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CHICAGO — The temperatures have dropped since the warm weekend and news has been nonstop.

See what Block Club reporters captured while covering the neighborhoods this week.

Joe “The Chach” Chacho waits on the Bhagat family at Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta, 61 E. Madison St., on Jan. 31, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Joe “The Chach” Chacho poses for a portrait at Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta, 61 E. Madison St., on Jan. 31, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Meet ‘The Chach,’ The Server-Philosopher Dishing Out Pizano’s Pies And Relationship Advice

Clayton Harris III, Cook County state’s attorney candidate, interacts at the Federal Plaza on March 4, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Eileen O’Neill Burke, Cook County state’s attorney candidate, interacts with the customers at Manny’s Deli in South Loop on March 4, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Meet The 2 Democrats Running For Cook County State’s Attorney

Church members take a group photo outside the new Church of Scientology in Chicago’s South Loop on March 5, 2024. Credit: Francia Garcia Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
A Church of Scientology member stands outside the new church, 650 S. Clark St., on March 5, 2024. Credit: Francia Garcia Hernandez/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Scientology Church Opens In South Loop, Raising Concerns Of Columbia College Students Living Next Door

Chocolates at newly opened Bonboiak Artisan Chocolatier, 4032. N. Milwaukee Ave., in Portage Park on Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Veronica Sanabria poses for a portrait at her newly opened Bonboiak Artisan Chocolatier, 4032. N. Milwaukee Ave., in Portage Park on Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Bonboiak Chocolatier Opens In Portage Park Featuring Colorful Handmade Treats

DNC Secret Service coordinator Jeff Burnside joins Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city leaders at a press conference on March 6, 2024. Credit: Quinn Myers/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Chicago Police Pledge ‘Sufficient’ Citywide Staffing For Democratic National Convention

Mayor Brandon Johnson asks for crowd participation during the announcement of a Malcolm X College “learning center” and a UChicago Medicine lab facility planned in the Washington Park neighborhood March 5, 2024. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Washington Park Labs, Nursing School Could Bring More Health Care Jobs To South Siders

Shooting hoops at Eckersall Park, where a new basketball court was installed in 2023. Credit: Crystal Paul/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Beverly Park Said ‘No’ To Portable Hoops, So Jahmal Cole Set Up In Cul-De-Sac Instead

Chicago Vocational School, 2700 E. 87th St., in Calumet Heights is part of Preservation Chicago’s 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered list. The building is seen on March 1, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
The All of Mankind Mural and Stranger’s Home Missionary Baptist Church in Near North Side are part of Preservation Chicago’s 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered list. The building is seen on March 1, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Here Are Chicago’s 7 Most Endangered Buildings

The long-anticipated Six Corners Aldi opened Thursday. Credit: Molly DeVore/Block Club Chicago
Credit: Molly DeVore/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Six Corners Aldi Opens — And Northwest Side Shoppers Were Ready

Lucas Irvine and Jeff Borders pose for a portrait at Demo Brewing, 1763 W. Berteau Ave., in Ravenswood on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
A tasting menu at Demo Brewing, 1763 W. Berteau Ave., in Ravenswood on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Demo Brewing Company Is The Latest Addition To Ravenswood’s Malt Row

Ronnie Marmo practices at the Richard Christiansen Theater of the Biograph Theater in Lincoln Park on March 4, 2024, ahead of the opening of his shows “I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce” and “Bill W. and Dr. Bob.” Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Cortney Roles, lighting designer and sound programmer, prepares the stage lights at the Richard Christiansen Theater of the Biograph Theater in Lincoln Park on March 4, 2024, ahead of the opening of Ronnie Marmo’s shows “I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce” and “Bill W. and Dr. Bob.”\ Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Historic Biograph Theater Reopens This Month With 2 Very Different Shows

KJ Saffold holds a photo of his late grandfather, Fred Mitchell, at Union Missionary Baptist Church in Near North on Feb. 14, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: How Fred Mitchell Worked Chicago’s Political Machine To Give Black West Siders A Voice

Co-director Dominic Rodriguez prepares pour-over coffee at Drip Collective, 172 N. Racine Ave., in West Loop on March 1, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Co-owner Christopher Varga prepares a coffee at Drip Collective, 172 N. Racine Ave., in West Loop on March 1, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Drip Collective Brings Coffee, Art Pop-Ups And More To West Loop

Anne Scheetz and Sally Hamann, longtime community activists in Logan Square, donated their homes to the Here to Stay Community Land Trust, seen on March 7, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Read more: Logan Square Women Donate Homes Worth More Than $1.5 Million To Preserve Affordable Housing

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