Bob Bauder stories, Page 23

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is looking for ways to avoid another tow truck incident like the “pandemonium” that erupted Saturday night in Shadyside when police and trucks arrived to remove vehicles on Walnut Street in preparation for the marathon. Peduto and the city’s public works department announced repeatedly on social...

A North Side man running for Pittsburgh City Council says the city fired him in January from his job as a public works foreman because Mayor Bill Peduto is supporting another candidate in the race. It marks the third time that the city has terminated Mark Brentley Sr. during his...

A grant from Duquesne Light Co. will help fund the next phase of restoration of a historic park in Pittsburgh’s North Side. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy announced Friday that Duquesne Light’s donation of nearly $500,000 would be used along with a state grant would pay for restoration of the park’s...

Pittsburgh has appealed an arbitrator’s ruling that reinstated a police officer who was terminated after an alleged road rage incident in 2017. Officer Robert Kramer was charged with pointing a gun at another motorist while off duty on May 3, 2017. An Allegheny County jury last year acquitted him of...

Pittsburgh on Monday will close a portion of Grant Street in Downtown for two months while crews repair the bumpy, brick roadway. The Port Authority of Allegheny County announced Friday that it would detour 15 bus routes while work is ongoing. Pittsburgh is closing Grant heading toward the Greyhound Station...

Pittsburgh is telling the story of its large public art collection through a series of podcasts featuring some of the artists that created the works. The Public Art and Civic Design Division of the city Planning Department recorded 16 podcasts giving overviews and the stories behind about 40 percent of...

A North Side woman said a Pittsburgh police officer charged her with burglary and other crimes in 2017 because she she didn’t support Donald Trump. Darian Balcom, 47, of Perry North, sued the city in federal court Tuesday, contending Officer Gabe Figueroa violated her First Amendment Rights. “The essence of...

Lamar Advertising has changed the display on a landmark billboard atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington while awaiting a decision from a state court on whether the controversial signage can remain in place. On Tuesday, Lamar replaced a black-and-gold Sprint advertisement with an American flag recognizing the National Flag Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based...

Jon-Paul Malezi, doorman at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh for 25 years, had a way of making people feel special, and they loved him for that. If a guest showed up in a rain storm, Malezi was out in the street with an umbrella to make sure...

Pittsburgh ended 2018 with a $3.3 million general fund surplus despite moving nearly $50 million out of the operating budget for capital projects, affordable housing and employee pensions, Controller Michael Lamb said Wednesday. Lamb in releasing his Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2018 noted that Pittsburgh had a total unassigned...

Pittsburgh’s annual gingerbread house display and competition at PPG Place is moving this year from its longtime home to Pittsburgh’s City-County Building on Grant Street. Highwoods Properties, the owner of PPG Place, announced last year that it was renovating its Wintergarden area as a banquet and conference facility and would...

Former Vice President Joe Biden opened his presidential campaign in Pittsburgh on Monday with a message of unity and a pledge to rebuild middle-class America through union labor. Biden, who appeared with his wife, Jill, at Teamsters Union Local 249 hall in Lawrenceville before an audience of about 600, said...

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Monday will complete the last phase of adding a lead inhibiting chemical to its water system, officials said Friday. PWSA will begin adding orthophosphate, which coats the inside of pipes and prevents lead from leeching into drinking water, at the Highland 1 Reservoir...

Imagine sipping a rum cocktail on a veranda overlooking a sandy beach with the setting sun reflecting off clear, blue water. In Pittsburgh? Yes, says Lucas Piatt, president of Millcraft Investments, a Washington-based development company. Millcraft is planning a $700 million complex dubbed Esplanade next to Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh’s...

The International Association of Firefighters on Monday became the first major union to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, citing his close ties to firefighters and record of supporting union causes throughout his career. Harold Schaitberger, the union’s general president, said the organization pushed for Biden to run and was...

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority employees who are victims of domestic violence will have access to paid sick leave under a policy unanimously approved Friday by the board of directors. Directors also approved up to six weeks of paid parental leave for employees with new babies. The policy also applies...

Pittsburgh residents can dispose of old grass, leaves and branches May 4 by bagging the debris and placing it at curbside. The city’s Environmental Services Department will pick up the bags and branches that are bundled in lengths of 5 feet or less with fiber or rope twine. The material...

Pittsburgh can add to its growing fleet of electric vehicles through a state grant totaling more than $200,000, the Mayor’s Office announced on Thursday. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is providing $135,160 to help pay for eight electric vehicle charging stations and $67,500 toward the purchase of nine electric vehicles. The...

Five companies are currently testing 55 self-driving vehicles on Pittsburgh streets, according to the first in a series of reports mandated by Mayor Bill Peduto. The five companies — Aptiv, Argo AI, Aurora, Carnegie Mellon University and Uber — employ a combined total of 1,300 people locally in connection with...

Pittsburgh’s landmark fountain at Point State Park is scheduled to begin its annual spouting May 4, just in time for the Pittsburgh Marathon. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has power washed the fountain, cleaned out its 800,000-gallon reservoir and is sprucing up the park for the annual...

Nearly half of 19 current and former candidates for Pittsburgh City Council seats in 2019 - including North Side Councilwoman Darlene Harris - missed an April deadline for filing financial reports with the city, according to the Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board. Candidates for elected city offices - whether or not...