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5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 4-6
Grab your sunscreen. It’s going to be a summer-like weekend with temperatures in the 80s. Here are some ways to spend it. Take pride Pittsburgh Pride Group will be hosting virtual and in-person events this weekend. The “Pittsburgh Pride Revolution March” begins at noon on Saturday in front of the...
Police say man stabbed in sword attack on North Side
A man was hospitalized Friday after being stabbed during a possible landlord-tenant dispute on Pittsburgh’s North Side, according to Pittsburgh police. Authorities were called to Brighton Place just before 4 a.m. and found the man with two stab wounds. Police said he had been attacked with some type of sword....
Police investigate deadly daytime shooting in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
Police are investigating a shooting Thursday evening in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood that left one man dead, officials said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Robert Thomas, 36, of Pittsburgh. Shortly after 5:30 p.m., emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls about someone getting shot near the 300...
New refugee director coming to Jewish Family and Community Services
One of the organizations that helps Pittsburgh’s refugee populations will have a new director in August. Jewish Family and Community Services announced Thursday that Ivonne Smith-Tapia will become the new director of refugee and immigrant services. Leslie Aizenman, the longtime director, will step down at the end of July, having...
Peduto, Frankel want local communities to be able to enact gun lawsVideo
With gun crimes surging in Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto and state Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill, led a group of community leaders speaking out Thursday against state laws preventing municipalities from enacting their own gun laws. Appearing before media gathered under a tent in Schenley Park, Peduto and Frankel expressed...
DA Zappala says office halted plea deals with Black attorney to avoid ‘false claims of racism’
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., under fire this week for his May 18 email in which he prohibited his prosecutors from making plea offers to a Black attorney who complained of “systematic racism” in the DA’s office, says he did so “to ensure that this office makes...
Investigators: Electrical system failure caused Gulf Tower fire last month
An electrical failure caused the fire last month at Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower, fire investigators have determined. The May 19 fire was caused by “a failure of the secondary phase Gulf Tower’s electrical system,” authorities wrote on social media. They emphasized that the electrical system is not part of the Duquesne...
Pittsburgh penthouse on 9th Street with 4 views of the city on the market for $1.5M
Fireworks from PNC Park seem to be at eye level from the spacious penthouse on Ninth Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. The two-level loft, perched high above the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts school, has four views on different angles of the city. “I can see the fireworks from right here,”...
Pittsburgh Symphony garden tour features 12 urban sanctuariesVideo
In the midst of Pittsburgh, homeowners create oases of calm and color in carefully tended gardens. The public will have the opportunity to peek inside 12 of those gardens in Shadyside and Squirrel Hill during the Symphony Splendor Garden Tour, a benefit for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Hosted by the Pittsburgh...
5 things to experience at Pittsburgh Pride this weekend
Pittsburgh Pride returns this weekend after a year off because of the pandemic. Pittsburgh Pride Group will be hosting virtual and in-person events. According to Pittsburgh Pride Group, it helps create wellness, equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in communities across southwestern Pennsylvania. Dalen Michael, of Bellevue, one of the...
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is ‘back in business’
There’s a chance of an early morning shower on Friday in Pittsburgh, but the rest of the day should be partly sunny with a high around 80. It’s a good portent for the return of in-person events at the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, which went all-virtual in 2020...
Police say woman was shot in her vehicle on North Side
A woman was hospitalized Thursday after being shot on the North Side’s Fineview neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 1 a.m. on Belleau Drive and found the woman with gunshot wounds to the legs. Police said she was inside her vehicle. The woman...
Police: Man stabbed, woman questioned in connection with incident in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday and a woman was taken in for questioning in connection with a stabbing in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood. Officers responded to 911 calls for a person stabbed inside a home along the 1300 block of Beechview Avenue just after 8:45 p.m. Police found...
Western Pa. barbers split over helping President Biden promote covid vaccines
If President Biden wants Greg Henderson to preach the gospel of getting a covid vaccine to his customers who come in for a haircut, he’s going to have to find another barber to deliver that sermon. “I really don’t want to promote it. It’s kind of personal,” said Henderson, who...
UPMC reports $6B in 2021 revenue as hospital volumes rebound from covid slowdown
UPMC continues to grow its insurance rolls and investment capacity to record-high levels so far this year as patient demand for services rebounds and covid-19 restrictions ease. “Our hospitals are busy,” UPMC Chief Financial Officer Edward Karlovich said. “We are past the point where we had the significant reduction in...
Allegheny County judge halts plea deals amid questions surrounding DA Zappala
Criminal justice advocates and elected officials are calling for the resignation of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. after an email he sent banning plea offers to a Black attorney who called his office “systematically racist” became public. Additionally, an Allegheny County judge is now refusing to accept...
Pittsburgh Opera announces its 2021-22 season
The Pittsburgh Opera returns to larger venues with a mix of contemporary and traditional operas for its 2021-22 season. Included in the schedule released Wednesday are favorites such as “The Magic Flute,” originally scheduled for November 2020, and “Carmen,” which was in rehearsals when the pandemic shut down production in...
South Side’s Boom Boom Room raided by state police, shut down by health department
State police raided a South Side club and seized gallons of alcohol over the weekend, while the county health department shut down the bar for operating without a license, records show. State troopers with the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement along with Pittsburgh police served a search warrant on the...
Purchase of SWAT bots questioned by Pittsburgh council
Pittsburgh City Council members gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the police department to buy two small robots equipped with cameras. But they did so only after discussion among members and asking the police department’s Special Deployment Cmdr. Ed Trapp about how the robots will be used. “It’s just distressing to...
White Whale Bookstore expanding in Bloomfield
White Whale Bookstore is expanding in the Bloomfield building where it has operated for nearly five years. “We had been thinking about expanding for a couple years,” said Jill Yeomans, who owns the bookstore with her husband, Adlai. The expansion will be in a second storefront in its current building...
Lawrenceville’s retro Arsenal Bowl up for sale
Lawrenceville’s iconic Arsenal Bowl is up for sale. The bowling alley, in operation since 1938, survived the pandemic after a record-setting year in 2019, according to the Specialty Group, the real estate broker tasked with finding a buyer. Pennsylvania’s pandemic-related business restrictions have been slowly loosening for months, and all...
Galley Bakery Square’s 4 new restaurants officially open for business
Pittsburgh’s East End received a dining infusion Tuesday. Four restaurants officially opened as part of Galley Group’s latest endeavor: Galley Bakery Square. The options are as diverse as the restaurants themselves: City Fresh Pasta, Bubba’s, Somi and GG’s Cafe. The timing comes on the heels of the state lifting capacity...
Zappala: No plea deals to Black attorney who called his office ‘systematically racist’
Five days after well-known Black attorney Milton Raiford spoke out against racism in the criminal justice system, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. emailed all of his deputy prosecutors forbidding them from offering any plea deals to Raiford or his clients. “On May 13, we experienced another issue...
Stowe man pleads to federal charges in police car destruction during 2020 protests
A Stowe man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to his participation in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car during protests over the death of George Floyd last year. Da’Jon Lengyel, 23, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. He is scheduled to be...
Stage AE announces live music schedule, Steelers tailgates
Stage AE will reopen for live shows on Aug. 11 with up-and-coming bluegrass-fusion artist Billy Strings. “He’s a really exciting national bluegrass act,” said Amy Cooper, Stage AE Director of Marketing. “He’s never headlined a tour before.” Named “one of string music’s most dynamic young stars” by Rolling Stone and...
