🌱 City Plans Gas Card Giveaway + CTA Explains Belmont Station Delays

Happy Friday, Lakeview! Here's your first April edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 43 Low: 36.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Lakeview today:

1. An intoxicated Chicago man climbed naked onto the wing of a private jet Tuesday at Midway International Airport. He faces a felony trespassing charge. (Patch)

2. Last week’s hours-long delays near the Belmont CTA station were caused by a signal pole falling on the tracks, the CTA confirmed. CBS reports the pole “has since been repaired and is functioning properly.” (CBS)

3. The city will distribute $150 gas and Ventra cards to help lower-income residents manage high gas prices. Applications open April 27. (Block Club)

4. Chicago continues to see some of the lowest COVID-19 averages since the pandemic began, despite omicron subvariant BA.2 becoming the dominant strain of the virus. The city is averaging 11 hospitalizations and less than one death per day. (NBC)

5. Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki hit his first spring training home run Wednesday. The team opens the regular season April 7 at Wrigley Field against the Brewers. The White Sox open the following day in Detroit. (Paid source: Tribune)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Swedish Hospital hosts a grand opening of its new outpatient physician office. (1 p.m.)
• “Mothering Sunday” opens at the Landmark. (4:15 p.m.)
• Stop by Tuco & Blondie, Smylie Brothers Brewing Company and Old Pueblo Cantina and try their Chicago Restaurant Week menus. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A GoFundMe page has raised more than $81,000 for the family of slain Happy Camper employee Hermilo Beltran. (GoFundMe)
• Chicago is considering a bid for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. (CBS)
• The Goodman Theatre is extending its run of “Good Night, Oscar.” (Goodman)
• A Kilwins Ice Cream Shop will open this summer in Andersonville. (Block Club)
• On this date in 1906, the Chicago Tribune ran an April Fool's Day story about dinosaurs invading the city. (Paid source: Tribune)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.