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Mendocino Farms launched its first Colorado location with a longhorn parade in Cherry Creek North in Denver.

DENVER — A fast-casual restaurant chain celebrated its move to Colorado with a parade of longhorns.

Mendocino Farms held a longhorn parade Wednesday morning through Cherry Creek North to commemorate the opening of its first restaurant location in Colorado.

The new restaurant, located at 320 N. Fillmore St., near 3rd Avenue and Fillmore in Denver, officially opened on Tuesday.

Mendocino Farms, which features a menu of sandwiches and salads, has more than 70 locations in California, Texas, Washington and Illinois.

"We are thrilled to introduce Mendocino Farms to Colorado, starting with Cherry Creek North, a community celebrated for its diverse mix of boutiques, art galleries, fitness studios and office space," said Mendocino Farms CEO Kevin Miles.

Mendocino Farms said it plans to expand in Colorado, with additional locations expected to be announced in coming months.

"Since our founding in 2005, we've been on a mission to make hearts and stomachs happy by offering more than just great food; we create welcoming gathering places where happiness is always an order away," Miles said. "The neighborhood's appreciation for quality and innovation aligns perfectly with our 'Eat Happy' philosophy, and we're eager to bring our chef inspired salads and sandwiches to the residents and visitors of Denver. We are excited to be a part of the vibrancy of Cherry Creek North and hope to become a go-to spot for those who frequent the district."

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Meteorologist Chris Bianchi explains why heavy rain across Texas will cause northeast Colorado to get less rain than what was initially in the forecast.

DENVER — Forecasted snow and rain totals have been slightly reduced for northeast Colorado on Tuesday as a key storm system shifted farther south than originally expected.

The 9NEWS Weather Impact Team said the result is less moisture for the area, but still enough to benefit ongoing drought and wildfire conditions.

The change stems from an upper-level low pressure system currently centered near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Typically, such a setup signals a high-impact storm for the Denver region due to upslope conditions.

However, storms over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles didn’t intensify as much as forecast models had predicted, leading to less energy and moisture transport into Colorado.

That weaker storm activity released less latent heat — the energy needed to fuel stronger weather systems — and also blocked gulf moisture from reaching northeast Colorado. As a result, the low-pressure system’s path shifted 50 to 100 miles south of earlier projections.

While northeast Colorado will see reduced precipitation, significant snowfall is still expected south and east of the Palmer Divide.

Foothill regions west of Denver could receive one to two feet of snow, with parts of southern Colorado, including Pikes Peak, potentially seeing up to four feet.

Despite the change, experts say the storm remains good news. The moisture will help ease drought conditions and improve snowpack levels, which had recently fallen near record lows. Firefighters are also monitoring the rain and snow closely as it could reduce wildfire risks.

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Chevron, Colorado’s largest oil and gas producer, plans to lay off about 125 employees in its Denver office starting July 1 as part of an effort to cut costs companywide.

The company said in a letter to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment that the job cuts would be permanent and that the employees aren’t members of a union.

The announcement comes as oil prices hit a four-year low, hovering at around $60 a barrel Tuesday.

“Chevron will try to redeploy employees to other Chevron locations, which may reduce the number of layoffs at this location,” the company said in the notice, required under the Colorado Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

Most of the Colorado workforce that manages day-to-day operations and regulatory compliance should be largely unchanged, Trudi Lewis Boyd, Chevron’s corporate affairs manager, said in an email. A number of Denver positions will move to the company’s headquarters in Houston as part of the reorganization

Employees laid off will be offered severance as well as supplemental assistance for medical continuation coverage, Chevron said.

“Of course, any workforce reduction is a difficult decision, and we do not make it lightly,” Boyd said.

Earlier this year, Chevron said it planned to reduce its overall workforce up to 20% and to slash costs up to $3 billion by the end of 2026. The Wall Street Journal reported that roughly 8,000 employees could be affected.

Chevron said in February that it is changing its organizational structure to rely more on global centers around the world. The company had approximately 45,300 employees at the end of 2024.

In Colorado, Chevron’s operations are centered in the Denver-Julesburg formation in the northeastern part of the state. Chevron has access to roughly 600,000 acres in the basin, according to its website.

In 2023, Chevron acquired PDC Energy in a $7.6 billion deal that made it the largest oil and gas company in Colorado.

The Denver King Soopers in Green Valley Ranch was named the second worst grocery store in the U.S.

Employees at a King Soopers location in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch (GVR) neighborhood are speaking out after a website recently ranked the store the second-worst grocery store in the U.S.

DENVER — Employees at a King Soopers location in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch (GVR) neighborhood are speaking out after a website recently ranked the store the second-worst grocery store in the U.S.

The website Solitaired.com recently released its annual ranking of grocery stores across the country based on Google reviews.

The King Soopers at 18605 Green Valley Ranch Boulevard ranked second on its list of The 50 Worst Grocery Stores in the U.S.

More than 1,500 shoppers of the Green Valley Ranch location have submitted reviews, giving the store an overall rating of 3.4 stars.

Top 10 Worst Grocery Stores in the U.S.

According to the store's Google review section, common complaints include empty shelves, rude customer service, and long checkout lines.

However, when Denver7 visited the store Monday, we didn’t see long lines at the check stands and the shelves seemed well stocked.

We talked to a few employees who didn’t want to be identified or appear on camera, and one of them said they felt the low ranking was unfair.

They told Denver7 that they try their best with the employees and resources they have and feel that Google reviewers “threw them under the bus.”

Shoppers were also surprised by the ranking.

One man told Denver7 that he feels comfortable at the location and doesn't understand why the GVR King Soopers was ranked so low, suggesting the store’s age may play a role.

The interior of the GVR store did appear somewhat dated.

Neal Taparia, the author of the Solitaired.com survey, explained that the March 2025 analysis looked at “Google reviews from the 100 most populated cities in the United States, focusing on the first 30 grocery store results in each city.”

From those 30, they filtered it down to retailers with just three stars or lower and focused on keywords like “price,” “rude,” “unfriendly,” “long,” and “line.”

Green Valley Ranch is not alone

Colorado grocery stores were heavily featured in the rankings, with two other locations landing in the Top 10 Worst Grocery Stores list.

King Soopers’ Aurora location ranked third, while a Safeway in Denver took the seventh spot.

Colorado grocery stores also dominated the website’s Top 10 Grocery Stores with the Worst Customer Service, with the King Soopers GVR store coming in at #6, just behind the grocery chain’s Quebec Street location, which was ranked #4 in the nation.

Top 10 Grocery Stores with the Worst Customer Service

Denver7 contacted Kroger, King Soopers' parent company, for a response but has not heard back.

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Heavier rain will develop along the Front Range by late Tuesday morning, with scattered showers expected through the night.

DENVER — A spring storm system is set to bring periods of heavy rain in the Denver metro and I-25 corridor with wet, heavy snow forecast for Colorado’s mountains where a winter storm warning will go into effect for up to 2 feet of accumulation in spots.

Along with the shift from warm, dry days – temperatures will drop with Denver’s high on Tuesday expected to barely reach 50 degrees and again stay in the 50s on Wednesday before conditions dry out starting late Wednesday into Thursday.

A winter storm warning goes into effect starting 6 a.m. Tuesday through Wednesday morning for areas above 9,000 feet in portions of Jackson, Larimer, Grand, Boulder, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit and Park Counties where 12 to 22 inches of snow is possible, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Boulder.

The winter storm warning was upgraded from an earlier winter storm watch.

Portions of the Northern and Southern Front Range Foothills go under a winter weather advisory for snowfall acumulations up to 7 inches.

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“Travel could be very difficult, including I-70 east of the Eisenhower Tunnel, the Peak to Peak Highway, US40 and Berthoud Pass area, and Highway 14 over and east of Cameron Pass. The hazardous conditions will impact the late Tuesday morning and Tuesday evening commutes,” said NWS forecasters.

A super soaker of a storm set to hit Colorado

Denver7 chief meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo said the wet weather will stick around in the metro’s forecast for the next several days.

“Scattered showers and thunderstorms will start to pop up Monday afternoon and the heaviest rain is going to fall on Tuesday with Colorado’s Plains looking to see around 1 to 2 inches of rain by Wednesday night,” said Hidalgo. “We have a low risk of severe weather with more wet weather in Denver expected overnight and then definitely looking at wet roads for the morning commute Tuesday."

Denver should see between 1 and 2 inches of rain with heavier rain and snow amounts expected west and south of the metro, but the threat of flooding is low, said the NWS.

Here are potential rain totals through Wednesday from the NWS.

The rain is expected to pick up in intensity across the Front Range during the day on Tuesday. Hidalgo said there is a possibility communities along the Palmer Divide could see a rain-snow mix.

NWS forecasters said heavy snow is possible by Tuesday evening down to around 7,500 to 8,000 feet in the Foothills.

“Definitely looking at some slushier conditions for the Foothills. Skies will gradually start to clear out late in the day on Wednesday but we’ll still see more cloud cover and a chance for showers early Wednesday before drier weather starts to settle in,” added Hidalgo.

After several soggy days, temperatures rebound into the mid-60s on Thursday in Denver before reaching the 70s on Friday.Denver’s weather forecast for the weekend looks nice with warmer temps and more sunshine on both days.Saturday’s high should reach near 74 degrees and then 76 degrees with mostly sunny skies on Sunday in Denver.

April in Denver was the 12th driest on record. According to NWS stats, the city only received 2.2” of snow, which is 4 inches below normal. Denver’s official rain gauge only saw a half inch of rain, which was 1.18” below normal.

As for the Denver's snow totals for the season, as of April, the season's cumulative total is down 7.2" from normal. As of the end of April, Denver's snow gauge should be at around 54.9" for the season with the 2024-25 total coming in at 47.7.

Denver's monthly snowfall total for the month of May is only 1.7".

Denver7 is tracking how this snow season compares to previous years. Check Colorado snow statistics in the graphic below or in fullscreen mode by clicking this link.

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