UPDATE — 4:16 p.m., Mon., April 12: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 717 (two-day total) Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 0...

The Allegheny County Health Department will now be providing public alerts when air quality forecasts show a potential for poor air quality in the Monongahela River Valley. According to a release, these air quality alerts for the Mon Valley will begin on April 12...

Update — 11:45 a.m. Mon., April 12:

Video Archive Lynn is talking about today's parents: "American parents just constantly, and needlessly, exhaust themselves dreaming up activities for their kids when all they have to do is live their normal productive lives and let the kids come along, learning as they go."

Since 2014, the city of Pittsburgh has lost more than 7,000 of its Black residents. Most of those Black people are leaving for suburbs within the Pittsburgh metro area...

The pandemic forced a shift in many people’s relationships to food — ordering in rather than going out to eat, cooking more often, or, in some cases, simply learning to cook. For me, the pandemic represented an opportunity to improve my repertoire of tofu recipes...

It’s a question that’s intrigued Kazuo Ishiguro since he started writing. When told his latest novel, Klara and the Sun (Knopf), lingers long after its final pages, he wants to know why...

Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs

On Saturday morning, members of the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh and the Mountain Rescue Group took part in the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy's 28th annual Emerald View Park cleanup in Mount Washington, rappelling down the hillside to pick up trash along the way. The crew retrieved a large number of items that had been dropped or blown into the park below the popular siteseeing spot where tourists and locals alike come to take photographs of the Downtown skyline, including a stroller that was stuck in a tree just below the overlook...

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The pandemic has caused a lot of cancellations over the last year and with continuing precautions, the Summer Camps here in Pittsburgh have found ways to still bring the entertainment and learning opportunities to our children this year. Here is a list of 6 summer camps that have put together safety precautions and an agenda for the kids to have an amazing summer full of lasting memories!

On April 8, attorneys for Dannielle Brown — who was up until recently on a months-long hunger strike in protest over the death of her son Marquis Jaylen Brown, a student at Duquesne University — announced that Brown and the university had reached a settlement related to claims made surrounding his death in October of 2018. Brown was on a hunger strike, in which she was only ingesting liquids and nutrients, for more than 230 days starting in summer 2020...

Pittsburgh isn’t necessarily known for its pizza, but we do have a number of places in the city where you can get a pretty good slice. Whether it’s the ongoing Mineo’s vs. Aiello’s debate, or the cold cheese on a hot slice debacle, Pittsburgh’s pizza is a hot topic with locals...

Pittsburgh may be known for zombies thanks to its connection to Night of the Living Dead and its sequels, but the city also boasts some pretty terrifying ghost stories. And one of the most notable ghost stories was just picked up by New Line Cinema and is set to become a film...

After a year-long renovation, the Downtown branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is reopening for limited in-person services on Tue., April 20. And before it reopens to patrons, the library branch is also inviting community members to tour the newly renovated space on Sat., April 17, with a social-distant friendly event...

Walking into Bankrupt Bodega's eclectic new space in Bloomfield gave me similar vibes to hanging out at my local skate shop as a kid. Given the tube televisions, vintage cameras and clothing, and colorful images hanging on the walls, it was like stepping back in time...

Decolonized Futures, a project launched by The Center for the Art in Society at Carnegie Mellon University, has immersed listeners and viewers in the culture of Indigenous groups with music, art, tours, and more. Now Decolonized Futures organizers will envision a time unaffected by colonialism with the Resound/Revision Festival: Indigenous Pittsburgh and Otherwise Worlds...

Openings & Re-openings Tupelo Honey Cafe Coming to Station Square. tupelohoneycafe.com Tupelo Honey Cafe, a southern fried chicken chain, is set to arrive in Pittsburgh in Fall 2021 and is coming to Station Square...

Pittsburgh Public Theater named Emma Gibson the winner of its first New Play Contest for her play When We Fall. Gibson received a $500 honorarium and a Public PlayTime premiere of her play June 17-20 as the finale of the virtual Classics N’at Benefit Series...

Video Archive It’s the Pirate’s Home Opener and Lynn has a question: “What are the republican faithful supposed to do in terms of sports?!” After boycotting the NFL, NBA, and now MLB, there’s not many games left that they can attend...

Port Authority of Allegheny County announced it would grant $200 bonuses to bus drivers and other employees who volunteer to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This decision adds Port Authority to a list of employers trying to ensure that their workers and the people they serve are protected against the virus...

In an interview with York, Pa.’s WPMT television station, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Lehigh) was asked about the recent Georgia election law and how Black people and other people of color who have opposed that bill said it will make it harder for their communities to vote. Toomey then called that a “ridiculous argument” and then insisted that forms of identifications, like drivers license, are ubiquitous among everyone, including BIPOC people...