Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on:

Lake Street Bridge Construction Starts Soon, Closing It To Traffic For 2 Years: Work on the bridge over the Chicago River will start in October and run through January 2028. Green and Pink Line trains will operate except for two 12-day service outages.

Family Taken By Feds Downtown Separated In Detention Centers: ‘They’re Locking Up Children’: The mother and two young children who were arrested Sunday in Millennium Park are being held at O’Hare Airport, while the father is in Broadview. A neighbor was able to bring some supplies like diapers and medicine to the airport Monday.

Crumbs.nd.Creams, Chicago’s 1st Silvana Shop, Opens In Albany Park: The family-owned dessert shop offers 11 varieties of the Filipino sandwich cookie — including ube, matcha and buko pandan — and flan. It opened Sept. 13 with a line down the block.

Extra! Extra! Block Club And Half Acre Made A Beer: The crisp, crushable, low-ABV pale ale will be available Saturday at the second annual Block Club Block Party at Half Acre’s Bownmanville taproom.