Zak Spector
Weekend Evening Writer and Producer at WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
Husband, Father, Traveler, Observer, Chicagoan, University of Colorado Graduate, 1987 Hillel Torah Dreidel Champion. Opinions are my own.
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3 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Zak Spector
Famed restaurateur and activist Josephine Wade-Smith, known as "Mother Wade," talked about keeping kids safe this summer at two Chicago public schools on Monday. Wade-Smith visited Wendell E. Green Elementary School, at 1150 W. 96th St., and Percy Julian High School, at 10330 S. Elizabeth St., along with Gary Sutton of Deloitte. They talked to kids about entrepreneurship, business management, and educational opportunities. Wade-Smith said keeping kids engaged is what keeps them safe.
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2 weeks ago |
kesq.com | Adam Harrington |Zak Spector
By Adam Harrington, Zak SpectorClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois ( WBBM) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents said Thursday that they found fake watches in Chicago that would be worth millions of they were real.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Zak Spector
Six teens were arrested and charged Sunday with robbing a smoke shop in the West Loop and beating a man there. At 7 p.m. Saturday, the six teenage boys walked into SmokePost, at 1063 W. Madison St., and started stealing items, police said. They also punched a 25-year-old man in the face with closed fists, police said. Police apprehended all the teens soon afterward.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Marie Saavedra |Zak Spector
On May 13, Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta will be sworn in for her second full term in office. She's unlike any other mayor in America, because of where she was born. The road to Bolingbrook's top office was very long for Alexander-Basta. It started in Egypt. "I was born in Cairo, Egypt, and I moved to the United States when I was 6 years old," she said. From then on, she grew up in Nashville, spending summers back in her native country.
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2 months ago |
cbsnews.com | Joe Donlon |Zak Spector
Doomsday Clock shows humanity closer to extinction than ever, but scientists still optimistic It was a small change, but a frightening one. Last month, the "Doomsday Clock" was moved up to 89 seconds, the closest the world has ever been to total annihilation. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, based at the University of Chicago, uses the clock as a metaphor to show how close the planet is to reaching human extinction.
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The sounds of Old Mexico. This #HispanicHeritageMonth2024 we learned about traditional Mexican folk music and the Chicago band that revived it and made it popular. #mexico #music #chicago #folk https://t.co/ka9b9Gqam7
This story is about thinking differently. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago offers a class using scents as the medium. @cbschicago @saic_news #artschool #art #chicago https://t.co/jslW3K8kGZ
