New Driving Rules, Mac Miller Bobbleheads & Free Summer Films and Concerts
You better think twice before grabbing your cell phone on PA roads. New distracted driving rules take effect in June, and you could face $200 in fees if you get caught texting or talking — even while stopped at a red light. City Cast Pittsburgh’s Megan Harris & Sophia Lo share some new news about the mayoral election (turnout wasn’t all bad?); why the South Side was transformed into an 1800s movie set (and how you can get involved); why Dick’s Sporting Goods is on a spending spree (sneakers and Skenes!); and how to get an Uber Eats coupon just for ordering Heinz.
Notes and references from today’s show:
- Analyzing the voting data behind O’Connor’s Pittsburgh mayoral primary win — and Gainey’s loss [90.5 WESA]
- O’Connor routed Gainey in 14th Ward and consolidated opposition to unseat Pittsburgh mayor [PublicSource]
- Pennsylvania’s distracted driving law set to take effect [90.5 WESA]
- PA Law: Distracted Driving [pa.gov]
- New Pennsylvania law bans all handheld devices behind the wheel [WPVI]
- How Well Do You Know Pittsburgh? Take This Quiz! [City Cast Pittsburgh]
- Pirates Mac Miller celebration [MLB]
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to acquire Foot Locker for $2.4 billion in effort to corner Nike market [CNBC]
- 'Broken everything': Kavan Markwood hasn't watched his fall from Clemente Wall during Pirates game [TribLive]
- Kraft Heinz and Uber Eats Team Up to Launch HEINZ Verified: A New Program That Shows Consumers Which Restaurants Serve HEINZ [Kraft Heinz]
- Production of Milton Hershey biopic comes to Pittsburgh's South Side [KDKA]
- Hershey – Pittsburgh Feature Film Background Casting [Pittsburgh Film Office]
- Summer Concert Series [Allegheny County]
- Movies in the Parks [Allegheny County]
- Dollar Bank Cinema In The Park [City of Pittsburgh]
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