CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Yesterday — the memorabilia shop in Wrigleyville — is closed, and the building is being sold next month to make way for a three-flat. Social media isn’t wild about the pending demolition, WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports.Chicago Party Aunt — a cult star of Twitter who is Chicago through-and-through —- has weighed in on the news that Yesterday is gone and will be replaced by a three-flat.She calls it “a bunch of bull—.”  We’ll leave it at that.His great nephew is Max Zelenka.“It’s sad. It’s sad to see the store go, especially to see another...…CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Yesterday — the memorabilia shop in Wrigleyville — is closed, and the building is being sold next month to make way for a three-flat. Social media isn’t wild about the pending demolition, WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports.Chicago Party Aunt — a cult star of Twitter who is Chicago through-and-through —- has weighed in on the news that Yesterday is gone and will be replaced by a three-flat.She calls it “a bunch of bull—.”  We’ll leave it at that.His great nephew is Max Zelenka.“It’s sad. It’s sad to see the store go, especially to see another...WW…

By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesDo electric cars pollute? They do if state power grids stay mostly "dirty" by failing to solve renewable-energy transmission problems. California is a prime case in point.CALIFORNIA CITY -- California's precariously out-of-date hybrid power grid can't handle the state's growing amounts of solar and wind energy coming online, with system managers already forcing repeated cutbacks in renewables and a continued reliance on conventional energy to keep the grid stable, according to state data.No place to go: Image from the Energy...…By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesDo electric cars pollute? They do if state power grids stay mostly "dirty" by failing to solve renewable-energy transmission problems. California is a prime case in point.CALIFORNIA CITY -- California's precariously out-of-date hybrid power grid can't handle the state's growing amounts of solar and wind energy coming online, with system managers already forcing repeated cutbacks in renewables and a continued reliance on conventional energy to keep the grid stable, according to state data.No place to go: Image from the Energy...WW…

By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesPublicly, big solar developers and many climate change activists are sounding the alarm about an ongoing probe of trade abuses by Chinese manufacturers.Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, described the U.S. Department of Commerce investigation as “the most serious crisis we have faced in our collective history.” Heather Zichal, a former White House energy adviser under President Barack Obama, said the examination of China’s trade practices “drives a stake through the heart of planned solar...…By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesPublicly, big solar developers and many climate change activists are sounding the alarm about an ongoing probe of trade abuses by Chinese manufacturers.Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, described the U.S. Department of Commerce investigation as “the most serious crisis we have faced in our collective history.” Heather Zichal, a former White House energy adviser under President Barack Obama, said the examination of China’s trade practices “drives a stake through the heart of planned solar...WW…

By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesAbove, a map of Thacker Pass, where a Chinese-dominated firm is set to mine U.S. lithium. It could ship it to China for processing -- but there are doubts whether it will all return.A Chinese-dominated mining company has procured millions of dollars in American subsidies to extract lithium in the United States – but, given a dearth of U.S. processing capacity, the mineral is likely to be sent to China with no guarantee that the end product would return as batteries to power President Biden's envisioned green economy.Critics say the...…By, RealClearInvestigationsXStory Streamrecent articlesAbove, a map of Thacker Pass, where a Chinese-dominated firm is set to mine U.S. lithium. It could ship it to China for processing -- but there are doubts whether it will all return.A Chinese-dominated mining company has procured millions of dollars in American subsidies to extract lithium in the United States – but, given a dearth of U.S. processing capacity, the mineral is likely to be sent to China with no guarantee that the end product would return as batteries to power President Biden's envisioned green economy.Critics say the...WW…

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The Chicago Fire Department is ending its long tradition of allowing firehouse dogs, after an incident at a West Englewood fire station over the weekend.The fire department says an overhead door was being repaired at Engine 116 at 60th and Ashland, and the door was open. The firehouse dog reportedly got out and attacked and killed a small dog that someone was walking.On Monday, Fire Department Spokesman Larry Langford said the acting fire commissioner has ordered that all firehouse dogs be removed.This has brought complaints on the social media page some...…CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The Chicago Fire Department is ending its long tradition of allowing firehouse dogs, after an incident at a West Englewood fire station over the weekend.The fire department says an overhead door was being repaired at Engine 116 at 60th and Ashland, and the door was open. The firehouse dog reportedly got out and attacked and killed a small dog that someone was walking.On Monday, Fire Department Spokesman Larry Langford said the acting fire commissioner has ordered that all firehouse dogs be removed.This has brought complaints on the social media page some...WW…

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Wicker Park tattoo and piercing business has been vandalized, and a man who works there said he and others have been getting death threats because they went to Washington for the Trump rally.Mat Moreno went to Washington with three friends and co-workers from Insight Studios with what he says was morbid curiosity.“We were all curious to see what would happen,” he told WBBM Newsradio on Friday. “What I witnessed, along with my friends who’ve been called out, was kind of a death of democracy.”Bob Jones, Cory Kruger, Johnny McDevitt and Matt Mereno all Trump...…CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Wicker Park tattoo and piercing business has been vandalized, and a man who works there said he and others have been getting death threats because they went to Washington for the Trump rally.Mat Moreno went to Washington with three friends and co-workers from Insight Studios with what he says was morbid curiosity.“We were all curious to see what would happen,” he told WBBM Newsradio on Friday. “What I witnessed, along with my friends who’ve been called out, was kind of a death of democracy.”Bob Jones, Cory Kruger, Johnny McDevitt and Matt Mereno all Trump...WW…

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A day after the Cook County Democratic Party slatemakers declined to endorse Judge Michael Toomin for retention, the county’s chief judge is getting involved - and is apparently defending Toomin.The special prosecutor who looked into and criticized the state’s attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case? That special prosecutor was appointed by Judge Michael Toomin.State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is an ally of County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Preckwinkle is also chair of the Democratic Party, which on Monday, declined to endorse Toomin for...…CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A day after the Cook County Democratic Party slatemakers declined to endorse Judge Michael Toomin for retention, the county’s chief judge is getting involved - and is apparently defending Toomin.The special prosecutor who looked into and criticized the state’s attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case? That special prosecutor was appointed by Judge Michael Toomin.State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is an ally of County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Preckwinkle is also chair of the Democratic Party, which on Monday, declined to endorse Toomin for...WW…

ShareCHARLESTON, W.Va. — While monuments and building names said to be stained by racism are being erased across the country, one former Ku Klux Klan organizer remains virtually untouchable.The late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat and Senate majority leader who organized a Klan chapter in 1941 and filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is celebrated in the state, his name gracing over three dozen public works projects, including two federal courthouses, a dam on the Ohio border, libraries, community centers, roads, bridges, schools, and several university buildings...…ShareCHARLESTON, W.Va. — While monuments and building names said to be stained by racism are being erased across the country, one former Ku Klux Klan organizer remains virtually untouchable.The late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat and Senate majority leader who organized a Klan chapter in 1941 and filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is celebrated in the state, his name gracing over three dozen public works projects, including two federal courthouses, a dam on the Ohio border, libraries, community centers, roads, bridges, schools, and several university buildings...WW…