🌱Frontier Crew Helps Deliver Baby + Orlando Starbucks May Unionize

Hello, people of Orlando! Carlos Hernandez here with today's edition of the Orlando Daily.

First, today's weather:

Heavy afternoon thunderstorms. High: 92 Low: 71.

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Here are the top five stories in Orlando today:

1. A flight attendant from Frontier Airlines is being applauded for helping deliver a baby mid-flight on the way to Orlando. The new mother gave her daughter the middle name "Sky" to commemorate the unusual circumstances surrounding her birth, according to the airline. (Orlando Patch)

2. A former Central Florida figure skating coach pleaded guilty to sexually battering a former student when she was 12 years old. Andrei Berekhovski admitted he was one of the child’s primary caretakers when he sexually battered her back in 2005. Judge Renee Roche accepted a plea deal for three years behind bars with credit for time served if Berekhovski pleaded guilty to one of three sexual battery counts. (Click Orlando)

3. Workers at an Orlando-area Starbucks began voting by mail ballot this week to join a nationwide union drive, after filing a petition for union representation earlier this year. At least a few dozen workers at this store, including full-time and part-time baristas and shift supervisors, will vote on whether to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. (Orlando Weekly)

4. Osceola County Sheriff's Office is recommending that an Osceola County deputy be charged following a fire at a gas station that severely burned a motorcyclist. Sources say the sheriff’s office is recommending that Deputy David Crawford be charged with culpable negligence, which is a misdemeanor. (WFTV)

5. State Attorney Monique H. Worrell and the Ninth Judicial Circuit community engagement team held their first Osceola County community townhall meeting at Kissimmee Civic Center on Monday. "The purpose of the townhall meetings is to be engaged," Worrell said. (Osceola News-Gazette)

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Today in Orlando:

• MegaCon 2022 at Orange County Convention Center. (10 a.m.)
• War of the Rosés at Del Frisco's Orlando. (5:30 p.m.)
• Friday Evening Pop Up Market at Coterie Coffee Winter Park. (6 p.m.)
• Shen Yun at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts - Orlando. (7:30 p.m.)
• Brew & View: The World's End at Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Pop-up vendor Meng's Kitchen will have a permanent home in Colonialtown starting in mid-June. Meng’s Kitchen specializes in Thai-style Hainanese chicken and rice and traditional Isaan dishes. (Bungalower)
• The Orlando Yelp Elite Squad had the chance to experience the hottest new addition to Park Avenue, AVA MediterrAegean. The entire AVA team wowed the crowd with tasty bites, beautiful food presentations and AVA G&Ts all around. (Instagram)
• Universal Orlando Resort will be ending its Universal's Superstar Parade next month according to its website. The parade made its debut in 2012 at Universal Studios Florida. (ThrillGeek)
• Orlando's OnePulse Foundation has announced a number of Memorial Week remembrance events ahead of the city marking six years since the Pulse nightclub massacre on June 12, 2016. (Orlando Weekly)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Orlando Daily? Contact me at carlosreportsnews@gmail.com