🚽 Where Pittsburgh potties go to die

Penguins Owner To Take Over AT&T SportsNet

Pens fans can sleep easy; they’ll still be able to watch their favorite team on TV this fall. Fenway Sports Group is planning to buy the cable channel AT&T SportsNet from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. It’s likely that Fenway Sports will change the name of the channel and create a direct-to-consumer streaming service. [TribLIVE]

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North Side & Homestead Bridge Projects

• The North Avenue Bridge at Brighton Road, which spans the Norfolk Southern rail line at a corner of Allegheny Commons Park, closed after an updated structural review. Norfolk Southern is finalizing designs for a replacement, and new construction is expected to begin in 2025. [TribLIVE]
• The Homestead Grays Bridge, which connects Route 837 with Browns Hill Road, will have periodic lane and sidewalk closures until sometime in September. [Pittsburgh Union Progress]

County Jail Is “Grossly Understaffed”

An audit of 2021-22 data by the county controller’s office found that Allegheny County Jail is “short-staffed by more than 100 corrections officers, and more than half of the facility’s budgeted health care positions are vacant.” Overuse of overtime and retention are both problems, but recruiting people to work at the jail has been especially challenging since the pandemic began. A project to reshape the jail is already in the works, but Warden Orlando Harper’s retirement in September and a new county executive office will likely bring more change. [90.5 WESA / PublicSource]

Pittsburgh is beautiful in the fall. Crisp air, bright foliage, and pumpkin patches are just around the corner. Tell us your favorite ways to experience the city in all of its autumnal glory 🍂

📽️ Reel Q Reel Stories | Wednesday | 7-8:30 p.m.

Watch the documentary “Instructions for Survival” with Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival, at City of Asylum. [free, Mexican War Streets / virtual]

🎉 Summer at the Square Block Party | Thursday | 5:30-7 p.m.

Celebrate summer in the city with live music from the Stone Throwers, local food, beverage specials from Talia, and larger-than-life lawn games at Mellon Square Park. [free, Downtown]

👟 National Aviary Hike-A-Thon | Friday-Sept. 30 | All Month Long

Hike, bike, and explore the great outdoors while raising funds to support the National Aviary’s critical conservation work through September 30. [free, anywhere in the world]

🎶 Pittsburgh Soul Food Fest | Friday-Sunday | 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. 

Enjoy barbecue, macaroni and cheese competitions, vendors, and live music. [free, Downtown]

Can’t Find a Home? Corporations Could Be To Blame

Days after a standoff in Garfield over a home ejectment, the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group released a study that found corporate home buyers have been buying more and more property in the region. Lead producer Mallory Falk joins host Megan Harris to break down the impact of corporate purchases on homeowners, especially when buying practices become predatory.