In the News

11 mar 2026

Animal Control director appointment approved by health and human relations committee despite some organizations’ concerns

https://www.thedailyline.com/chicago-city-council-health-human-relations-committee-recap-march-2026-animal-control-director-susan-cappello-appointment-approved-despite-group-organization-concerns-alderwoman-ruth-cruz

The Daily Line

Michael McDevitt

10 mar 2026

Nominee to lead Chicago animal control draws critics and defenders ahead of confirmation vote

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/chicago-animal-control-susan-cappello/?share=6n1actaipwswtaw6bgoa

Chicago Tribune

Jerry Wu

10 mar 2026

City Animal Shelter Chief’s Appointment Clears Key Committee Despite Pushback

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/city-animal-shelter-chiefs-appointment-clears-key-committee-despite-pushback/

Block Club Chicago

Quinn Myers

10 mar 2026

Alders advance mayor's pick to run Chicago's animal shelter

https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/alders-advance-mayors-pick-to-run-chicagos-animal-shelter

WBBM Newsradio

Geoff Buchholz

5 mar 2026

Animal Control Boss Defends Record As Volunteers, Alders Sound Alarm Over Euthanasias, Conditions

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/05/animal-control-boss-defends-record-as-volunteers-alders-sound-alarm-over-euthanasias-conditions/

Block Club Chicago

Melody Mercado

26 lut 2026

VIDEO: Mayor names new head of Animal Care and Control amid shelter backlash: 'Very concerning'

https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-1jdag69wxu42s5ky

Fox 32 Chicago

25 lut 2026

Mayor Johnson defends choice to lead city's Animal Care and Control, despite conditions at city-run shelter

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-animal-care-and-control-susan-cappello

Chicago Sun-Times

Fran Spielman

26 lut 2026

Mayor Defends City Animal Shelter Leader Amid Pushback From Alderpeople, Advocates

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/mayor-defends-city-animal-shelter-leader-amid-pushback-from-alderpeople-advocates/

Block Club Chicago

Melody Mercado

20 lut 2026

City Animal Shelter Needs New Chief Amid ‘Concerning’ Conditions, Alderpeople And Volunteers Say

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/20/city-animal-shelter-needs-new-chief-amid-concerning-conditions-alderpeople-and-volunteers-say/

Block Club Chicago

Melody Mercado

6 mar 2026

“Bikeway Hearing Parking Lot”: Talking with folks from the massive crowd outside and inside the Portage Park Neighborhood Bike Network meeting

https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/03/06/bikeway-hearing-parking-lot-talking-with-folks-from-the-massive-crowd-outside-and-inside-the-portage-park-neighborhood-bike-network-meeting

Streetsblog Chicago

John Greenfield

19 gru 2025

Aldermen pass 2026 spending plan including debt sale over opposition from Mayor Brandon Johnson

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/aldermen-pass-2026-spending-plan-including-debt-sale-over-mayor-brandon-johnsons-opposition/

Chicago Tribune

Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan

17 gru 2025

Where Does Your Alderperson Stand On ICE? We Checked All 50

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/where-does-your-alderperson-stand-on-ice-we-checked-all-50/

Block Club Chicago

Grace Del Vecchio, Jerrel Floyd and Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

17 gru 2025

Mayor Brandon Johnson enters final budget stretch with diminishing options

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-final-budget-stretch-diminishing-options/

Chicago Tribune

Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan

15 gru 2025

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s organizer roots at fore as he courts progressives in budget fight

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/mayor-brandon-johnson-organizer-roots-progressives-budget-fight/

Chicago Tribune

Jake Sheridan and Alice Yin

11 lis 2025

Stop Sign Installed At Dangerous Northwest Side Intersection After Years Of Complaints

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/stop-sign-installed-at-dangerous-northwest-side-intersection-after-years-of-complaints/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

31 paź 2025

Feds say immigration blitz continues amid Halloween festivities

https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/10/31/feds-say-immigration-blitz-will-continue-amid-halloween-festivities

Chicago Sun-Times

Anna Savchenko | WBEZ and Mariah Rush

31 paź 2025

Chicagoland neighbors pull together to grapple with Halloween ICE fears and SNAP cuts

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/halloween-chicago-immigration-snap-benefits/

Chicago Tribune

Tess Kenny

29 paź 2025

How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/how-chicagoans-are-helping-kids-have-a-safe-and-ice-free-halloween-this-year/

Block Club Chicago

Leen Yassine

26 paź 2025

Northwest Siders confront ICE agents firing tear gas; Halloween parade canceled

https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/26/northwest-side-ice-arrests-tear-gas

Chicago Sun-Times

Violet Miller

24 wrz 2025

Chicago cop gets street named in honor of Prairie School architect Dwight Perkins

https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2025/09/24/chicago-cop-schurz-prairie-school-architect-dwight-perkins-street

Chicago Sun-Times

Lee Bey

2 wrz 2025

Storytime con Yuyo Podcast - Ruth Cruz Concejala De Distrito 30! Ep. 29 (Youtube)

https://youtu.be/gLgwUWH72Ec?si=PnyRbw2dU-JvvCYO

Storytimeconyuyo (YouTube)

29 sie 2025

Pedestrian Safety Upgrades Along Dangerous Portage Park Stretch An ‘Instant’ Success, Locals Say

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/29/pedestrian-safety-upgrades-along-dangerous-portage-park-stretch-an-instant-success-locals-say/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

15 sie 2025

Grayland Metra Station Back Open After Years Of Construction

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/15/grayland-metra-station-back-open-after-years-of-construction/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

29 lip 2025

New bike route links Belmont Cragin and Portage Park after death of 16-year-old cyclist

https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/07/29/long-avenue-greenway-joshua-anleu

Chicago Sun-Times

David Struett

24 kwi 2025

Aldermen spurning Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new budget working group: ‘It points to a larger problem’

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/24/aldermen-mayor-brandon-johnson-new-budget-working-group/?share=cayc0know02ecny4rgwj

Chicago Tribune

Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan

19 lut 2025

‘Car Flippers’ Gobbling Up Street Parking Spots Could Face Crackdown

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/19/crackdown-could-be-coming-for-unlicensed-car-sellers-taking-over-public-parking-spots/

Block Club Chicago

Alex V. Hernandez

19 lut 2025

Today, Alderwoman Ruth Cruz, Alderwoman Jeylu Gutierrez and myself passed an ordinance to make our streets safer and give back more parking spaces to residents across the city! (40th Ward Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1738400030432495

Alderperson Andre Vvasquez, 40th Ward Chicago

30 paź 2024

Avondale’s Polish History Honored With Heritage Corridor On Milwaukee Avenue

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/10/30/avondales-polish-history-honored-with-heritage-corridor-on-milwaukee-avenue/

Block Club Chicago

Ariel Parrella-Aureli

25 paź 2024

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/chicago-tear-gas-irving-park/

Chicago Tribune

Kate Perez, Alice Yin, Gregory Royal Pratt, and Stacey Wescott

7 paź 2024

Reinberg Elementary School Holds Peace Rally After Loss Of Two Young Students, Online Threat

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/10/07/portage-park-elementary-school-holds-peace-rally-after-loss-of-two-young-students-online-threat/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

18 wrz 2024

Anti-Gentrification Ordinance To Protect Northwest Side Housing OK’d By City Council

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/09/18/anti-gentrification-ordinance-to-protect-northwest-side-housing-okd-by-city-council/

Block Club Chicago

Ariel Parrella-Aureli and Melody Mercado

27 sie 2024

How Should The 30th Ward Spend $1 Million? Portage Park Neighbors Can Submit Ideas

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/27/how-should-the-30th-ward-spend-1-million-portage-park-neighbors-can-submit-ideas/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

1 sie 2024

Creating Opportunities For Chicago’s Youth (WGN)

https://wgntv.com/spotlight-chicago/creating-opportunities-for-chicagos-youth/

WGN TV

17 lip 2024

Anti-Gentrification Ordinance Could Be Expanded To More Of The Northwest Side And Made Permanent

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/17/anti-gentrification-ordinance-could-be-expanded-to-more-of-the-northwest-side-and-made-permanent/

Block Club Chicago

Ariel Parrella-Aureli

17 lip 2024

Northwest Side Alderwoman Calls For Hearing On Metra Construction Delays

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/17/northwest-side-alderwoman-calls-for-hearing-on-metra-construction-delays/

Block Club Chicago

Molly DeVore

5 kwi 2024

300 migrants to be housed at shuttered Catholic church on Northwest Side

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/04/05/chicago-migrant-crisis-st-bartholomew-shelter-archdiocese-zakat-mayor-brandon-johnson

Chicago Sun-Times

Cindy Hernandez

18 gru 2023

Meeting held about proposed migrant shelter on Northwest Side (WGN)

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/meeting-held-about-proposed-migrant-shelter-on-northwest-side/

WGN TV

21 lis 2023

Josh Anleu Ghost Bike Vigil | Chicago 30th Ward Alder Ruth Cruz (Youtube)

https://youtu.be/epNcBqPaSUE?si=cOCN0tT9Ob8jQ9e0

Bike Lane Uprising (YouTube)

6 lis 2023

At Vigil For 16-Year-Old Cyclist Josh Anleu, Family Urges Drivers To ‘Do Better’

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/11/06/at-vigil-for-16-year-old-cyclist-family-urges-drivers-to-be-better/

Block Club Chicago

Ariel Parrella-Aureli

31 lip 2023

Festival Re:SET: organizadores y comunidad discuten la celebración del evento en Belmont Cragin (Univision Youtube)

https://youtu.be/JMP-aNJqGNU?si=qnnwBR39DLSBhaA1

N+ Univision Chicago (YouTube)

8 cze 2023

Re:SET Music Festival Is In 2 Weeks — And The Park District Won’t Say If The Shows Will Actually Happen

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/06/08/reset-music-festival-is-in-2-weeks-and-the-park-district-still-wont-say-if-the-shows-will-actually-happen/

Block Club Chicago

Alex V. Hernandez

10 maj 2023

Ruth Cruz Grew Up As A Young Immigrant During The Bulls Dynasty. Now, She’s Leading The 30th Ward

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/10/ruth-cruz-grew-up-as-a-young-immigrant-during-the-bulls-dynasty-now-shes-leading-the-30th-ward/

Block Club Chicago

Alex V. Hernandez