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Shadyside Starbucks baristas vote to unionize
Nine baristas at the Starbucks in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood unanimously voted to unionize, the workers union said Wednesday. The store on Walnut Street in Shadyside becomes the 17th store to unionize in the Pittsburgh region. Over the past three years, a union wave has hit the coffee giant with over...
Private rape kits at center of dueling lawsuits in Pennsylvania
A Pittsburgh company and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office filed dueling lawsuits this week over the marketing and sale of an at-home rape kit for survivors of sexual assault. Leda Health Corp., based in Lawrenceville, and its co-founder and CEO Madison Campbell, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday alleging...
WDVE Comedy Fest looks to bring laughs to Pittsburgh
This week, Pittsburgh classic rock station WDVE will be bringing its Comedy Fest back for another year with three comedy shows to keep the laughs going. At 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bottlerocket Social Hall, comedy fans can check out the “WDVE Loaded Showcase,” hosted by Bill Crawford, a comedian and...
Philips Respironics moves could net more workers in Westmoreland County
Dutch health technology giant Philips Respironics’ planned phase-out of manufacturing operations in Westmoreland County may result in 300 job cuts at its Murrysville and Upper Burrell locations. The news was disappointing to local officials, but they are confident local economies can rebound. The company will be missed, Upper Burrell Supervisor...
The String Revolution’s Janet Robin talks about the band’s journey ahead of their show in Pittsburgh
Experimental all-guitar trio The String Revolution is coming to Pittsburgh Winery this Thursday, and although founding member of the band Janet Robin has had a long journey to get where she is, her past does have some local connections: “My dad was born in Pittsburgh.” The California native has been...
Pittsburgh has 1 plumber and its city-run drinking fountains are out
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday rushed to pass legislation that will allow the city to contract with more plumbers who can help turn on drinking fountains, maintain public bathrooms and handle other plumbing work that currently falls to the city’s sole plumber. The city this year budgeted money for three...
Indoor pickleball courts to open in Pittsburgh Warehouse
Bryan Wigginton and his wife, Alexa Gervasi, started playing pickleball two years ago as an alternative to sitting on the couch in their Polish Hill home and watching TV together. What started as a way to be active has now evolved into a new business. Their indoor pickleball facility, The...
Pair threw Garfield woman to street in carjacking, police say
A teenager remained held in jail without bail and his suspected accomplice was awaiting arraignment Tuesday in connection with a 3 a.m. carjacking in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood. The victim was checking email in a car in front of her Broad Street home when Daniel Cain, 18, swung open her car...
Pittsburgh lawmaker seeking bipartisan marijuana legalization bill
Pennsylvania is almost completely surrounded by states with legalized recreational marijuana and a Pittsburgh lawmaker is hoping the Keystone State will follow suit before competing states completely overtake the market. State Rep. Emily Kinkead, a Democrat from Brighton Heights, is introducing a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania. She...
Pa. Supreme Court declines to rule on Pittsburgh rental registry law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not issue an opinion on Pittsburgh’s rental registry law, saying it’s moot since the city replaced it with new legislation in 2023. That 2023 ordinance is still being challenged Allegheny County Common Pleas Court even though many of the most onerous...
When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?
PITTSBURGH — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman’s rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. As the rumble of destruction echoed, people in the community set to explaining exactly why ripping the building down was...
Doug Emhoff will speak at groundbreaking of the memorial for Tree of Life shooting victims
WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and the first Jewish person to serve as the spouse of a nationally elected U.S. leader, will deliver remarks on Sunday at the groundbreaking of the memorial to victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The White House announced...
Carnegie Mellon alumni bring home 4 awards at 2024 Tonys
On Sunday night, the theater community gathered to celebrate the 77th Tony Awards, which honor the best of the best from the past year’s Broadway season. Included among the nominees for competitive awards were six Carnegie Mellon University alumni, with a total of 11 nominations. In addition, Pittsburgh native and...
Former PNC Bank president Sylvan M. ‘Sy’ Holzer remembered for philanthropic work, love of Pittsburgh
Former PNC Bank president Sylvan M. “Sy” Holzer died Saturday at age 75. Holzer, known for his civic leadership and philanthropic work, served as PNC’s president from 1997 until his retirement in late 2016. He worked for the bank for 45 years. “He spent every waking moment giving back to...
Pittsburgh tops list as most affordable housing market in U.S. — but there’s a catch
Pittsburgh’s housing market is the most affordable in the United States, according to a study by a university in California. However, the report’s authors say, the ‘Burgh still falls just short of true affordability. Issued by the Center for Demographics and Policy at Chapman University and the Frontier Centre for...
California woman charged with homicide in Shadyside baby’s death
A California woman staying in a Shadyside Airbnb was charged with homicide Sunday in connection with the death of a 6½-week-old Pittsburgh boy. Nicole Virzi, 29, of San Diego, said the boy, identified as Leon Katz, fell from a bouncer seat Saturday night while she was watching him in a...
Medical examiner IDs Pittsburgh man fatally shot on Arlington Avenue
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner on Tuesday identified the man fatally shot in Arlington Heights a day earlier as Shawn Marcus Czeczely. Czeczely, 53, of Pittsburgh, was found unresponsive in the 3000 block of Arlington Avenue at 12:54 a.m. Monday, the medical examiner said. He was pronounced dead at the...
Are Penn State cuts a preview of higher education divide?
The gap between Penn State University’s sprawling main campus and its 20 branches can be measured these days in ways more personal and profound than highway miles. Stung by double-digit enrollment losses, the branch campuses and their students are about to lose 10% of their faculty and staff to buyouts...
YMCA executive director seeks a pardon in 1994 drug conviction
Dressed in a blue suit and bow tie, Aaron Gibson looked pensive. It was finally his turn to appear before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. The regional executive director of three Pittsburgh YMCA branches — who oversaw the $7.4 million transformation of the Centre Avenue Y into housing for at-risk...
Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration a weekend of empowerment and joy
The spaces of Market Square and Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh teemed with revelers and vendors ready to celebrate the first day of Western Pennsylvania’s Juneteenth Celebration, produced by William “B” Marshall, CEO and founder of Stop the Violence. The first day of the weekend celebration, which is free...
Pa. state senator and Bridgeville man help FedEx driver after collapse
For Mark Macala, the past two days have been a whirlwind of emotions. He was working from his Bridgeville home Thursday and in the middle of a lunch meeting when his doorbell rang. It was FedEx with a large shipment he had ordered, but he wasn’t expecting it until next...
Second Avenue Commons residents to relocate to temporary North Side location
Allegheny County has found a new location on Pittsburgh’s North Side to relocate about 100 homeless people who had been staying at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center after a fire closed the Second Avenue Commons homeless shelter. Erin Dalton, the county’s human services director, said Saturday that displaced residents...
Pittsburgh cyclist in critical condition after overnight collision
A vehicle and an electric bike collided overnight at Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Ninth Street in Pittsburgh — leaving the cyclist in critical condition. Pittsburgh police, fire and EMS responded to the scene around 2 a.m. The vehicle involved was traveling through a green light on Ninth Street when the...
North Side church will host summer solstice tours of its Tiffany stained glass windows
You’d be hard-pressed to find a time when a multi-story Tiffany stained-glass window doesn’t look stunning. But toss the summer solstice into the mix — when the Earth’s tilt toward the sun is at a maximum and we get the longest day of the year — and the view gets...
Woman arrested in connection with Pittsburgh man’s 2022 overdose death
A Homestead woman illegally sold oxycodone pills that caused a Pittsburgh man to fatally overdose in 2022 with fentanyl levels in his blood that were gauged as double a lethal dose, authorities say. Sharon Holt, 51, was arrested by Pittsburgh police Thursday on charges including drug delivery resulting in death,...
