🌱 Pizza Bruno Opening College Park + Ocala Olympic Celebration

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Carlos Hernandez, your host of the Orlando Daily.

First, today's weather:

Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 85 Low: 63.

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Here are the top five stories today in Orlando:

1. The suspected killer of a maintenance man at Sanford's Husseini Islamic Center has been shot by police in Indian River County. 38-year-old Ahmed Raslan is suspected of killing an as-yet unnamed 59-year-old worker at the mosque on Thursday morning, according to police. (Orlando Weekly)

2. Forty-year-old Joseph Komjathy is behind bars at the Brevard County jail and charged with multiple counts related to child exploitation. Komjathy is a middle school teacher in Brevard County, but the charge came from Indian River County. (WESH)

3. The City of Ocala celebrated the homecoming of three famed Olympians on Saturday. Hundreds of people came out for a parade for Olympic athletes Brittany Bowe, Erin Jackson and Joey Mantia. The trio recently took home medals for speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (WFTV)

4. Pizza Bruno is opening a new restaurant in College Park. The popular restaurant, owned by Bruno Zacchini, will be opening a second location in the former Tin and Taco space at 2429 Edgewater Drive. (Bungalower)

5. Alliance Realty is working with the Ukrainian Catholic church in Apopka to collect donations for Ukrainian refugees. The donations recently collected include clothing, nonperishable food, blankets and medical supplies. The church is accepting donations on-site at 245 Lake McCoy Drive in Apopka. (Click Orlando)

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Today in Orlando:

• Photos With The Easter Bunny at Oviedo Mall. (11:00 AM)
• Superintendent Search Community Forum - Community/Business Partners at Ronald Blacker Educational Leadership Center. (12:00 PM)
• Happy Hour + Art at The Falcon Bar & Gallery. (5:00 PM)
• Audubon Park Community Market. (5:00 PM)
• Boys Lacrosse Vs. East River at Boone High School. (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• On Sundays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., a small Vietnamese vegan food market is available in the back of Phap Vu Temple Orlando in east Orlando. Usually they have one special noodle soup and a few of the steamed rice crepe dishes - $12 a dish with proceeds going to the temple. (Twitter)
• Catch Emmy-winning comic Wanda Skyes in Walt Disney Theater—for one night only on May 12. Get tickets today from only $39.50. (Twitter)
• Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announced it has partnered with the Dream Machine Foundation to make a local resident’s dream of becoming a professional wrestler come true. (My Central Florida Family)

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— 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.