🌱 Car Thefts Reported + COVID Cases Increase + Hanukkah Begins

Happy Sunday, Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to a brief Sunday edition of the Daily.

But first, today's weather: Chilly with sunny intervals. High: 26 Low: 16.

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Here are the top 4 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. A Hyundai Sonata was stolen earlier this week from the 500 block of North Taylor Avenue. A catalytic converter and rear license plate were also stolen from cars in Oak Park this week, according to police. (OPPD)

2. Local COVID-19 cases are up more than 93 percent from 30 days ago, according to the Oak Park Department of Public Health. Virus-related hospitalizations have increased by more than 10 percent at Cook County medical centers over the past week. (VOP)

3. Overnight parking restrictions have been lifted in Oak Park in recognition of the holidays. Enforcement will resume Jan. 3. (VOP)

4. Oak Park Arms resident and blues guitarist Lurrie Bell is looking to release a new album, according to a Wednesday Journal report. “We really need to keep this legendary musician working, to keep him on the straight and narrow,” his manager Amberly Stokes said. (Wednesday Journal)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• The park district hosts a field trip to Miller Meadow for a snow track nature hike. (10 a.m.)
• The Free Readers Ensemble Presents a musical holiday show at the Nineteenth Century Club. (3 p.m.)
• Brookfield Zoo hosts “Dinner with Santa.” (3:30 p.m.)
• The First Presbyterian Church of River Forest presents its Christmas concert, “Shalom: The Peace, Joy, and Wonder of Jesus’ Birth.” (4 p.m.)
• A holiday concert is held at First United Methodist Church to benefit Housing Forward. (4:30 p.m.)
• Hanukkah begins. (Sunset)

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