live in brighton, shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. >>> thank you, shawn. we have more breaking news to bring you. more than two dozen castle rock families can go home, this after the discovery of explosive materials inside a house in the plum creek arrested two teenagers. our jamie leary is working this story. she's live in that neighborhood. jamie, we can only imagine it has been a long night for these people. >> reporter: long night. there are about 30 people here allowed to come back. they were told at 5:00 this morning they could come back. they've been slowly filtering in, only a handful of them. we tried to talk to a few. they definitely don't want to talk to the media this morning. a long day and night for them. one man said he came dog out and had to head to work. this is the house where the hazardous materials were recovered from. you can see the bags and buckets piled in the driveway. officers are keeping an eye on the place. it was about 12 hours after these chemicals and devices were found inside of the home that a bomb squad took them out to t

shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. >>> shawn, thank you so much. we are learning more about the this weekend. a driver hit 28-year-old karina pulec. she was a successful local attorney. she recently moved to colorado to be closer to family. coworkerssay her direct is a tremendous loss -- death have a tremendous loss. >> lovely young woman. great intelligence, great poise, well liked. >> police found the white pickup that hit her, but no one was inside. >>> happening today people who are homeless in denver will have new work opportunities. city leaders are launching a new pilot work program. they hope to connect people who are homeless with day work opportunities at city agencies and private companies. the mayor will make the announcement this morning at 10:00. it will happen outside the city and county building. >>> time for a check of weather and traffic every 10 minutes on the 4s. here's ashton. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. the foothills, and even the far west side of the denver metro area, places like morrison, west side of lake

live in denver, shawn chitness, >>> thanks, shawn. the latest on missing paramedic. , last seen at a party in lakewood in july. volunteers searched for him for weeks in the green mountain area. never found any signs. still no signs three months later. police say they're getting leads from as far north as cheyenne, but none are panning out. investigators are still working this case but do not have a lot to go on. >>> today veterans are getting a helping hand thanks to the guard armory. our homeless vets can get help with housing and employment. this is part of the homeless veteran stand down at the office on franklin. agencies will be on hand to help from 8:00 this morning until 2:30 this afternoon. >>> time to preview this week's junior weather watcher. he is garrett. he's from westminster and tells us he loves weather and tv. in his audition tape, he took the time to make his own fiveday4cast. let's have a look. >> hi, guys. i'm garrett and i'll be doing the weather. this is my fiveday4cast. on wednesday it's going to be partly cloud

live in denver, shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. >> shawn, thanks. cbs4's jamie leary picks this up this arapahoe county. she's near arapahoe and glencoe. jamie, tell us what's going on there. >> reporter: police actually just cleared the scene. this is called the villas at are called. the investigation does continue. i'm told they're still looking for a suspect. want to give you a closer look at the scene we arrived upon earlier. it was about 30 minutes ago that denver police actually towed the stolen car, the red camaro. you can see bullet holes all over the side of the car. i counted at least 10 of them on one side of that car. dpd spotted the camaro in southbound lane to happy canyon. they said speeds became too high and they lost visual of the red camaro. at one point colorado state patrol, arapahoe county sheriff's office and denver police all involved in that pursuit. our photographer eddie castro not too far behind them, he says they went all the way to castle rock and at one point the suspect vehicle doubled back on the northbound side and t

copter 4 was over that scene and cbs4's shawn chitness worked his way out there. this is pretty much wrapped up. firefighters getting ready to clear the scene. from where i'm standing i can see this is primarily a garage fire with damage to the top of the house. let's take another look at some of that video from copter 4. we're being told by crews here with west metro that this call came in around 5:30. there was work being done at the garage inside this house and that likely caused some fire by accident. it spread, destroyed a car that is inside the garage, and also spread up to the top of house. primarily to the outside of one of the bedrooms. enough damage to keep the homeowner away from the home until they can get those remares -- repairs done. no one was injured and investigators will try to figure out what the cause was. like in lakewood -- live in lakewood, shawn chitness, cbs4 news. >>> we have a new round of protests in many cities around the country over donald trump's election win. oregon. people lit firecrackers and destroyed property. this is what it

our shawn chitness is live with the story near that landfill we may have lost shawn. crews have been searching for that missing woman since yesterday. they are searching for her. we'll find shawn in just a moment. >>> one american is dead after a -- person is dead after a driver hit a man crossing the street in denver last night at the intersection of east denver and 11th. police say the driver had the right of way. yesterday after the plane ran out of fuel. nobody was hurt. but for a while a lane of i-70 was closed until they could tow the plane off to the rifle airport. close call. >>> let's find out what weather and traffic is looking like every 10 minutes on the 4's. >> quiet in the weather department for now. big changes the end of the week, with rain and snow, even in denver on thursday. for now we have clear skies, beautiful view to the east. sunrise temperature trend. last couple of days 60s and 70s. yesterday officially 72. today 78. that would be tying the record. tomorrow the record is 77. we'll be close with 76. look at that, thursday down to 49. i'm being

shawn chitness live as we look ahead. cdot, state patrol have some new things they'll be doing this year. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, alan, good morning. of course the usual will be there, but new ideas as well, working with businesses to come up with ways to the road during those peak times. they're going to put together a weekend forecast that looks at events happening, the weather forecast for that particular weekend, even the broncos schedule so you'll know when to avoid traveling into the mountains. some businesses will give you incentives to stick around and shop. hotels will give you special rates if you're willing to turn that day trip into a night in next day. there are the important rules to follow, if you don't have the proper equipment when those are in effect, you could face a $130 fine, and if you block the roadway, those fines can sometimes reach $650. most of all, csp wants you to focus on what's on your wheels. >> tires are the most important and critical piece for you to get to your destination

live at dia, shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. >>> shawn, thank you very much. you can get your weather on the go with our free app. >>> take a look, 12th and broadway is back open after a hit-and-run in denver. this crash happened last night around 6:30. apparently a driver hit and injured a person near the intersection. police now are looking for a white van that may have a ladder attached and one front head light out. >>> a judge is expected to sentence two men accused of starting a wildfire in nederland over the summer. they were visiting from alabama and investigators say they did not do enough to put out their camp fire. the flames spread to 500 acres and destroyed 8 homes. way to peru after a visit to berlin. he met with the leaders of germany, britain, france, italy and spain. the president is addressing concerns about president-elect donald trump's intentions with countries overseas. >>> new this morning, sources tell cbs news president-elect donald trump has offered alabama senator jeff he's been consistent through and through backing trump. he was acc