Julia Maruca
Staff Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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2 days ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
As of Monday afternoon, the clock is ticking to count down to the NFL Draft’s arrival in Pittsburgh. Officials from the Steelers, Visit Pittsburgh, the city, and Allegheny County celebrated an official kickoff for the draft Monday afternoon with the unveiling of a new digital countdown clock on the Great Lawn near Acrisure Stadium.
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3 days ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
It would be easy to overlook the two three-bedroom townhouses tucked side-by-side in a corner of the Hill District. Ledlie Street is just off Bedford Avenue but gets little traffic of its own, and the homes are painted in modest earth tones. But for Lee Walls of Amani Christian Community Development, the only problem with the homes is there aren’t more of them. “As you can see, it’s all electric,” he says while leading a tour from the floor-level kitchen to the attic bedrooms.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
Pittsburgh’s fire and emergency medical services vehicle fleets are in dire condition, public safety leaders told City Council at a presentation Tuesday afternoon. The city’s oldest fire vehicle is 37 years old, according to Brian Kokkila, assistant chief of fire operations. Its oldest EMS vehicles date back to the 1980s, though the most worn-out among the fleet are rarely used, said Pittsburgh EMS chief Amera Gilchrist.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
A little under 75,000 Duquesne Light customers in Western Pennsylvania were still without power as of Friday afternoon. Duquesne Light spokesperson Christine Waller said all customers are expected to have power back by Tuesday at 11:30 p.m., with many seeing power restored before then. And while utility restoration efforts have been underway since a violent storm ripped through the region Tuesday night, some power lines may still pose danger.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
Officials with Duquesne Light and the city of Pittsburgh said Thursday afternoon that they’re making progress, but still working on responding to the storm that slammed Pittsburgh and surrounding areas Tuesday night. Duquesne Light spokesperson Matt Neistein said the company has restored power to more than 200,000 out of the 325,000 customers who lost power at the outage’s peak.
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Developers and community organization leaders paint a mixed picture of how successful Mayor Ed Gainey has been at facilitating affordable housing. Most agree there'll still be plenty of ground to break after the May 20 primary — no matter who wins. https://t.co/1apuPH35sG
RT @KateGiammarise: To developers, affordable housing is a challenge bigger than one mayor https://t.co/0Xcg2HMppE @905wesa @MarucaJulia
Members of the century-old Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP were given a task by their organization’s national branch on Monday: Gather enough active members to determine what future the organization has in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/jfV6jnleoR