with photojournalist manny sotelo, jonathan gonzalez... ...9news.> vigil attended this year's olympics in rio. in 20-15, he was honored as a "legend coach" by u--a track & field. year's olympics in rio. in 20-15, he was honored as a "legend coach" by u-s-a track & field. he's only the second person - to ever receive that with quite the chase. thursday-- were chasing a bear through the city. it was a small guy - spotted near broadway and boulder creek. the daily camera says: university of colorado police and animal control officers - stayed a good distance back - to tell people to stay away. the bear jumped into the creek, then wandered back out. as of last check-- last night, the bear was headed back into the mountains. this weekend thousands of runners will hit the streets of denver for the transamerica rock n roll denver half marathon. for the first time since the event launched in denver-- there will be no full marathon. last year's course was changed after hitting a roadblock with the city over residents. organizers decided to do away with the full race and focus on shorter distanc

has not taken the leaves down off the trees, and the southern mountains, manny patelo up there jonathan gonzalez, the leaves near peak, you've got another week to check them out. spectacular color up there. and just a beautiful scene, thanks so much for that. in denver, not too shabby! it is breeze and he is cool out there. clear in the ridgeway area, spectacular afternoon, southern mountains where temperatures held in the 50s. 65 at dia today. we're down to 62, dry, humidity at 18%. and 60 outside the studios downtown. not a lot to show you on the radar across the region. we'll talk about the wind that continues to shift out of the west northwest and blow pretty good, something we'll see s&l sunset tonight. and so as the winds begin to pick up in advance of the next cool front, we're basically in between two storm systems with the low pressure system sitting near rapid city, bringing a severe weather trek to minneapolis and omaha. winds in dallas and the memphis area. a pocket of cool air coming in with t front that will be here on wednesday night. hurricane matthew has turned deadly. this is a

recently our jonathan gonzalez talked about his personal frustration with how that conversation seems stuck. he based it on the angry reaction to our hispanic heritage month coverage. jonathan said he wanted to really talk to people one on one. >> reporter: they called me and e-mailed me and i e- conversations and those are the people i wanted to talk to, right? so you're talking to these people and they don't' see to see with you. my goal was to like get them on my level, so to speak. eventually we did. the most interesting person i spoke with happened to be hispanic. i'll read about what he wrote. "although i'm set in my ways, i respect where you're coming from. way of thinking. >> do you think you understand where the critics are coming from more so than before? >> absolutely. i think there's a fair argument about how we have to look at ourselves as a nation as one to unite, but at the same time i don't think there's a harm in celebrating certain people's culture. >> you and i love mixing it up off the air in the newsroom talking about cultural issues, talking about race the stuff

our manny was up there with jonathan gonzalez enjoying the view, and you have about another week before the leaves are near peak. and that beautiful moon, a waxing crescent moon, and it's as a matter of fact high temperatures today, 65 in denver compared to 76 in lamar and 42 in leadville. the average is 71. we're already in the mid-40s at dia. winds out of the north at 5, but calm here in the backyard outside the studios. we're at 46 degrees. low pressure rotating to the north of us bringing a line of storms through the midwest, and they'll reach severe at that. another round of cool air due in here wednesday night into thursday. sunny day along the front range tomorrow, but temperatures fall in the afternoon. hurricane matthew, dangerous category 4 storm taking aim at florida. hurricane watch and warning areas already posted. the carolinas could see the brunt of the storm over the weekend. all the forecast modeling taking it north of miami, sideswiping jacksonville, and area saturday. temperatures quite warm to the south and east, but a cool pool of air is on the way. temperatures bac

>> reporter: jonathan gonzalez 9 news. >> he attended this years olympics in rio. >> and in 2015 he was honored as a legend coach by usa track and field. only the second person ever to receive that honor. >> out >> developed a lot of good runners out there. >>> get off the sofa, take a run this weekend because the forecast is just begging you to do something. >> it is pretty sweet. becky is back next with when we >>> nice blue skies out there. not too many clouds. let's check in with becky ditchfield. she is in the 9 backyard. >> that is the -- i have the greatest job today. >> yes. everybody is talking about it. >> when compared to yesterday, we got up to 48 degrees. today's high around 77. that is nearly 30-degrees either. let's take a live look outside where we have lots of sunshine. dry conditions. not too breezy in denver. winds are not our friend. they almost contribute to fire danger so we will have to watch that closely. highs got up to 77 degrees. that is well above our average high of 66. wind gusts expected to be stronger if you live out west over the foothills. you will noti

. >> i'm jonathan gonzalez, and i've lived in denver for two years. >> i've listened in colorado for three years. what do i wear? >> i don't have snow boots. i don't have warm wool socks or winter socks. i don't have a hat. i don't have gloves. >> you think if i do this long enough it might start a fire? >> that's what happens when you put the california boy out there in the snow. i know you're terrified. [ laughter ] >> you need the gloves, the hand the shoes and the boots. >> as a newbie to colorado, some questions i have about the winters are how long does it stick? how fast does it accumulate? >> deep breath. we will get through colorado's winter together. and that's kind of the beauty of colorado's winter. we get snow, it's magical, that wintry white blanket is outside your front door, but then it's all gone. the last question is a hot topic during the cold winter months. >> i don't know anything about snow tires or chains. so i'm curious about sort. what i need to do to prepare my car. >> tires make all the difference. you may think you have a good set of tires, but until you r

. >> reporter: jonathan gonzalez, 9news. >> the smithsonian hopes to put together a traveling exhibit communities from los angeles to syracuse. >> the lopezs are actually working on their third back as well. >>> the -- third book as well. >>> the broncos are getting ready to play the chargers >>> the broncos getting ready for their next game against the chargers without their head coach. they're dedicating the game to him. >> yeah. gary kubiak is on sick leave this week. after sunday's the hospital with flu-like symptoms in an ambulance. he was diagnosed with what's called a complex migraine. remember three years ago kubiak collapsed on the field at halftime. doctors said he had a mini stroke then. defensive coordinator for the broncos wide phillips talked about the coach at a news conference today. he says he's not worried. >> go by what the doctors say and what we've heard and what john said, so, you know, i feel good about that. any other coach that i'm great friends with that has any kind of health problem at all and we went through it before, you know, and it was a lot worse. he