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Daniel J. Chacon

Daniel Chacon, Reporter I got my start in journalism at the Santa Fe New Mexican, first as an intern covering crime at night and then full-time as the crime and courts reporter. After about four years, I got restless and went to work for the competition -- the Journal North, which is the Santa Fe bureau of the Albuquerque Journal. A few months later, I received an unexpected call from sunny San Diego and landed a dream job at the San Diego Union-Tribune, where I worked for about five years covering public safety, city government and then county government with a focus on watchdog journalism. Looking to make a change and move closer to northern New Mexico, where all my family lives, I was drawn to the Rocky, where I've been covering the city and county of Denver and the administration of Mayor John Hickenlooper since October 2005

Recent stories

Clash over lack of Hispanic names for new Denver justice center

February 18, 2009

Denver City Council President Jeanne Robb stormed out of a committee meeting Wednesday after her Hispanic colleagues opposed her recommendation to name the plaza at the new justice center complex downtown after former District Attorney Dale Tooley.

Family seeks $5.9 million in killing by Denver cops

February 16, 2009

The family of a knife-wielding man who was killed by Denver police during his youngest daughter's First Communion party in Montbello last year is asking the city for $5.9 million.

Denver puts a dent in city trash truck damage claims

February 16, 2009

Although city trash truck drivers are continuing to knock down fences, bang up walls and cause other mayhem, especially in older neighborhoods with narrow alleys, they're starting to clean up their act. Video

Youthful dogs, cats may cost more to adopt

February 14, 2009

Adopting a dog or cat from Denver's animal shelter may get more expensive except in cases of people taking older pets.

Denver weighing increase in animal adoption, license fees

February 13, 2009

Denver's Division of Animal Care and Control is proposing a long list of fee increases, including raising the price of adopting dogs and cats under six years of age.

Denver sales tax revenues fell 8.4 percent in December

February 13, 2009

Shoppers in the Mile High City held a firm grip on their money in December. The city of Denver’s December sales tax revenues fell 8.4 percent compared with a year ago.

Ethics board finds no proof of violation in free whiskey

February 12, 2009

Several Denver city officials and employees turned to the Board of Ethics for advice last year, including a fire protection engineer who received a bottle of rare scotch whiskey from a nonprofit group that he helped during the Democratic National Convention.

City has no choice in returning $648,000 of job funds to feds

February 12, 2009

Denver's Office of Economic Development said Wednesday it has no choice but to return $648,000 of federal funds earmarked for work force development.

Denver blames loss of federal funds on U. S. Department of Labor

February 11, 2009

Denver's Office of Economic Development said today it has no choice but to return $648,000 in federal funds earmarked for work-force development.

Returning funds puzzles city officials

February 11, 2009

Denver City Council members were baffled Tuesday when the Office of Economic Development said it was returning about $650,000 of federal funds earmarked for work-force development.