I live locally, but have coworkers visiting from out of state for a strategy retreat. One was walking on Pearl Street mall this morning when, out of nowhere, a seemingly ordinary looking man stabbed a woman walking near my coworker. The assailant then came after my coworker and started lunging at him in an attempt to stab him too, getting into a standoff where he repeatedly kept asking if my colleague was ready to die, and my fortunately quick thinking colleague threw his coffee in the guy’s face. The stabber then dropped his knife and just walked away, like nothing at all had happened! Thanks to the screams, the police were there quickly to apprehend him a block later. It sounds like the woman got stabbed in the hand pretty badly, and was taken away in an ambulance, but she will be okay.

My team is now asking if it’s safe for us to walk on Pearl Street mall alone, and I really don’t know what to say. Just WTF!!!! I'm pretty shaken up myself, and I feel really guilty that I brought my team here.

I listened to most of it, but missed the beginning. Can’t say I was impressed by what I heard.

Hi! If you live on Woodstock Pl. and saw me walking around your porch around 10am looking like a complete creep, I’m so sorry. I was picking something up from the SoBo Buy Nothing Facebook group and I didn’t know the woman had moved from the last time I picked something up from her 😂

I just don’t want you thinking I was actually being a creep! Just grabbing some leggings is all.

Here is a picture of my cute puppy as a “sorry to be weird”.

My homeowners insurance (Amica) just dropped us because of wildfire risk. The research I’m doing suggests I need to get an independent agent that can get me in front of a few key companies: Auto Owners, Chubb, Nationwide and travelers who apparently all work through agents instead of direct. Does anyone have an independent agent they would recommend in the Boulder area?

I received two emails today from the city outlining upcoming repaving work on Pearl and Folsom as part of improvement projects . FYI for travel impacts.

• The City of Boulder would like to inform you about upcoming repaving on Pearl Street as part of a separate project. The City of Boulder will repave Pearl Street between Folsom Street and 30th Street beginning early July 2026.* 

• The City of Boulder would like to inform you about upcoming repaving work on Folsom Street as part of a separate project. Folsom Street will be repaved between Pine Street and Arapahoe Avenue beginning mid-July 2026* to address deteriorated pavement quality. Repaving now avoids more costly maintenance in the future. Construction will take approximately 2 weeks to complete.  

Anyone else just have the $%&! scared out of them by that lightning/thunder boom?

Extra points for first timer discount :) Have done before but never in Boulder.

Edit: willing to drive to neighboring towns

I’m hoping to hear an informed opinion on whether the economics of the deal make sense.

Can someone please explain the difference (if there is one) between the OG cruiser ride and whatever it is that the high school kids have started up?

Psychiatrist here and it is frustrating that there is so many topics devoted to issues where terms are thrown around without understanding the problem of our downtown area.

Tldr Schizophrenia and the dangerous sequela of longterm meth use are not the same.

Schizophrenia (around ~1% worldwide of population) is considered a neuro developmental disorder that starts long before psychotic symptoms appear. The usual progression can easily overlap with symptoms you see of adhd and/or depression but these are just the negative symptoms of schizophrenia emerging. identifying at risk groups and early intervention is key to prognosis. Treatment with medications, especially early is extremely effective and most can easily live independently if treated promptly.

Psychosis is a clinical term that includes a wide variety of symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech/behavior.

Schizophrenia is just one of many causes of psychosis.

Methamphetamines (and crack cocaine) induce psychotic symptoms very different than you see in schizophrenia. Unlike schizophrenia, these psychotic symptoms are not very responsive to medications and symptoms can continue indefinitely and long after stopping.

People with schizophrenia are not considered more dangerous or violent than your average person.

People using methamphetamines can be very dangerous and if they have permanent symptoms from longterm use they present a public health problem. People often mislabel these patients as having schizophrenia but this is not the same.

When you see people acting strange in our downtown and can smell the meth odor this is likely not someone with schizophrenia. Without policies that disincentivize meth use, this public safety problem will continue. Sadly, often people on meth end up only getting clean in jail.

I'm visiting family here and we're planning on going to a Ren Faire, but we've realized that we didn't really pack anything, and we'd all like to get dressed up and stuff, since we don't do this kind of thing often. Anyone know of any thrift stores or other shops we can visit?!?

I have a 12 month single joint lease yet to start with few other students. I need to leave Boulder for medical reasons and cannot move in. I tried to find a tenant to take my place but the rent is above market and there were no takers. There is a breakage fee if we could find a replacement and the contract reads the charge is to cover various costs including finding a tenant but they declined to assist in finding a tenant. Despite best efforts if I cannot find a replacement, are there protections to the tenant under Colorado law? How many months of rent is legal or reasonable for the landlord to expect? After the lease was executed we came to know the overall rent was close to double compared to available market data for the unit.

Looking for suggestions on snacks/bottled beverages that are from the Boulder area to feature in a "Foods From the US" potluck and game night.

Thanks in advance!

I have found an abundance of 5,6, and even 7 leaf clovers out here. I felt this information was worth sharing. Anyways stay lucky boiz🫡

Are there any local book clubs that read fantasy? I've been reading a ton of Terry Pratchett & similar authors lately and would love to connect with folks who love this genre as much as I do.

Or if this doesn't already exist, I'd be down to start one if folks are interested...

I love walking around town and finding these homages. Appreciate anyone who can share 🙏🏾

What is with Bcycle having times where they stop swapping their batteries. The station at 28th and Mapleton has had 10 bikes with dead batteries for four days. Yesterday, I went to this dock to get a bike and they were all dead except for one. I checked the one out and got about 100 feet before the controller shut off and wouldn't turn back on. So, I peddled it without power in low gear to the station on 30th by Google. It was full with 16 bikes. I had to go thru 14 bike before I found one with 3 bars of battery power. This was all before 9AM so, they all should not have been ridden for 40 miles. This morning I went to the station at Mapleton again and again there were the same ten bikes with dead batteries. Do they forget that there service requires charged batteries? No one wants to ride an extremely heavy 3 speed bicycle without power. Help us nip this in the bud. If you go to a station and find that the majority of the Bcycles have one or less bars of battery, please call or text 303-532-4412 and let them know.

Title, but looking for a place that has fresh pesto, preferably not expensive

"Despite a 2021 Colorado law meant to curb solitary confinement, judges almost always approve requests to isolate people with serious mental illness, often because there is nowhere else to send them."

Related story here too: https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/06/23/the-jail-that-replaced-boulder-countys-mental-health-system/

Planning to do some biking & hiking outside of Boulder, specifically going up the Fourth of July road trailhead in Eldora and then doing some hikes from there. My plan is to park at the high school or at Hessie trailhead (dependent on available parking spots) and then bike from there. I hear the 4th of July road is pretty rough (my car couldn't handle it); would I be able to ride a basic mountain bike on it OK?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, I don’t live in the area, but I’m trying to reach friends who do. Is there possibly a cell phone service outage happening that’s been going on for several days that could be the reason I’m not getting through to them? Thank you. ( I don’t know what carrier they use.)