🕳️ Why are potholes so bad in Pgh?

📣 Pittsburghers Join Nationwide Protests

Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside of the City-County building in Downtown Saturday to oppose actions by the Trump administration such as mass layoffs; federal funding cuts; and threats to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. The protest was a part of a mass day of action in more than 1,200 locations called “Hands Off!” [90.5 WESA / Associated Press]

🚨 Pothole Crimes at Pittsburgh Mills

Namdar Realty Group, owner of Pittsburgh Mills mall, is charged with a misdemeanor count of creating a public nuisance for hazardous road conditions around the shopping center. Officials estimate that pothole repairs across the whole property will cost over $4 million. [TribLive]

• 🚧 Learn about Pittsburgh’s pothole “blitz” and which intersections and neighborhoods are at the top of their fix list. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

‼️ Banner Targets Fetterman at Free Store

Someone left a banner saying "blood on your hands" outside the Braddock Free Store, which was founded by Gisele Fetterman in 2012 to distribute free food and resources to folks nearby. [WTAE]

• 🪧 Some PA voters are frustrated with her husband, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, for his stances on the war on Gaza, immigration, and more. Did he dupe progressive voters? [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🥕 Pgh Food Banks Brace for Federal Cuts

The USDA canceled a contract that was set to give PA food banks $13 million to purchase food from local farms over the next three years. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, which stands to lose nearly $5 million from this cancellation, is scrambling to find other funding. [90.5 WESA]

• 💛 Here's how you can help. [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]

Find vintage clothes and home decor, plants and seedlings, handmade goods, and so much more at these Pittsburgh pop-up markets in April.

🏺 Handmade Arcade Spring Market

🗓️ April 12, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Find more than 30 makers, artists, and craftspeople selling everything from art and jewelry to handmade home decor at Construction Junction in Point Breeze — a warehouse filled with secondhand gems and home remodeling materials.

🛍️ Last Stop: Vintage + Makers Market

🗓️ April 19, 12-6 p.m.

Grab a beer, wine, or cocktail from Velum Fermentation on the South Side, and stick around to peruse over 20 vendors selling vintage clothing, trinkets, handmade items, and more! All that shopping will make you hungry, so good thing Cold Friends Kitchen is slinging burgers and sandwiches.

🍅 Franklin Street Market

🗓️ April 24, 4-8 p.m.

Want to get an early taste of Pittsburgh’s emerging food brands? Check out Fulton Commons’ market in Manchester to try new goods and connect with food producers and farmers.

👟 Millvale Market Day

🗓️ April 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

This little town is packed with great businesses — and it's time to show them off! Head to the first-ever Millvale Market Day to find vendors set up all over the borough’s .5-mile shopping district: farmers, bakers, artists, crafters, and much more! (Then go back for the summer market on July 26.)