The new year was barely a day old when a city truck appeared out of the pre-dawn murk on my northwest Denver street. Minutes later, it had left a calling card for one of my neighbors: a Denver boot, ...

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DENVER (KDVR) — If you’ve ever come outside to find a wheel clamp on your car — known colloquially as a parking boot — you can thank a Denver-based inventor from the mid-20th century. Frank P. Marugg ...

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The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. I’ve never gotten one myself, but every time I see a car with a “Denver Boot” on it, I think, “What a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The latest tool in the battle against parking scofflaws is a device that looks as harmless as SpongeBob SquarePants but sticks to an offender’s car like a ...