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"Redfin, subject to minimum terms and conditions does not include buyer's Agent commission. Learn more at dot com or call 8447597732. When news breaks in Chicago or the world, you'll hear it here and we'll talk about it here. This is Chicago's very own 7 20 w G. M. It's 87 degrees at 5 30. Good evening. I'm more in love to Chicago Endures another violent weekend with at least 60 people shot seven. Fatally weak one in the NFL season wraps up tonight with a matchup in Las Vegas and the latest on the Bears Coming up in sports business and mixed flows for stocks as blue chips rally, But Tech stocks struggle. Mary Vandeveld has the latest in traffic and traffic is sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The inbound Even still jammed into old orchard because of an earlier accident. About 30 minutes in from Lake Cook Road, Kennedy inbound from the Edens, an hour and five minutes. Same, heading outbound Eisenhower about 38 out to Mannheim, now an excellent reported inbound in Sacramento in the left lane Stevenson out to the tri state 40 and the inside of the Ryan heading to 95th slow from 31st delays on the bishop Ford out to 111th. Also decide the lakeshore drive Cotonou Street to Chicago. Little slow on 80 94 eastbound from Burnham to grant Excellent Oprah Terrace, Roosevelt and Butterfield. Also in Bartlett, Lake and Bartlett, driving, biking or Walking responsibly, really is a matter of life or death. Learn more online or through social media at life or death. Illinois dot com. Merry Band Belt, WGN Traffic Central..
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"Continued today, the closing numbers coming up Mary Vandeveld has your traffic update and traffic is sponsored by plumbers. 911 Chicago Metro Burlington Northern Train still stopped inbound and outbound. By night to Mannheim is 45 minutes in about 32 from Mannheim with an excellent reported at Mannheim. The upon Stevenson heading out to 3 55 is an hour 15 to the tri state an hour because of an accident. Outlook range off to the site and the Ryan outbound is slow. 31st mostly waited. 95th Burton Hills, an accident, a town line and deer path. And also South Island. South Lake Shore Drive, Michigan to Chicago Clack toilet Broken pipes flooded basement The dependable licensed professionals the plumbers, 911 Chicagoland are here to help call a 33 plum 911 for fast, reliable plumbing service. I'm urban about Netta traffic center, reminding you to drive responsibly. Learn more life or death. Illinois dot com. Dozens of Chicago police officers, including members of the SWAT team dealt with the barricade situation in Pulaski Park. WGN's Make low reports Chicago Police Tactical Unit surrounded the Rodeway Inn motel at the corner of North Lincoln and North Jersey Avenues in the Pulaski Park neighborhood on the city's northwest side crowds at the Lincoln Village shopping center across the street. Watched as the situation unfolded. Sources tell WGN news that the situation involved Roberto and Dino Police say he is a person of interest in a suspicious death being investigated in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Vehicle Kenosha police were looking for in connection to that death was located at the motel. Chicago Police released a statement saying the man was pronounced dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. An investigation.
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"In sports. Wall Street ended mostly lower. Today We'll have the closing numbers in a moment. Mary Vandeveld has your traffic update. Traffic is sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Edens is easing up no big delays there, but on the Kennedy up under the airport, 50 minutes 40 coming in still have this car fire being cleared on the inbound side of the 29 extension at 83, but the two right lanes remain blocked. Outbound manhunt 35 minutes, Alban Stevenson 55 in the tri state with an accident at 53 after the side south on 55 round 1 26. In the left lane. The Ryan is slow, most way outbound from 31st out to about 63rd Outbound 57 Sylvan accident. 127th in the two right lanes by vehicles were involved in that they're still clearing it. Csaba Lakeshore Drive Monroe to Balboni Rund Soldier Field to Monroe and also fallen power cables. Still raw 1 37 at River Road Police activity, Westside Central and Fulton driving, biking or walking responsibly, Really, as a matter of life or death, Learn more online or through social media at life or death. Illinois dot com. Urban about WGN traffic. Central combat crews are already working to restore restore electricity for those who lost power when severe weather slammed the area earlier this afternoon. John chain is with comment. Right now. We've got about 24,000 customers that are out of power from the storms that came through earlier. Um most of the most the outages are in our South region. But we've got crews out already starting to, uh, do restoration. We're hoping to get everybody back up as quickly and as safely as possible. He says he doesn't have a.
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"Talk about it here. This is Chicago's very own 7, 20 w. G M or download the WGN radio app and extremist live. It's 74 degrees at 12 31. I'm Bob Kessler, the vice president visits the US Mexico border. We'll get to that after WGN traffic from Mary Vandeveld. And traffic sponsored by Dell. Sometimes it feels like the world is throwing everything at you Tell Technologies Advisors have the check advice you need to navigate whatever you're up against. For advice and solutions like XPS 13 laptops powered by Intel Evo Platform calling advisor today at 877 asked Dell Eden's is okay. But the inbound Kennedy is already an hour from O'Hare from the eat in about 50 minutes outside of the airport. Is tied into Nagel. Eisenhower is about 34 minutes out to Mannheim in about 26 53 to 83 tied up on 55 22 minutes in from the Tri state 28 Outbound Dan Ryan's okay South on Lake Shore Drive is heavy north to Chicago and on the tri state south on. I 80 to 80 94, tied at 80 94 from the Indiana told a Kennedy in Lombard Watch for an accident. 22nd admires and in Glendale Heights at North and Bloomingdale. Mary Vandevelde, WGN TRAFFIC Central Vice President Kamala Harris has wrapped up her day trip to a Border patrol station at the US Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. Most people don't want to be home. And when they do, it is usually for one of two reasons because they are fleeing some harm or because just stay at home is that they cannot satisfy the basic needs of their family. It was the vice president's first border visit. Since taking office. She's heading up the administration's efforts to address a steep increase in migration. Search and rescue teams are trying to detect any sounds.
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"She's in the bullpen. Getting ready. He's got ice on the army's waving it in the air. Like you just don't care. He's got the winters. Business lunch. One of the say Good morning, Mary Vandevelde. I don't mean to put you on the spot, but you're in the traffic world right now. I don't know. I think she's actually talking to the news person her bob are chatting away right now. We'll get to marry and just a little bit. I was just trying to say hi to you, Mary Vandeveld. Sorry to put you on the spot there. She's still setting up. Look, I should have warned her ahead of time warming. Alright, she could. I should have told her and she got the headphones on. Hello? Sorry. No, I I shouldn't have just randomly called on you, Mary you were talking to someone was trying to do We're talking to Bob Kessler. What's going on? Not much. I just want to say hello. Oh, hi. How was how was your right on in, Mary? We'll look at it out there. No, it looks Yeah. Got big plans this weekend. Anything outside doing a little babysitting with my grand grand girls coming over. Nice. That'll be fun. Yeah. The reason I wanted you because I want you to play this game with me. Okay. Oh, boy. Yep. I'm terrible at the No. This is called, finished the headline. It's Oh, it's fun. It's easy. I'm going to give you not name a street downtown or something like that. Okay, good. Although we are always the victims of that. Yes, we are, You know, and I every week. I want to be like, just open my computer and cheat, but that would ruin the game. Well, Gucci because I have the book with all the names and you're like the rule keeper, right? Exactly the judge. My favorites are when we actually learned that there was a street name. We didn't realize And you have to remind everyone that in fact, there was a street name or wasn't my list is so old, that mistreat might be gone by now. I think she's playing the poodle game this afternoon. Good. We're all that's Yeah, exactly That one is always fun. Here's what we do. 312981 72 100. If you never heard me play this game, I'm going to give you kind of a quirky headline. A quirky news story and you need to finish it. Tell us what the cork is. 312 91 7200 and I love this prize. Because it's the W G N retro T shirt, which I posted myself wearing and anytime I'm out in public wearing that people want to know how they can get it. Well, guess what? This is how you get it. You play this game right now Go and call. And now, even if you don't know that the first clue yet, But 312981 72 100. Let's get some people on the line and ready to guess. All right. Is everyone ready to play Bob? You can play to their quirky news stories. But let's go out and fire things up and play finished the headlines a little background music for you. And away we go. Our first story comes from Worchester,.
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"And you'll immediately get a short list of quality. Candidates whose resumes and indeed fit your job description. Learn more at indeed dot com slash credit Watch for an accident. Inbound Bishop Ford at 103rd. That's in the right lane. Heavy traffic from 115 also outbound 57 at the Cal State Channel crash in the two left lanes. Eden's is slow in both directions approaching Peterson. Now the outbound Kennedy to the airport, jammed all the way out to Canfield and inbound is slow from Cumberland. On the Eisenhower. We're heading outbound to Mannheim, about a 55 minute ride and inbound 42, the outbound Stevenson's at 42, the Tri state Dan Ryan is building out to about 63rd I 80 is still slow from Pulaski to the tri state and still have this crash in Lombard Westbound Butterfield between Highland and Downers. Dr Mary Vandeveld, deputy in traffic Central, the victim from the kidnapping and downstate Peru has been located safely by law enforcement. Here's Peru Police chief Douglas Burnaby over the last 36 hours have successfully located the victim and puree Illinois. We've identified the offender in this particular case we recognize now that is not a juvenile. It was a young lady in her twenties, a statute were clearly indicate she could be mistaken for 14 to 16 year old juvenile, So that's why we call the FBI. He says the victim was abducted in a domestic incident there, searching for the suspect, 27 year old Bobby Cross, he's believed to have had some sort of previous relationship with the victim and is a convicted felon from a 2017 aggravated battery case. The CDC is labeling the Delta coronavirus strain a variant of concern. It's the variant first found in India and that comes after the new study that found that it's linked to a higher risk of ending up. In the hospital. Dr. Robert Murphy, professor of infectious disease at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, says the good news is the vaccines are effective against all variants in the U. S. So far, there was a very beautiful study in Nature magazine, which is very highly ranked scientific journal that showed that part of the immunological response that protects you from severe disease. Not so much from getting infected is perfectly fine with all the vaccines that we have Today. The delta variant currently accounts for roughly 10% of coronavirus cases in the US Things are slowly returning to normal in Chicago to help businesses recover from the pandemic and encourage new ones to open Mayor Lightfoot created the Chaib is strong initiative. But Elliot Richardson of the small Business Advocacy Council tells WGN's in a day of Lantus. There's still too many restrictions in the mayor's plan that could serve as a deterrent for new businesses to open and the small business owner thinking alright. Should I open a business in Chicago right now coming out of a pandemic and then your face with all of this red tape and all of these bureaucratic hurdles, you know, it can really cost somebody to take pause and perhaps not move forward, And it is mind boggling. City lawmakers will review and vote on the latest proposal in committee on Thursday. And now the W G and forecast you can see for the Windows Open again tonight Going to be clear and cool As we drop into the mid fifties. There is the potential for.
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"Double Mutant Cove in 19 variants has made its way to the Midwest White Sox going for three straight wins Cubs and since he bowl's host Milwaukee and have the Bears frown, their franchise quarterback will have more coming up in sports and in business, the Dow NASDAQ and S and P 500 all closed lower today. A beauty and terrific. Here's Mary Vandeveld and Traffic is sponsored by Amita Health Inbound. Eden's is jammed up from Peterson, the inbound side of the Kennedy from O'Hare about a Knauer now from the Eaton's 34 minutes, our five heading out back to the airport. Rush hour's underway in the up Monica's well, 50 minutes to Mannheim. About an hour 5 to 3 90 55 in from 3 90 slow 53 all the way up to 83 now on the inbound side of 55 from the tri state 42 minutes. Outbound 2 to 94 is an hour up on Ryan and accident at 95th is off to the side. Still some heavy delays from 31st lakeshore drive north to Chicago accident in the tri state cell phone after Ogden. That's blocking the right lane. Stall east on I 88 the displays River Bridge in the left lane and also police activity. Southside 75th infants sense in an accident summit it Archer, just north of 63rd and Amita Health Orthopedic Institute. You will find treatment for all bone and joint conditions. Taylor to you. That's whole care. Learn more at Amita health dot org's slash orthe owe Amita health in sickness and in health. Vandeveld mpg on traffic Central, The India Double Mutant Cove in 19 Variant is officially in Michigan, Michigan Department of Health announced a positive test today involving someone in Clinton County. The U..
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"Released, showing the police shooting death of Anthony Alvarez on March 31st Get to that in just a moment. But first, Here's Mary Vandeveld with WGN traffic and traffic is sponsored by his equal pure Izzie's all night getting heavy and some of the roadways with the rain. The Eaton's looking good outbound Kennedy about 26 to the airport and 50 coming in from O'Hare already 42 from the Eaton's Eisenhower hits the brakes outbound to all the way to about Austin, 34 to Mannheim, 48 to 3 90 impound 22 for Mannheim. Stevenson still heavy between first and Lamont, mostly an hour and five minutes out to 3 55 45 just to get to the tri state started get busy now on Lake Shore Drive to Oak Street to Chicago's and accident eastbound 88 the Reagan Till it Naperville. Two left lanes are blocked with that Westside. A crash at Ashland and poke involving a cyclist and also in Joliet came from road is closed off. It robbed 59 with an accident. Up at two a.m. again tonight, Try pure Izzie's all night. Unlike other sleep AIDS, their extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer and longer is equal pure Izzie's all night fall asleep and stay asleep. Vandeveld. The biggie and Traffic Central Chicago's Independent Police Review Board has released video of yet another fatal shooting by police, this time of a 22 year old Latino man who was shot in the back late last month during a foot chase. They're Lightfoot, saying it is unacceptable that a minor traffic offense ended in the death of Anthony Alvarez. She urges people to look closely at the video. The New York Times is reporting that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani's.
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"Postponed. I'll bring you more on that sports and in business winter weather sends energy stocks soaring WGN traffic Here's Mary Vandeveld and traffic is sponsored by coin flip Looks so much better is far is as more people on the roadways at this time. Lot less people. They're all at home. Digging out, but the roads are getting better summer not completely cleared off. Still some snow on them secondary roads, especially so you still need extra time. Eden's is in good shape on the Kennedy No major delays, even though they're still there, leaving the express lanes closed off because they're still clearing that snow Eisenhower heading out But on the 2 90 extension is still a mess heading out to 3 55 earlier accident at Easter Field now Is still being cleared, but at least they're opening some of the lanes. Thean bound trip is about 52 minutes in from 3 90 16 for Mannheim, also an accident. Mixed in at the tri state. The two left lanes. Stevenson is clear along with the Ryan cellphone 57 at I 80 and exit involving some cars in the ditch. And Bartlett an accident lake and route 59 also north bound 3 55 tub while the beast her field accident being clear, But you need Pacific. Northwest trains Union, Pacific West and North and Milwaukee West are all running with some delays due to switching problems. Burlington Northern Trains are still stopped at Cicero Freight train interference. Their coin flip is the world's leading Bitcoin A T M operator. Coin Flip makes buying Bitcoin so flipping easy Find your nearest coin. Flip it A T m at coin flip dot tech use promo code coin flip 2021 for 15% off fees on your first transaction. Our band belted BGN Traffic Central Good news for Chicago restaurants today. Mayor Life it announced that indoor dining can expand to the lesser of 40% capacity or 50 people effective immediately, Roger Romanelli of the Chicago Restaurant Coalition tells the beauty ends and a devil Entous..
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"And yellow Line suspended at Howard Still Brown line. Expect some delays because of mechanical problems. Mary Vandeveld a B G M traffic Central, some of us in the Chicago Land area, woke up to us many is 18 inches of snow today. Haven't stinted Valparaiso saw Foot and a half as of this morning Lake effect, Snow slammed the midway Airport area. With 17.7 inches about 7.5 inches reported at O'Hare about 3 to 5. Inches of snow still possible near the lake front today. Chicago public schools canceled in person learning due to the storm. City of Chicago has postponed all vaccinations and testing due to the winter storm for today to be clear there's only applies to people who had vaccination or testing appointment scheduled with the city. Those people who had those appointments scheduled will be contacted by the city of Chicago. With rescheduled rescheduling information. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announce the expansion of indoor dining in Chicago, effective immediately due to the significant progress in the fight against Cove in 19. As of today, restaurants and bars can serve 50 people or 40% capacity. Whatever's fewer table size remains limited. No more than six people. Alcohol service still ends at 11 P.m.. Cities, allowing that after Chicago recorded fewer than 400 new covert 19 cases per day for the past three days, and the Senate has announced its first hearings to examine the January 6th siege on the Capitol, calling in the former chief of Capitol police and the former heads of security for the House and the Senate, all three of whom resigned immediately after the attack. Two Senate committees will meet next week to begin abroad. Examination of the security failures that land that led to the vast breach which five people died. In addition to the February 23rd hearing. Two committees are pressing for information from almost two dozen agencies and departments about the response. WGN Sports Northwestern takes on Illinois tonight in college basketball pre game 7 45 Tip off Is it eight with Dave ended and Joey Meyer on 7 20, WGN and WGN radio dot com. COLLEGE basketball. Northern Illinois is in Akron. Michigan State is at Purdue and the Blackhawks will visit Detroit tomorrow. Pre game with Chris Boden is.
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"Lap come to expressways. Shootings reported near Chicago. Overnight Bull set tos, the Clippers and the latest on the Blackhawks coming up in sports and in business. Fizer, hoping to expand its covert vaccination trials, WGN traffic Here's Mary Vandeveld and Traffic is sponsored by plumbers, 911 dot com Eden Still in Good Shape The inbound Kennedy from Oh, here about 38 minutes 26 from the Edens Watch for a stall about it. I won 90 Accident just reported now. Outbound Eisenhower at Austin, about 30 minutes out to Mannheim, 44 to 3 90 inbound, just slow Mannheim in the first Avenue Stevenson starting to clear up a bit. Still, some minor delays into 3, 55 and 83. The inbound side of the Ryan looks good. Orland Park and accident still being cleared 131st and Wolf. And exiting Giulietta Larkin, just south of Jefferson. Plumbers. 911 wants to keep your family healthy. During these unprecedented times, contact plumbers. 91 wanted a 33 plum 911 for information on touchless faucets and toilets. Another way to help safeguard your family from covert 19. Her. Vandeveld, the BG on traffic. Central Illinois State Police are investigating two separate expressways shootings from early this morning. The first happened, Jeff just after midnight on the Bishop Ford north of 115th. And officer found in abandoned car that appeared to have been involved in a crash. A short time later, officers learned that a 19 year old driver reported he was shot at by White sedan and then fled just before 2 A.m., a 28 year old man heading south on the Stevenson says he was shot at by a white SUV. That man was not injured. Two people were killed early this morning when a car plunged off the Stevenson Expressway. WGN's Eric Wrong was at the scene shortly after it happened. The car there, fella about 70 ft. Off. The Stevenson crashed into a light pole on the way down, which knocked out all of the power in this area as well. Two people were killed in the crash tomb or are in critical condition at Stroger Hospital Police saying the car had a snow bank on the side of the Stevenson and flew off the expressway and hit that light pole on its way down. Police have identified those fatally injured a 27 year old man in a 22 year old woman. As of today, 10% of Illinois.
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"The Midwest listening right now going. I remember, though, February 14th 1990. That was a Valentine's Day. A lot of people wanted to get Forecast was generally for 2 to 4 inches of rain, changing or 2 to 4 inches of snow changing a rain that never did. We ended up having 9 to 12 inches. Snow. Yeah, I got a feeling just about anybody who had reservations for dinner. There was the middle of the week that anybody had reservations for dinner on Valentine's. They had a canceled and most likely talk more about getting stuck in the snow that day. It was without a doubt, one of the worst and probably one of the Hardest hit snowstorm that we've ever had on Valentine's Day and again. That was back in 1980. I should have some people right now going. I remember that day we were supposed to be that rose buds and we ended up needing that Pippins bar on in River north because we couldn't make it over the roads, But that was only three blocks away Parking spot. We were doing love story so 31 to 91 7200 if you if you met your loved one on the Valentine's Day snowstorm 1990 you get a prize? Rick really quickly. I got about a minute before I go let you go. But you mentioned that the predicted of that day was 2 to 4 inches changing a rain. It's a real fine line with these temperatures and waited to get rain, ice or snow. Have we gotten better since 1990 it being really able to get these grades Right way We've gotten tons better man. In fact, I'm just looking right now. It's some of the forecast models and it shows anywhere between maybe 1 to 2 inches coming at us. Later on today, mainly after about six or seven o'clock. I think tomorrow most of the snow is over with by noon. And then after that, just cold and the thing about it when you get super cold this time of the year, you push the storm track south for the next storm trip. Most likely is gonna be a second places like maybe Indianapolis. Maybe Toledo, Ohio, may be Detroit. Coming up here on Monday. But at this point, John, it looks like the biggest knows they shout a little bit of snow coming through here tonight. It's just going to add insult to injury, and the only thing I can see coming out of this pattern is maybe one or two more days of extreme cold if we can get through this cold spell with only three days below zero, and maybe 4 to 6 inches of snow. We're doing Okay, Relative. What's happening to the north of us? Violence? Always great to chat with you, my friend. They can't bring better news next time then we'll let you back on. That's a promise right to 30 Time for the news and W G. M. It's 13 degrees at 2 30. Good afternoon. I'm Bob Kessler. The news sponsored by news nation, the fight over the word fight by former President Trump's defense team. First WGN traffic from Mary Vandeveld and start.
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"Any and I think this week and it's a little complicated, too, I think and again is this a leverage play where we've got high schoolers who are taking final exams right now at the end of the quarter? Is that part of this where we don't want to do a lockout and in the high schoolers can finish their finals and they're trying to apply for schools and take p s A T s. It's just what is. What are we doing here? Feel in the dark. I hear you on that If you ever started a group before Ryan, are you? Is this a new thing for you? No. No way. I got the local school council meetings. If if that counts and West end in, But now we've We've never done anything like this. But you know it binds parents together, You know times of crisis and you look to your community toe bind together and try to find a sense of community and And voice frustration and then put it into action. And again. I'm I'm constantly You know, Florida and Just impressed with, you know some of the willpower that these parents have have shown throughout this this this time, right, making some incredibly difficult decisions for their families. And somehow still willing toe to take a really good tone and try to find you know the optimistic side in the light at the end of the tunnel it this side, So that's the goal here is to how do we take this frustration that parents feel And how do we message that in a very positive way so that our leaders can listen and get past the political fighting that they're going through right now and the Webbers that they're exerting on each other. I wish you all the all the luck in the world and achieving that. And for all the parents, you know, Look, we were feeling for you and the kids to write the ones the kids air out there to just sort of wondering, too. They they internalized some of this and just it's It's a tough time. Ryan. If people want to join your group or find out more about it, how did they? How did they find you and what you're doing? Yeah, You can find us at Chicago parents on Twitter and then you can also email us at Chicago parents Collective female back, Tom, where they're going to do some more events We got snowed out on Sunday with a foot of snow was a little too much for our group. But, yeah, reach out. Find us on Facebook, Social media and Your voice is heard. Yep. Thank you, Ryan. Thanks for calling into good luck with everything. Chicago parents collective. I talk to you soon. That's Ryan Griffin. He started Chicago Parents collective. If you want to join, you just heard how you could do it. It's 3 47. We've got to check the roads now with Mary Vandeveld. Upon on the Kennedy About a half hour out to the airport. 35 coming in from O'Hare. Very solid from Fullerton. Eisenhower. Sum up on delays.
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"The El tracks there, so they're working on all that, But I hope it's okay. And I hope they get to rebuild that. Let's talk about this whole wall. Bhikhu. So what about this life or what should we know about it? Yeah. Snowfall totals, though. Uh, Tom, what should we know about all this? What We need to know. Well, you know, it's interesting. We have completely turned the corner on snowfall. We had a snow drought going On a very warm uh, you know, start to the cold season cash. November was seven degrees above normal December and just completed January. Both came in over five degrees above normal. That's amazing is a Monthly total. And yet this is a lot, Nina winter and those air historically very volatile. So here we are. In the back end of winter. We've entered February the last month of Climatological Witter and Whammo. It hits the cold air that have been picking had taken up residence on the underside of the hemisphere has crossed the polls and when it comes over here You know, we know we turned colder, but we activate the storm track. Your state is strengthened that jet stream at in off the Pacific come the storms. So this thing that hit us over the weekend it dump 7 Ft of snow out in the Sierra California Where do you hear the snow numbers out of the East Coast. This is going on and produced more than 30 inches of snow. In New Jersey, not far from New York. I noticed New York City they've had up to 16 17 inches of snow, but highest total I've seen is Montague, New Jersey's had 33 inches of snow 31.2 inches. Springtown, New Jersey Lowell, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. 24 inches of snow. They had 71 mile an hour winds on the Massachusetts coast with that storm, which turned into a classic nor'easter. But that was the one That dropped 10.8 ago here and 11.3 at midway, and many areas close in here to the Chicago area and in the lake and his belt along the shoreline head over a foot of snow out event. That's the most know Anna that we've had in Chicago in five years and the period from January 25th through yesterday. Had produced nearly 20 inches of snow. That's just a week's time in our area around Evanston, there was one of the key points there for maximum accumulation. That's the most snow. We had 16.8 inches ago hearing that the past week that's the most know we've had in that time period since no record second most still, we've had since Snow records began here. 18 84 85. So that goes back quite a ways so we completely we completely turned that around the corner on snowfall. We're now above normal far from being in a snow drought status, and we haven't seen the last of it now. The other shoot. It's gonna drop is brutally cold Arctic air That's going to come in here later this week, and more. So this weekend and in their early next week and This thing has some staying power will have multiple days with sub zero thermometer readings, and I was looking at some of the wind chills the early average among the models. We look at It's wind chills around Campbell. Oh, by Friday morning, 20 below by Saturday morning and around 30 Below is possible Sunday, Monday and Tuesday mornings. Um, so it is really going to get cold around here and single digit daytime highs on the thermometer with a roaring wind is it comes in on on Friday, we had a win's a 45 MPH and gusts. So, boy, this winner is back loaded on the back end, and it's it's suddenly turned like a real authentic Chicago winter around here or will in the days ahead and by the way, Thursday to get messy. We could have a wintry mix coming here just after lunchtime, and they're going to Thursday night. We could get some accumulation of snow before that's all over and another little snow on the back side. Sometimes Saturday afternoon Saturday night, maybe Sunday morning with strong winds Sunday, bringing yet Reinforcing Cold area. So, Anna, get that Get the warm weather gear out. Get ready. You're not saying yeah, Yeah. Hey, Tom. I want to talk about some other things. Can we pause just for a moment here that we're gonna We gotta check the roads with Mary Vandeveld and then back with Tom Skilling here on W G and Mayor. What's going.
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"He covers City Hall joining us Now, Greg is this is busy a day or is it coming down a little bit? I know these have been pretty pretty hectic in your world. You know it's up and down, but even the down is pretty up. Usually You know something else I saw here. Alderman Brand new Riley changed his Twitter background to pot Paradise Alderman. He seems to be pretty upset. It's one of the things that's coming out of City Hall right now. There. Mayor is not really keen. Or maybe she's already shut down the idea of having one of these marijuana dispensaries in the downtown district, which would be his ward, and he's not happy about it. Yeah. You know, it's not necessarily knew because the mayor has been opposed to it from the beginning. She said. She didn't wanna make it, uh, you know last year and even 2019. She said that She didn't wanna make it into take away the family friendliness of it. You know, as though she doesn't want people's selling weed right outside the bean, which is probably something that everybody would agree on. But she is she's taking it pretty hard line from the beginning against weed downtown, and the position now is that with storefronts vacants emptying out and all the vacants after the civil unrest in the pandemic. There is some pot businesses want to come down. They should. And the mayor dismissed it way out of hand yesterday and she said that, you know, she doesn't want it to be a pop paradise, which I think some people, um And you can see the Alderman. Two are rolling their eyes at because they would say nobody's trying to make downtown upon paradise, Although it is a good throws. It is a great phrase, and he's gonna use it. I'm sure I don't know if he's totally lost. This bet. Would you say it's done done? Not gonna happen. Or you think that there might be some discussions Still, would we ever see it? A downtown dispensary in the near future. I think what all the men Riley has on his side is that it doesn't make business ends. Put a dispensary business down there somewhere. And so there's going to be economic and financial pressures of the city. He is a fairly prominent and influential all the man he's not. You know, Um, he's not just one of 50. Here's a prominent alderman with a prominent ward, who, um, who is respected by his colleagues that said, it is hard to get something done. If the mayor doesn't want to get it done in this town, and even Even with all the chaos that has happened on their middle life that is still true, so to be determined We're not turning Michigan Avenue into the pot paradise, she said. His response, though, and he's already kind of taken a social media about it saying that, you know, look, there are no quality of life for crime related issues that directly Surround these dispensaries that they're currently operating. So it'll be the same. Downtown is his argument. He's also making the economic argument last night checked, We're broke. Couldn't we use a downtown sort of one? Maybe it's not a Michigan Avenue on the central business district or something like that. Maybe it's kind of off on one of the side streets around there something but Wouldn't it make sense economically, to do that kind of thing. They have been hugely profitable, right? Yeah, he made he made the point that you know. Next time they say we're broke and we need to raise property taxes. This is exhibit a form. Yeah, right. That's that is the other argument. You also have this ward by ward breakdown of Chicago Carjackings, Alderman. I guess they released it to the alderman. Police did Did you see anything that you looked through that data? I know it's 2018 2019 and 2020. They go ward by ward and describe how many There have been in each year. Anything you've got from that, Greg. Well, it's pretty astonishing just how widespread it is. It's literally all over the city. Um You know, from part of why it's gotten more attention is that a lot of Um, it Z hitting areas that don't get a lot of crime. And so that's scary. But there's also some pretty horrifying data for even areas that Have a lot of crying, so I live in Little village and I'm right next to the North Lawndale, which is much of it is the 24 Ford and they have a astonishing amount of Carjackings. And it's especially astonishing because it Zapata it's award with With relatively little population. So 40 Carjackings in that ward go a lot further than you know, 40 Carjackings in. You know the 42nd Ward downtown, which has so many people in it, so it But it is it is a citywide problem, and it is something that every single alderman black, white and Hispanic really cared about. It is really concerned about because they're hearing about it. For sure. And I heard that some of that very passionate city council like us, a committee meeting on Carjacking, trying to bring folks together the victims who spoke who had been victims of Carjacking themselves and others. I mean, just sort of a passionate cry for help here. And I wonder if when you look at what the city has proposed right now, if you think it makes a difference, are they adding some more cops created to these Carjacking units and some other things they're doing. That's a great question, you know, obviously more. More help is always good, whether or not but you know if you put in a bunch of health and you don't have a strategy, or you don't have a clear strategy that's also um not helpful. So you know, I would guess that the police Department would say We have a pretty good strategy. I think that, um the results will They're out whether that's true, but obviously, um, you know, the other end of that is saying we're gonna put 40 more cops. You know, that's not even one per ward and so It's not. Ah, that is a relatively low amount. But you know what else are they gonna say? Right? They're not going to say Well, we're working on it. They need to, uh We need the get the situation under control. First of all, because it is It is actually a real problem. And then they have the political problem of wanting the look like they're trying to get it under control, which is A very important issue for them. Yeah, No, no doubt about that, And I mean, look, it's it is It's an important issue for all of us that I applaud them for trying to do something. Whether this is a solution that will start. We'll start seeing a difference. I don't know are we had like 200 Carjackings for the month. That's the last estimate. I heard. Yes, It's absolutely crazy out there and people are people are concerned people from all put. The other thing is people also from all political ideologies and from all Walks of life. I had a friend who I don't think it's somebody who you know lives. An exaggerated fear of Chicago was telling me that you know there. He just got a new car for their household and they're concerned about you know, what is that going to attract the carjacker? And then they have Ah, young kid, And so, um So it is a real big concern out there and it's really you know, it's also The other thing about, you know, just adding some more. Some cops, for that is is we still have a violence problem dead that was out of control last year. I don't know quite what? How the numbers add up, but it's so something to keep Avenger. So CPD has his hands full. Yeah, no doubt about that. Greg Pratt. Thank you. Thanks for the time this afternoon. Always like hearing from you. Thank you. Gregory Print. He covers City Hall for the Chicago Tribune. It's the bottom of the hour time now. So let's get to the news from the North Western Medicine newsroom. 23 degrees at 1 30. Good afternoon. 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"What she has to say. In any other news. We get about availability of vaccines and what to do well will pass that along to you as well. It's bottom of the hour time. And that means it's time for the news from the North Western Medicine newsroom. It's 27 degrees at 2 30. Good afternoon. I'm Lauren Lap come. Orland Park Police investigating what they believe is a road rage incident that resulted in two people shot. Of Yuji and Perfect. Here's Mary Vandeveld and blockage from that incident. 143rd and Lake Cook Road, also an accident. The inbound side of the Eisenhower at Pulaski, two left lanes are blocked. It's about 40 minutes in from 3 90 22 for Mannheim also delays into North Avenue with the reported accident there on the extension. No delays on the Edens Kennedy is building inbound from about Irving Park now 34 from O'Hare. Ryan's okay along with a Stevenson structure. Fire investigation continues in displays at Oakton and Elmhurst accident, Niles in Milwaukee and Dempster and also in Aurora Yellow Road closed from a deal to 88. Caravan about the B G M traffic central Developing this afternoon, Two people were shot in a suspected road rage incident in Orland Park. Early this afternoon. The shooting happened near the KinderCare on 143rd and we'll cook Road. Two people were taken to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are unknown. Police say the suspect or suspects fled north on will cook Road in a small black or gray sedan. The Biden administration is projecting as many as 90,000 Americans will die from the Corona virus In the next four weeks, the administration is.
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"Not been much of a winter so far, not much snow. Certainly that was not the story in 1979 were marking an anniversary of that nasty blizzard in 1979 and WGN's chief meteorologist, Tom Skilling, talked with WGN's Bob Surat about that. Do you know what the forecast was? Prior to January. 13th of 1979 0. Yeah, you know, it was interesting. That blizzard was different than its counterpart and 67, which is the benchmark snowstorm. The forecast was pretty well handled. You know, the expectation had been something like 10 inches or more of snow, and there were Blizzard conditions predicted. You know that That was an amazing storm. I mean, think about what that did politically in this city. You know, Seated a bear introduced Jane Byrne to us and a serious sense. And you know, the city that worked. We knew wasn't working at that point, because we have been brought to a standstill by that snow. Remember that we couldn't get that winter started with snow storms on December 1st. We had snow storms every two weeks leading up to it. So the snow that came down with that, with blizzard strength winds came down on all the snow that have been accumulated. Up to that point in time, and that was kind of the stick that broke the camel's back on. They're saying one amazing storm kind of storm. Mary Vandeveld has been hoping for the Skilling says that it changed the way roads are treated in the city and inches No in this city untreated can create, as you know, amazing traffic problems. But you know the decade of the seventies, Bob produced the worst series of winners of any in since we started keeping records back to 18 71. And actually, we kept records before that, But the Chicago fire destroyed the weather records. So that's why our weather record goes back. Only 18 71, but in all that time every winter Uh, produced nothing like the winners in the seventies. Every snowstorm was followed by sub zero cold and it rendered the use of salt on our streets. They ineffective So it was a bad point. The city started putting calcium chloride him with assault, which Lower the temperature, which we'd melt snow because the problem in the seventies was they would salt the roads and then traffic heat with melted down the ice. He had glaze ice on all the inner sections with just salt. So the realization came into being that we had to do something do affect the chemicals were putting on the roads, so they had a calcium, poor eye and wow, that changed the whole scene in terms of Snowstorm treatment by the city was in 19 at the time of kid and a lot of people have snowmobiles. Then the dad's in town and they would go out to buy 57 pull people out of cars trapped on I 57 Bring them into the high school gym. I'll never forget that storm art. Another storm closer to home. The National Guard Public Affairs officer, Lieutenant Colonel Brad Leighton, is talking about preparations at the capital. He talked to WGN's John Williams this week. If they are assigned a.