🌱 Brown Line Attacker Arrested + Chicago Docs Talk Booster Shots

Happy Monday, Patch readers. Let's start the week right with a five-minute rundown of what's making news in Lakeview.

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First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 81 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Lakeview today:

1. Chicago police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. Angelina Alkhafaji was last seen Friday in River North near the 600 block of North Kingsbury Avenue. (FOX 32)

2. A man convicted of robbing a 55-year-old man at the Southport Brown Line in July is back in jail after stealing a car at gunpoint in Edgewater. Jakolbi Lard was sentenced to three years probation for the Brown Line robbery and was charged this week with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle. (CWB)

3. Some Chicago doctors are criticizing the CDC and FDA’s limiting of COVID-19 booster shots to certain groups of people. “Everybody who has had the Pfizer vaccine should be offered the booster,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Global Health. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. More than 20 local businesses and organizations are uniting to form the Coalition of Haitian American Organizations of Chicago, to raise awareness for the Haitian migrant crisis at the Texas border. The coalition held a peace rally Sunday outside of Federal Plaza. (CBS2)

5. About 4,680 children ages 5-17 tested positive for COVID-19 in Illinois last week, down from more than 6,000 the week prior. Despite progress due to vaccination rates increasing in children 12 and older, 257 schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks last week, leading to quarantines and remote learning. (Paid source: Tribune)

Today in Lakeview:

• Fitness class at Gallagher Way. (7 a.m.)
• Chitoberfest at Chicago Brewhouse. (11 a.m.)
• The Music Box Theatre screens four throwback films as part of its "Hollywood on Hollywood" series. (1:45 p.m.)
• The Chicago Moth Story Slam is held at Lincoln Hall. (7 p.m.)
• "Chicago's longest-running Open Mic Night" takes place at Uncommon Ground. (7 p.m.)

Lakeview Patch Notebook

• The Cubs played their final home game of the season yesterday. (MLB)
• City workers are demolishing a hazardous parking garage in the 1900 block of North Dayton Street after years of neighbor complaints. (NBC5)
• Chicago was home to 7,000 bakeries at one point in its history, according to a new book detailing the history of the city’s bakeshops. (WBEZ)
• The Cherry Circle Room inside the Chicago Athletic Association finally reopened this weekend after being closed for 17 months. (Eater)
• Pumpkin patches and fall-themed festivals are kicking off across Chicagoland this week as October approaches. (West Suburban Journal)

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That's all for this Monday, Lakeview! Looking forward to another week of bringing you the neighborhood news.

— Georgi Presecky

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