🌱 Gas Station Rally + Uber Carjacking + Author Event

Hello, Oak Park and River Forest readers! Thanks for starting your Thursday with Patch.

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot. High: 94 Low: 73.

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

1. Ten fire departments worked together to extinguish a fire at a North Avenue building on Monday, Wednesday Journal reports. At least 10 tenants were displaced by the fire at 6149 W. North Ave. (Wednesday Journal)

2. An Uber driver was carjacked June 21 in the 700 block of Lyman Avenue. Oak Park police said the car was stolen by two passengers after the driver had dropped off a third person. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

3. The Chicago Westside Branch NAACP held a rally earlier this week at the Oak Park BP where an 18-year-old girl was shot and killed. Jailyn Logan-Bledoe was a member of the chapter. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

4. In case you missed it: Oak Park resident Fritz Kaegi won this week’s primary for Cook County Assessor. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle defeated local candidate Richard Boykin. (WGN)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Sama Sama Project and Saturday June Band perform at Thursday Night Out. (5 p.m.)
• Join River Forest Public Library’s virtual conversation with “Crying in H Mart” author Michelle Zauner. (7 p.m.)
• Trivia Night at One Lake Brewing. (7 p.m.)
• "Mr. Malcolm’s List" opens at Lake Theatre. (Showtimes)

From my notebook:

• River Forest Sustainability Commission Chair Eric Simon was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a “notable leader in sustainability.” (VRF)
• Mr. Beef and Pizza celebrated its grand opening at 123 Harlem Ave. (Forest Park Review)
• Brookfield Zoo will kick off its Twilight Tunes Concert series tomorrow. (Instagram)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for the Friday edition.

— 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.