Playoff fever means quiet night for cops

Even most crooks took Monday night off to watch the Colorado Rockies one-game baseball playoff victory over the San Diego Padres, some local police speculate.

Monday was a quiet night in Colorado Springs, with a few petty crimes here and there but nothing major, police said. The same was true throughout the Pikes Peak region, where dispatchers reported an extremely calm night.

“The crooks must have stayed up too late with the extra innings,” speculated a Woodland Park police dispatcher.

The game ran 13 nail-biting innings and stretched to 10:30 p.m. before the Rockies won 9-8 to end a 12-year playoff drought. It could lead to some tired office workers in Colorado today.

But lost productivity today likely will be nothing compared with what will happen Wednesday when the Rockies begin their playoff series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The series starts with an afternoon game that will begin at 1 p.m.

CHANCE OF WEEKEND SNOW IN FORECAST

It’s days away, but forecasters with the National Weather Service added the first reference to snow this fall to their predictions for the weekend.

After a relatively warm week with high temperatures hanging in the 70s, forecasters are calling for cooler weekend weather, with the low temperature expected to hit freezing Saturday night in Colorado Springs.

Add a hint of moisture to the forecast and you have a slight, but increasing, chance of a winter wonderland in early October.

Forecasters warn, though, that much can change in the next five days, so don’t whip out the snow blower yet.

The best news in the forecasts is that it will be slightly warmer for the lowlanders in Denver, who need fair weather for baseball Saturday night when the Rockies are set to take on Philadelphia for the third game of their playoff series.

IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

- Citizens’ Transportation Advisory Board meeting, 3 p.m., City Administration Building, 30 S. Nevada Ave., Suite 102.

HAPPENINGS

- “Edith,” with vocal musicians Sarah Hope and Hilary Studebaker playing their individual brand of Indy Folk Pop power ballads, 12:15 p.m., Colorado College, Coburn Gallery, Worner Campus Center, 920 N. Cascade Ave., free.

- Space Night, with telescopes for stargazing, student rocket launches, raffles, food for sale and more, 5:30-7 p.m., Skyview Middle School, 6350 Windom Peak Blvd.

- Communication Is a Two-Way Street community forum, Clayanna Killing will share successful strategies for listening and speaking to youths so they want to hear what you have to say and feel heard themselves, 6:30-8 p.m., Renaissance Academy, 2760 Fieldstone Road, free.