🤖 Trump in Pgh for AI summit

🔋 Trump in Town for AI, Energy Summit Today

President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick are expected to announce $70 billion in AI and energy investments for the state at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on CMU’s campus. McCormick is hosting the inaugural summit, and other officials including Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Senator John Fetterman plan to attend. [Axios Pittsburgh]

• 📝 A group of CMU staff and students delivered a letter to school leadership condemning Trump’s visit, citing the administration’s cuts to scientific research, unjust removal of student visas, and detention of both U.S. citizens and non-citizens without due process. [TribLive]
• 🌎 One CMU professor is worried the environmental impacts of AI will be overlooked at the summit. [90.5 WESA]
• 🪧 Local organizations are hosting protest rallies, block parties, and marches in Oakland today. [90.5 WESA]

🍅 Kraft Heinz Prepares for a Breakup

A decade after the brands merged — a move that's now considered a "strategic blunder" — Kraft Heinz is considering breaking itself up and making a portion of its business into a new entity, valued at up to $20 billion. Heinz is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh alongside the Kraft office in Chicago. [TribLive]

• 😋 Pittsburgh takes pride in Heinz — and we did a blind taste test to prove their ketchup is truly the best. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

📣 PIT Service Workers Want to Unionize

A group of service workers are asking the Allegheny County Airport Authority to help them unionize for better benefits and an “airport-wide wage standard.” These workers — who perform tasks like transporting wheelchair users — are employed by a private company and contracted by PIT. [🔒 Pittsburgh Business Times]

• 🚧 The new terminal is nearly complete. Learn how you could be the first to try it out! [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
• ✈️ Life hack: How to find cheap flights out of PIT. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

Let’s play a game! Where in Pittsburgh can you find the display of delectable cookies in the photo above? 👀

🌟 Congrats to Melissa G., Sophia M., Paul N., Melissa M., Maura M., Edward K., Janis M., Sharon B., Nancy H., John H., Hannah L., Susan C. & Todd W. who correctly guessed the last “Where Is It?” challenge! ⬇️

Find this gallery of pups at Allegheny City Brewing in East Allegheny (or Deutschtown). The recently-expanded brewery has regular live music nights, a lineup of some of the best food trucks (catch me there on Mun's Pizza Mondays), and lots of outdoor space for your four-legged friends.

🎶 ACB will be a hot spot for the Northside Music Festival this Friday-Sunday.

Check out other dog-friendly breweries like Trace Brewing in Bloomfield and Grist House in Millvale — plus, new spots designed especially for puppy people: The Dog Penn in the Strip District and Hound Haus in East Liberty.

🐕 Want more doggo tips? Tori Mistick of Wear Wag Repeat joined the City Cast Pittsburgh podcast to share how she creates the pawwwfect Pittsburgh day 🎧

👀 Looking for more to see and do?

• ☀️ Make the most of July with our guide to events.
• 🚲 Explore the city’s new pedestrian bridge.
• 🌮 Gear up for more summer food and drink festivals.
• 🌊 Enjoy Pittsburgh’s rivers by boat, kayak, or alfresco eats.
• 🏖️ Cool off with our guide to Pittsburgh’s pools.
• 🖼️ Stay in the AC with trips to these free museums & attractions.
• 🏡 Buy tickets to these home & garden tours.
• 🍦 Try the region’s best ice cream and dairy-free scoops

It’s time for a Neighbor shoutout 📣 This is where City Cast Pittsburgh Neighbors get to shine a light on their fave local spots and organizations.

• 🦋 Johanna D. wants to give props to South Park Theater: “[It] sits in an idyllic garden with a breathtaking outdoor Children’s stage. Great entertainment, beautiful setting!”

Want to share your own shoutout? 🌟