🎥 Bridge closes for filming

✅ PPS Takes First Step in School Closure Plan

The Pittsburgh Public Schools board voted to begin state-required public hearings for nine potential school closures: Student Achievement Center (Baxter School), Friendship (Montessori PreK-5), Fulton, McKelvey (Miller PreK-5), Morrow, Schiller, Spring Hill, Woolslair, and Manchester. It’s a part of the district’s plan to address “declining enrollment, aging infrastructure, and underutilized buildings.” [90.5 WESA / TribLive]

• ✏️ We talked to superintendent Wayne Walters about his vision for the district. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🚨 ICE Raids Local Restaurant

Fourteen undocumented individuals were arrested at Tepache Mexican Kitchen and Bar in Marshall Township on Wednesday. Jaime Martinez, a community defense organizer for Casa San José, said that they got a call on their Emergency ICE Watch Hotline. [WPXI / WTAE]

• 📣 Know your rights. Here’s what to do during an ICE encounter in Pittsburgh. (Spanish version here). [📝 Hey Pittsburgh / 🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🎥 16th Street Bridge Closes for Filming

The David McCullough Bridge will be shut down June 28 and 29, as well as July 3, 4, 7, and 8. See times and detour details here. The city granted a permit to Rare Leo Productions but didn’t say what’s being filmed. [City of Pittsburgh]

📣 UPMC Staff to Rally Outside Headquarters

Health care employees and trans advocates are rallying outside the Steel Tower in Downtown at 3 p.m. on Sunday in response to UPMC’s decision to end gender-affirming care for patients under 19. We’re talking to a UPMC nurse, who works in youth suicide prevention, about the consequences of the health giant’s “preemptive compliance” with the Trump administration’s executive order on trans healthcare. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

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