Rachel Cromidas

Chicago restaurants that repeatedly failed health inspections in 2014

May 21, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

At least six Chicago restaurants have failed their city health inspection four times each in 2014, according to an analysis of Chicago Department of Public Health data published last week....

Broadway bike lane among ‘Top 10’ in the country

May 21, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

The protected bike lane installed this year on a section of Broadway in Uptown was named one of the year's10 best new bike lanes in the United States by the...

Coding schools in Chicago

June 18, 2018 at 8:14 a.m.

Want to learn computer programming? Here are some courses you can check out in Chicago: >>>Dev Bootcamp Duration: nine weeks of part-time prep work and nine-weeks of immersion, followed by...

Map of census data shows Chicagoans’ transit habits

June 18, 2018 at 8:33 a.m.

Chicagoans are more likely to walk to work when they live downtown and in Hyde Park; take the CTA when they're coming from Lakeview or Bucktown; and drive when they're...

A cyclist waits in a protected bike lane at Dearborn and Monroe Streets for passing traffic on Friday, June 7, 2013.

Near capacity, McDonald’s Cycle Center eyes West Loop expansion

June 18, 2018 at 4:40 p.m.

A decade since the McDonald's Cycle Center, a bike rental, repair, and parking hub, opened on the north end of Millennium Park, its operators are eying a West Loop expansion....

RedEye’s guide to surviving the holidays

June 18, 2018 at 8:46 a.m.

Whether the sound of "Jingle Bells" evokes memories of six-hour car rides to Akron, Ohio, relatives wanting to know why you're not married yet, a relay race of party obligations,...

Boot camp-style schools teach code to career switchers

June 18, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

A year ago, Peggy Fox was analyzing grades and other data on student performance for Chicago Public Schools in a grant-funded position that was about to expire. Now Fox, 28,...

Bikers, roller bladers, runners and walkers share the lakefront path near North Avenue Beach.

Group pressures city for separate biking, cycling paths on lakefront

June 18, 2018 at 8:50 a.m.

The Active Transportation Alliance is putting pressure on the city to create separate bike and walking paths, launching a petition drive to get the public behind the effort. Right now,...

Anna-Kristie Marks, a deputy district attorney in Lehigh County, talks about the dangers of sexting and digital crime to students at Orefield Middle School Friday. A Berks county lawmaker is calling for criminal penalties for people who post naked photos of others online.

State legislators send anti-‘revenge porn’ measure to Gov. Quinn

June 18, 2018 at 9:38 a.m.

State lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would make punishments for those convicted of producing "revenge porn" more severe. "Revenge porn" is the term for pornographic images and videos that...

‘Tis the season…for thieves to swipe your packages: cops

June 18, 2018 at 9:22 a.m.

Emily Dovi came home from work on the evening Nov. 18 expecting to see a six-foot box containing a partially decorated Christmas tree on her Logan Square doorstep. But the...

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