds 90% of people labeled with the allergies have grown out of it or misdiagnosed in the first place. >> they get a rash that is commonly not related to the antibiotic and they get label z adler jibbing. >> reporter: dr. phillips says

to take antibiotics that have more side effects. that's what happened to maria days after giving birth to her son. >> itchy rash all over my body. >> reporter: she got an infection and needed a penicillin related antibiotic. because she was labeled allergic, she ended up on a drug that made her sick. she was breast feeding and the next drug option could hurt her bead. >> you would a choice of going on a medicine that >> the decision was clear to me, i was going to use an antibiotic that wasn't going to risk my child. >> reporter: she took the penicillin drug, and surprise, no reaction. that's what spencer is his mother are hoping. >> congratulations, it looks like your skin tests are negative. you tolerated the pencil in. >> reporter: a simple test. dr.john tores, nbc news, nashville.

in all parts of our state. earlier this year 9news took part in the inaugural latino hall of fame. you can catch personal stories of the inductees in a 30-minute special tonight at 6:00 p.m. after 9news and it will reair at 10:30 p.m. on channel 20. the national zoo panda is recovering after surgery. also, it's a big weekend at the box office. a look at some of the big films

bei bei had surgery to remove a tumor. he showed ?qsugns ?r?of being i and an ultrasound revealed the blocka?>ge. bei bei, we hope you're feeling better. thanksgiving isn't just about turkey and football. it's also a huge week for movie -- weekend for movies.

thanksgiving weekend, the studios are hoping to keep up strong momentum from "fantastic beasts and where to find them" and disney's "dr. strange" before that. moana is likely to dominate. the studio has a track record of ding this holiday. frozen three years ago was the biggest thanksgiving opening of all time. disney is on track to continue its number one market share through the end of the year, with star one, opening next month. >> disney has had an incredible year. caaiffamersummer, early part of may. finding dory. and certainly after that they had a really good fall period as well. >> reporter: then there's allied, looking to boast its parent company viacom's value ahead of a potential remerger with cbs. the film is hoping to draw

studio which is in sixth place in terms of market share so far this year. >> you said you wanted to go with the two ends? >> reporter: fox is hoping to draw adults to rules don't apply. and bad santa 2 hoping to lure teenagers. one big question is whether the explosion of content available to amazon could deter them from the theater. >> you have the gilmore girls on netflix, there's a lot going on there. there's so much content, trying to keep people at home, that it takes big content on the big screen to get them out of their homes and out to the movie theater. >> reporter: though there's a range of films this weekend,

match last year's thanksgiving box office results. it's been forever since i have been seen a movie and all this talk about movies makes me want to eat popcorn. >> it's also close to dinner time? if you're up in the high country, maybe chili would be a good option, because we have this huge snowstorm heading our way. we talked about the wi in effect for the mountains. i wanted to detail more closely what we're expecting north of i- 70 and south of the interstate. not much happening tonight. sunday evening at 9:30 and by that point we could have up to 6 inches on the ground near vail. up to about 5, 4 or 5 around breckenridge and winter park. further to the south we're going to see even more. those totals could get up

closer to 10 inches along places like the continental divide. that's by early tuesday morning. south of i-70 through the san juans we're expecting even more snow. in fact, that should be in the 10 to 20-inch rain, and by 9:30 sunday night we're expecting up to 15 inches of snow near places like silver ton and telluride. you get pat that, into tuesday morning and those locations will be the bullseye for the most sn close to 20 inches of snow. maybe a little bit more. we'll see slightly less amounts near crested butte and down towards the four corners and that's where we get the 2 to 4- inch snow. but this is big snow for the mountains. they've been waiting for it for

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convinced john elway. broncos agreed to a contract worth $7 million a year. stewart is a big money guy, but not quite von miller, having a nice season. 9and a half sacks, but von is not thrilled, saying he needs to make more game changing plays in crunch time. >> when you watch the film, the opportunities that are there, you know, we the opportunities. on what it is. i just got to do it. it's not on film. i just got to go out there and do it. it's nothing you can look at the film and say on this play i could have did that. you have to go out there and create it and make it happen. >> broncos and chiefs are on sunday night football. coverage begins at 5:00, you can watch on 9news. our five newscast tomorrow will air on channel 20.

meaningful a game as you can ask for in ?qlate . a win over utah today and they advance. colorado with an outside shot at making the college football playoff. it would appear ohio state will be in that group. they beat michigan in double overtime today. this was two versus three in the country and curtis samuel from 15 yards out to game. michigan likely out of the playoffs. colorado state at san diego state tonight, meaning the rams have to stop a guy who has been terrorizing the mountain west for years. he is the second leading rusher in the nation. slowing the speedy back will be key. >> he's a scary guy that we got to try to limit his yards. we're not going to stop him.

him out of the back field, because they're going to try to get him they do a great job vbof gettin him his touches and he makes that offense go. >> colorado school of mines lost today. had a chance to tie the game late until the third, but were stopped. big weekend for high school today 41-11 to win their second straighted 8 man state championship. la junta beat kent. tigers won 17-10. strasburg won with a victory at

second rushing touchdown of the game. that caps off on undefeated season for the indians. regis and pomona. poe mona will play valor christian. the broom field eagles going up against the defending 4 last week windsor knocked off denver south. tores runs it in for 6 and broom field wins to advance to the 4 a state championship. those eagles will be taking on the eagles from colorado springs. pine creek ran past chatfield. brock doman a force through the air and on the ground. 76yards to the ends here.

but they ran into a good pueblo east team. pueblo east will try for its third straight title next week against discovery canyon. of course, we'll be watching the buffs closely. rod mackey is there. we'll have a live report after the game at 10:00. >> it's already a party out there. >> the atmosphere was fantastic last week.

it's date night for some folks. >> and it's mild tonight. but it will get cold. we have this cold front moving across the state and i hope you have your coats out of storage, because it's going to be really chilly next week. >> it's about time. thank you. and thanks so much for watching.

. good evening, i'm belinda leon, here at the history colorado center. stories of latinos that have contributed to the state come from all across colorado. tonight, we will share those stories with you. starting off in the san luis valley, then coming through the metr ending in las an miscounty. you'll get to meet a coach who has impacted the lives of great athletes, a local businessman who became the restaurant king of denver international airport. a couple whose philanthropy touched thousands of children's lives and a man with the vision and for the county, you'll see his vision today, and you'll ar about a home-grown educator starting from a teacher all the

and finally, we'll bring you the untold story of an entertaining and businessman turned public servant from colorado. thank you so much for being with us tonight. these stories were part of the inaugural latino event held this year by the latino leadership institute at the university of denver. let's get started with the first story about a long distance running coach whose career has spanned seven decades. growing up in a create an easy childhood for coach joe vehil. he knew he would not let this environment stop him from pursuing excellence. >> i learned early on that i wanted to be everybody, so i studied. i was a boy scout and made eagle scout rank and learned how to pursue goals.