[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> SOME OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST COMPANIES ARE IMPOSES VACCINE MANDATES.

IS IT JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE OTHER BUSINESSES FOLLOW SUIT?

>> BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED IMMENSELY.

>> ILLINOIS' MARIJUANA LAW IS SUPPOSED TO HELP MAKEUP FOR THAT.

BUT IS IT WORKING?

>> A CHICAGO OFFICER ARRESTED FOR AN ON-LINE DUTY SHOOTING AT A REDLINE STOP IS CHARGED.

WE HAVE THE DETAILS.

>> HOW SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY IN ROGERS PARK.

>> WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS ACTION.

>> THE CHANGES SOME WATER SAFETY ADVOCATES WANT TO SEE ON THE LAKEFRONT AND WHY THEY ARE FACING PUSHBACK.

>> GEOFFREY BAER TAKES US BACK TO A FAMOUS SUBURBAN DAIRY FARMS THAT DOUBLES AS AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> A PHOTOGRAPH DOCUMENT THAT CELEBRATES THE PAST AND FUTURE OF WOMEN IN THE BLUES.

>> I'M IN ROGERS PARK HAS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS HIT HARD WITH COVID INFECTIONS EARLIER ON IN THE PANDEMIC.

TODAY ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE THOSE VACCINATION OUTREACH EFFORTS AS THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADS.

MEANWHILE, TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'LL TALK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ABOUT THAT AND MUNICIPAL MORE.

BUT FIRST BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> ALL RIGHT WE LOOK FORWARD TO AT THAT TIME.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, MARTIAL LAUNCHES A NEW INITIATIVE SHE HOMES WILL BRING DOWN THE HOMICIDES.

THE LAUNCH OF RESOURCE AND INFORMATION HUB TO BETTER COORDINATE VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS FROM GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE DAYLIGHT TA AND ANALYSIS NOT ONLY ON VIOLENT CRIME BUT FOOD INSECURITY, POWER AND INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

>> THE FOCUS IS BREAKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SILOS BRINGING THEM TOGETHER SO THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING AND IT CREATES A SIN NEGLECTER WITH INFORMATION SHARING AND INNOVATION AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

>> ILLINOIS RECORDS THE HIGHEST NEW COVID-19 CASE LOAD SINCE EARLY MAY.

STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS RECORDED 3048 NEW CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND 14 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS 4.6%.

THE STATE REPORTS THAT 59% OF ALL ILLINOISIANS OVER 12 YEARS OLD ARE FULLY VACCINATED WITH 67% HAVING RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SHOT.

>> THE CUBS UNVEIL PLANS FOR A FIRST IN THE NATION IN STADIUM GAMBLING FACILITY.

THE CHICAGO COMMISSION ON LANDMARKS APPROVED THE TEAM'S GIN FOR A SPORTS BOOK FACILITY A. TAED TO WRIGLEY FIELD AT SHEFFIELD AND ADDISON.

CUBS ARE SEEKING APPROVE.

TODAY AND THEY GOT IT.

AND THE TEAM NEEDS APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL ON AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW SPORTS BETTING INSIDE STADIUMS.

AND THE COMMISSION APPROVED DESIGNATION FOR MUDDY WATERS' HOME IT MEANS THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE TORN DOWN OR ALTERED.

GROUPS FOUGHT TO TURN IT INTO A MUSEUM.

THE BLUES MAN LIVED IN THAT KENWOOD HOUSE FROM 1954-1973.

AND UP NEXT, BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN ROGERS PARK DURING A PANDEMIC.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ROGERS PARK ON THE FAR NORTH SIDE IS NOPE AS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST DIVERSE AREAS FILLED WITH RESTAURANTS AND CULTURE.

A COMMUNITY THAT WORKS TO UPLIFT AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND MARISSA NELSON SPENT THE DAY IN ROGERS PARK AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

JOANNA JOINS US FROM THE COMMUNITY AREA SHE GREW UP IN.

WHO BETTER TO TELL US ABOUT IT?

AND HAS MORE NEWS ABOUT NEW PROJECTS COMING TO ROGERS PARK.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD I WAS RAISED IN.

THIS IS THE AREA THAT MY PARENTS BOUGHT THEIR FIRST HOME YEARS AGO.

I GREW UP GOING TO RESTAURANTS DOWN CLARK STREET.

NOW I GET TO TELL YOU WHAT ROGERS PARK IS WORKING ON.

A STREET RIGHT NEXT TO THIS ONE, THE ROGERS PARK BUSINESS ALLIANCE IS WORKING ON CREATING THIS NEW OUTDOOR SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> SO THERE WILL BE SEATING FOR THE RESTAURANTS ALONG THIS STRIP WHERE THEY CAN SERVE THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY TABLES.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING SOMETHING FROM A RESTAURANT AROUND THE CORNER, YOU GO THERE AND YOU CAN COME AND GET YOUR FOOD AND SIT AT THE COMMUNITY TABLE.

LIKE I SAID THERE WILL BE A STAGE LE PIANO IS HAVING A COUPLE OF GAZEBOS WHERE YOU CAN SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND HAVE A DRINK OR WHATEVER IT IS.

THERE WILL BE EVENTS PLANNED DURING THE YEAR IN BOTH OF THE AL FRESCO AREAS.

THE OTHER ONE IS IN JARVIS SQUARE.

>> THE AL FRESCO PROGRAM IS AIMED AT GIVING NEIGHBORHOODS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CREATIVE WITH FAMILY FRIENDLY OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES.

ONCE THE CITY APPROVES THE PROPOSED LAYOUT FOR TWO SPACES THEY HOPE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE OWNER OF LE PIANO SAYS THE NEW ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GIVES HIS A CHANCE FOR HIS BUSINESS 0 OFFER NEW THINGS.

>> TO MEET PEOPLE OUTSIDE ON THE STREET, IT ALSO HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MORE PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY OF ROGERS PARK AND THE COMMUNITIES IS YOUR ROUNDING ROGERS PARK.

>> ONE SMALL BUSINESS IN ROGERS PARK HAS BECOME A POPULAR BRUNCH SPOT AFTER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED.

PRUDENCE FAKLARIS AND HER HUSBAND TOOK OVER AN OLD SCHOOL DINER AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO A BRUNCH SPOT.

THE GRAND OPENING WAS SHORT-LIVED WHEN THE CITIES FORCED BUSINESSES TO CLOSE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

WITH HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY WERE ABLE TO STAY OPEN AND ADAPTED TO THE CHANGES BY OFFERING KIDS FREE MEALS AND LINKING TO OFFER FOOD FROM THEIR RESTAURANT AND ANY FOOD ITEMS PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO DONATE.

>> I DON'T FEEL LIKE ME PERSONALLY OR MY HUSBAND LIKE FOOD SHOULDN'T BE A LUXURY.

SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO EAT.

>> THOUGH THEY ARE FROM THE SUBURBS, SHE SAYS THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO CONNECT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELP IN ANYWAY THEY CAN DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

>> WE'RE HERE.

AND WE WANT TO MEET YOU.

AND WE ARE JUST REALLY A FAMILY COMING IN AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR FAMILY.

TO ME, I CONSIDER THIS LIKE MY HOUSE LITERALLY.

I SPEND MORE TIME HERE THAN I DO AT MY HOUSE.

>> ON THE BORDER OF ROGERS PARK, CENTRO ROMERO HAS BEEN HELPING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

OFFERING IMMIGRATION SERVICES, FAMILY SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

IN FACT, I WAS PART OF THE YOUTH PROGRAM AND IT HAD A BIG IMPACT ON MY YOUTH.

DAYSI FUNES SHARES THE CENTER HELPS AROUND 14,000 FAMILIES AND IS ASSISTING 25,000 FAMILIES.

>> THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT READY TO BE VIRTUAL.

IT IS NOT A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY.

AND IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, IT'S DIFFERENT BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU DOING ALL THE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, VACCINE IS AVAILABLE, AND OUR KIDS HAVE DESERVE [INAUDIBLE] >> THE CENTER IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING BACK REGULAR SERVICES LIKE IN-PERSON LEGAL SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

IN THE MEANTIME THEY ARE CONTINUING TO FUNDRAISE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED OF RENT ASSISTANCE, JOBS AND FOOD.

>> EVERYBODY IS AFRAID.

WE ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE HOW CAN WE PROVIDE ENOUGH TO KEEP A FAMILY ABOVE, ABOVE THIS PANDEMIC.

SURVIVING THIS PANDEMIC.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC AND LEARNING.

>> AND IT APPEARS THE CITY IS IN A PHASE WHERE ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING AND HELPING WITH.

I WANT TO CLOSE BY TOUCHING ON VACCINATION RATES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO'S COVID DASHBOARD CASES IN THE ROGERS PARK ZIP CODES ARE SLIGHTLY GOING UP.

BUT 52% OF THE POPULATION HERE HAVE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES OF THE VACCINE.

LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL TALK TO ONE OF THE AREA'S ALDER PEOPLE ABOUT A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN WEST RIDGE.

FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

ILLINOIS TODAY SELECTED ANOTHER 55 WINNERS FROM A POOL OF 589 QUALIFYING APPLICANTS SEEKING TO OPEN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES A STEP ON A LONG DELAYED PROCESS OF GROWING ILLINOIS' MARIJUANA MARKET WITH A MIND TOWARDS SOCIAL EQUITY?

IS IT WORKING?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

IS IT?

>> FIRST OF ALL MARIJUANA IS A HOT COMMODITY SALES SOARED SINCE RECREATIONAL POT WAS LEGALIZED IN ILLINOIS IN JANUARY OF 2020.

LAST MONTH, MARIJUANA WAS THE MOST POPULAR THAT IT'S EVER BEEN.

>> THE STATE HIT ANOTHER RECORD REACHING $128 MILLION IN SALES IN JULY.

I SAY THAT IS RELATIVELY UNSURPRISING GIVEN THE FACT WE HAD MORE OUT OF STATE PURCHASERS DUE TO LOLLAPALOOZA IN CHICAGO.

ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE SEEN STRONG DEMAND SINCE THE MARKET OPENING AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020.

AS WE MONITOR THE STATES AND WE'VE SEEN ILLINOIS HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARKETS FOR LEGAL RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> ANDREW CHALLENGER IS BASED IN CHICAGO, HE SAYS ILLINOIS' MARKET COULD BE STRONGER STILL.

IN ILLINOIS THERE'S ONE CANNABIS DISPLENTY FOR 117,000 PEOPLE.

AND IN MICHIGAN THERE'S ONE POT SHOP FOR EVERY 32,000 RESIDENTS.

AND THAT IS NOT FOR A LACK OF DEMAND.

HIS RESEARCH FOUND THAT DISPENSARIES IN ILLINOIS ARE SPREAD OUT ENOUGH THAT ONE IN FIVE RESIDENTS HAS TO TRAVEL ABOUT 40 MINUTES ROUND TRIP TO BUY MARIJUANA LEGALLY.

NOW, THOSE FIGURES WILL CHANGE AS LOTTERY LIKE THE ONE TODAY MEAN THAT ANOTHER 185 MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WILL SOON BE OPENING IN ILLINOIS.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO GET TO THE NEAREST STORE AND CONSUMERS WILL HAVE MORE CHOICE.

CANNABIS PRICES RIGHT NOW IN ILLINOIS ARE HIGHER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND PRICING RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT FACTORS INCLUDING HOW MUCH CANNABIS IS GROWN AND PROCESSED.

BUT I THINK THAT HAVING MORE STORES IS ONLY GOING TO MEAN MORE COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR CONSUMERS.

>> AND HE SAYS THAT THAT COMPETITIVE PRICING WILL LIKELY INCREASE SALES EVEN MORE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HIS RESEARCH FOUND THAT RIGHT NOW EVEN WITH MARIJUANA LEGAL, THE MAJORITY OF CANNABIS USERS ARE STILL BUYING OFF THE STREET MARKET.

NOW, ILLINOIS' SLOW ROLL OUT OF LEGAL DISPENSARIES IS IN PART INTENTIONAL AND ALSO BECAUSE OF MESS UPS IN HOW THE LICENSES FOR THOSE COVETED DISPENSARIES WAS AWARD.

THE GOAL WAS AN EYE TOWARDS SOCIAL EQUITY.

AND KEY ANNA IS A ADVOCATE TRYING TO WIN ONE OF THE LICENSES.

AND SAYS WHAT SOCIAL EQUITY MEANS IS USING THE LICENSING PROCESS IS ALMOST AS REPARATIONS FOR BRACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT BY THE WAR ON DRUGS.

>> WE DEFINITELY MAKEUP THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN JAIL FOR CANNABIS ARRESTS, CANNABIS CONVICTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOCIAL EQUITY THAT IS NOT TO NECESSARILY EXCLUDE OUR NONMINORITY COUNTERPARTS BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY TO SAY THAT YES, THAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE WHOLE THE THINGS THAT WERE LOST, THE THINGS THAT WERE SACRIFICED.

>> NATASHA TRIED TO WIN A STATE LICENSE TO GROW CANNABIS ON THE CRAFT LEVEL BUT HER APPLICATION WAS NOT A WINNER.

SHE IS SKEPTICAL OF THE WHOLE PROCESS AND SAYS RELYING ON A LOTTERY LACKSES CREDIBILITY.

THE LOTTERIES WERE DONE PRIVATELY AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLIC SHE SAYS.

>> THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, DO I REALLY BELIEVE THE LOTTERY WAS HELD?

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

>> AS FOR THE LUCKY APPLICANTS WHO DID WIN LICENSES OR STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SO THERE'S TALK THAT SOME ARE ALREADY WANTING TO SELL THEM.

LIKELY TO BIG BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN STATES.

THOSE ARE KNOWN AS MSO'S.

NEPTUNE CALLS THESE MULTISTATE OPERATORS PIRANHAS.

>> WELL, I THOUGHT PEOPLE LIKE ME HAD A CHANCE.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THE MSO'S BUYING UP THE LICENSES FROM SO-CALLED AWARDEES OR PEOPLE ASSIGNED THESE LICENSES.

>> THE BUYING AND SELLING OF LICENSING WHILE SOME HAVE TO WAIT BUT THAT IS ALL TOTALLY LEGAL.

BUT NEPTUNE SAYS THAT THAT RUNS COUNTER TO THE LAW'S SOCIAL EQUITY INTENT.

>> THERE'S NO SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR THESE LICENSES TO BE EVEN HELD TO SOCIAL EQUITY STANDARDS AND THAT JUST WENT OVER -- IT JUST DIDN'T GET ADDRESSED.

YOU KNOW, SO NOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

PEOPLE WILL GET THE SO-CALLED CONDITIONAL LICENSES, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SELL THEM TO MSO'S AND HERE WE GO AGAIN.

>> KEY ANNA HUGHES SAYS IT IS JUST FINE BY HER IF THOSE WHO WIN A STATE LICENSE THEN AUCTION IT OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND SAYS THAT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO ACTUALLY RUN A DISPENSARY OR CANNABIS BUSINESS.

>> THIS IS LIFE CHANGING MONEY.

AND I'M NOT I PERSONALLY AM NOT OF THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD DICTATE HOW WE GO ABOUT MANAGING THAT.

ONCE YOU WIN THE LICENSE, LISTEN, YOU PUT IN THE WORK, YOU DO WITH IT AS YOU WILL.

>> SHE SAYS ILLINOIS' BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WOULD BENEFIT EITHER WAY.

IF A SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT DOES SELL A LICENSE PROBABLY FOR BIG BUCKS THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS SHE SAYS.

HUGHES HAS A FEW MORE CHANCES TO WIN A DISPENSARY LICENSE SHE HAS A COUPLE APPLICATIONS IN FOR THE ONE LOTTERY SCHEDULED.

WE HAVE 55 LICENSES AWARDED THIS MONTH AND 55 TODAY.

AUGUST 19TH ANOTHER 75 LICENSES WILL BE SELECTED BY THE STATE AT LEAST AS LONG AS EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED.

THE PROCESS MIRED IN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY, SCORING QUESTIONS AND LAWSUITS.

UP WITH LAWSUIT STILL OUTSTANDING THAT COULD FURTHER DELAY THE PROCESS.

THERE IS A HEARING SET FOR THAT ON MONDAY.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT STILL UNTANGLING THIS.

THANK YOU.

>> MORE EMPLOYERS ARE MANDATING VACCINATION AS A CONDITION OF RETURNING TO THE OFFICE.

AMONG THEM SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS FROM WALMART TO TYSON FOODS.

THIS AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL REQUIRE ALMOST ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED AND AS THE DELTA VARIANT RAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT WILL OTHER COMPANIES FOLLOW SUIT?

JOINING US ARE ANDREW CHALLENGER, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL PLACEMENT AND COACHING FIRM, CHALLENGER, GRAY & CHRISTMAS.

AND JACK LAVIN, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> ANDREW CHALLENGER I WILL START WITH YOU.

YOU'VE SEEN THE MAJOR COMPANIES START THE BALL ROLLING.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AMONG CHICAGO AREA COMPANIES?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE REQUIRING VACCINATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES?

>> IT'S A NEW PHENOMENON, RIGHT?

WE HAVE BEEN SERVING COMPANIES THROUGHOUT COVID AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT POINTS KNOWING THAT THIS VACCINE WAS COMING AND THE QUESTIONS AROUND MANDATE WAS COMING.

LESS THAN 3% OF COMPANIES CONSISTENTLY TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO MANDATE IT.

WHEN THE DAM BROKE THIS WEEK AND WE SAW DOZENS OF FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES ANNOUNCE THEY WOULD START MANDATING SURPRISED US.

WE DON'T HAVE DATA AT THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO COMPANIES YET BUT CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE COMPANIES THAT FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN DRINKING AND DINING INSTITUTE THEIR MANDATES.

JACK LAVIN WHAT ABOUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

ARE YOU TALKING TO CHICAGO COMPANIES MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER CONSIDERING THIS?

>> ABSOLUTELY, PARIS.

WE ARE TALKING TO COMPANIES EVERYDAY.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A TREND TOWARDS MANDATING VACCINATIONS.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO VACCINATE THEIR EMPLOYEES BEFORE THEY RETURN TO THE OFFICE.

AND IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HAVE STRICT PROTOCOLS FOR MASK WEARING AND TESTING.

AND WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT.

WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THIS WEEK ANNOUNCE MANDATING THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE TO HAVE VACCINES LIKE GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, LYFT, WALGREENS, WALMART, AND JUST YESTERDAY AURORA ADVOCATE HEALTH ANNOUNCED ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINES.

AND I THINK MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ESPECIALLY WITH THE DELTA VARIANT ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

BUT EVERY COMPANY IS DIFFERENT.

SO COMPANIES THAT HAVE FRONTLINE WORKERS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OPERATIONS TO CONSIDER.

THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THEIR OPERATIONS AND EVERY COMPANY IS DIFFERENT.

BUT THERE IS FOR RETURNING TO THE OFFICE THERE IS A TREND TOWARDS VACCINATION.

>> AND ANDREW CHALLENGER SOME U.S. APPELLATE COURTS RULED IN THE CASE OF UNIVERSITIES MANDATING VACCINATION THAT IT IS LEGAL AND IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY LEGAL ISSUES WITH EMPLOYERS MANDATING THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES GET THIS AS A CONDITION OF COMING BACK TO WORK?

>> WELL, CERTAINLY PEOPLE HOLD THEIR VIEWS ABOUT THE VACCINES REALLY STRONGLY.

THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME IF THEIR COMPANY DECIDES TO MANDATE IT.

WHILE IT DOES SEEM VERY CLEAR FOR MOST LEGAL EXPERTS THE MOST RECENT CASE REGARDING INDIANA UNIVERSITY THAT IT IS GOING TO BE LEGAL FOR COMPANIES TO MANDATE THE VACCINE.

ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTING SOME FORMS OF LAWSUIT ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH.

>> AND MOST WORKERS ARE AT WILL EMPLOYEES.

I WORK HERE.

I'M SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF WTTW.

JACK LAVIN, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY KIND OF PUSHBACK FROM EMPLOYEES?

AND IS IT FAIR TO FIRE SOMEONE AS CNN REPORTEDLY DID TODAY IF THEY DON'T GET THE VACCINE AND COMPLY?

>> I THINK COMPANIES FIRST WANT TO EDUCATE THEIR EMPLOYEES.

AND THE LAST FEW YEARS EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER RELEASED THAT WHO DO PEOPLE TRUST THE MOST?

THEY TRUST THEIR EMPLOYERS.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR BUSINESS LEADERS AND BUSINESSES TO STEP UP.

EDUCATE THEIR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

WHEN YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY, WHEN YOU WORK FOR ANYBODY, IT IS ABOUT YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESS, ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND VACCINATIONS HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL.

AND I THINK EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES ARE BEST TO DO THAT, TELL THEIR EMPLOYEES WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMY FORWARD AND KEEP PEOPLE IN JOBS AND GET PEOPLE BACK TO JOBS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED OR STRICT MASKING AND TESTING POLICIES WE DON'T WANT THE ECONOMY TO TURN AROUND AGAIN WE DON'T WANT IT CLOSED DOWN AGAIN THAT WE CANNOT HAVE HAPPEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE EDUCATE.

MANDATE WHERE WE CAN.

AND REQUIRE WHERE WE CAN.

SOMETIMES THERE'S RELIGIOUS REASONS AND HEALTH REASONS WHY PEOPLE CANNOT DO IT AND THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE STRICT MASKING AND TEST PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.

REALLY STRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY MOVING FORWARD.

>> SEEMS LIKE TERMINATION WOULD BE A LAST-DITCH STEP.

YOU KNOW LABOR GROUPS ARE KIND OF SPLIT ON THIS.

LET'S HEAR WHAT THE CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR SAID TO US QUOTE... ANDREW CHALLENGER COULD THIS BECOME A BARGAINING ISSUE?

WE DON'T THINK IT IS A UNION TO MAKE OUR WORKERS DO THIS.

>> YEAH, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PUSHBACK.

THE UNIONS REPRESENTATIVE A LOT OF WORKERS.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE REALLY HESITANT TO GET THE VACCINE.

SO YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THEM STEP UP AND REPRESENT THEIR PEOPLE THAT WAY ALMOST CERTAINLY.

>> IF THERE IS ANY BUSINESS AND LABOR LEADERS NEED TO STEP UP.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO SHOW LEADERSHIP.

THE TRUST BAROMETER SAYS THEY BELIEVE IN THEIR EMPLOYERS AND LEADERS AND THEY BELIEVE THEIR LABOR LEADERS IT'S TIME TO STEP UP AND GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED AND EDUCATE THEM AND MOVE FORWARD.

>> JACK, WOULD YOU ADVOCATE THE LABOR UNIONS MANDATE VACCINES FOR THEIR WORKERS?

>> I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE POLICIES THAT REQUIRE MANDATES TO RETURN TO THE OFFICE.

YES.

AND IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT FOR HEALTH REASONS, FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS OR OTHER REASONS, THAT PERTAIN TO THEIR BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, THEY SHOULD HAVE STRICT TESTING POLICIES AND STRICT MASK POLICIES.

THE LARGEST C.E.O.S IN THE COUNTRY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, HAVE ANNOUNCED MANDATES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE COMPANY THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND THEY ANNOUNCED IT AND STRICT TESTING POLICIES.

THE C.E.O.

OF ILLINOIS IS THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE GOVERNOR AND HE ANNOUNCED IT.

BUSINESS LEADERS NEED TO STEP UP AND WE NEED TO EDUCATE AND PUSH AND THE SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO TACKLE THE DELTA VARIANT GET THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL SO OUR ECONOMY CAN MOVE FORWARD.

BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE AND PEOPLE CAN STAY IN JOBS.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR OUR BUSINESS WHERE WE WORK.

>> NO DOUBT THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING.

OUR THANKS TO ANDREW CHALLENGER AND JACK LAVIN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> GREAT THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A CHECK IN ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ROGERS PARK.

SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

>> AND WE GO BACK TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO IS REPORTING IN ROGERS PARK AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

JOANNA?

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I SPOKE WITH ALDERWOMAN DEBRA SILVERSTEIN OF THE 50TH WARD THAT INCLUDES PART OF ROGERS PARK AND WEST RIDGE.

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT A NEW DEVELOPMENT REPLACING BAKER SQUARE WITH A STRIP MALL ON TOUHY AND WESTERN AVENUES.

>> THE PEOPLE WERE SAD TO SAY BAKER SQUARE SHUTDOWN.

IT'S BEEN SHUTDOWN FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND IT WAS SAD TO SEE IT GO.

WE HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

WE HAVE A STARBUCKS, WE HAVE A BUFFALO WILD WINGS TO GO AND ATLETICO.

THERE IS MORE SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE LOOKING TO FIND TENANTS.

>> AND HOW WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY?

DID YOU DO GO WORK AND SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE?

>> WE DID HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING IN HERE.

EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING ME FOR A LONGTIME ABOUT A COFFEE SHOP WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STARBUCKS CAME AROUND EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND WE ARE ECONTINUING TO GROW THE DEVELOPMENT HERE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A WHILE SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED HERE.

>> AND THESE ARE LARGER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COMING INTO THE AREA COMPARED TO SMALLER BUSINESSES.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT BIGGER COMPANIES LIKE BUFFALO WILD WINGS AND STARBUCKS WILL HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY?

>> EVERYONE IS WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY IF YOU KNOW THE 50TH WARD IT IS VERY, VERY DIVERSE.

WE HAVE BIG BUSINESSES AND MOM AND POP BUSINESSES AND THAT'S WHAT ADDS TO THE DIVERSITY AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS WARD.

I'M HOPING WITH THE BIGGER DEVELOPMENTS THEY WILL BE HIRING PEOPLE FROM WITHIN AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY GETS JOBS.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE THAT WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

>> ANY IDEA HOW MANY JOBS WILL BE CREATED?

>> I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.

>> AND DO YOU HAVE A TIME-FRAME IN TERMS OF WHEN PEOPLE CAN START SEEING THE BUSINESSES COME INTO THE AREA?

>> IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THIS DEMOLISHED I'M HOPING THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START SOON I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE.

>> IT'S COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT'S COMING, YES.

>> AND CARJACKINGS HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE AROUND THE CITY AND HERE IN ROGERS PARK.

WHAT IS YOUR OFFICE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?

>> SO IT'S BEEN SCARY FOR PEOPLE HERE.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE 24TH DISTRICT THEY HAVE MADE TWO ARRESTS.

THE MESSAGE FROM THE POLICE AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT OUT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA IS DON'T SIT IN YOUR CAR.

EVERYBODY LIKES TO DRIVE AND THEY GET HOME AND THEY WANT TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND PICK UP THEIR MESSAGES PLEASE GO IN THE HOME AND LOOK AT THE MESSAGES IN YOUR HOUSE.

DO NOT STAY IN YOUR CAR.

>> IS THIS THE TIP YOU ARE GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY?

>> ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

ALWAYS.

BUT YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE'VE GOT THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, JUST BE EXTRA VIGILANT.

>> THANK YOU.

IN ANOTHER QUESTION BACK TO SCHOOL.

IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER YOU ARE ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE LAST YEAR WAS UNCONVENTIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST AND THIS YEAR WILL BE MARKED BY THE PANDEMIC.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE SO SEE HAPPEN AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR GETS UNDERWAY?

>> WE WERE HOPING WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE DELTA VARIANT UPON US AND THAT IS SCARY FOR EVERYBODY.

THERE IS A MANDATE FOR MASKING INDOORS I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE AND THAT IS THE GOAL.

WE NEED TO GET OUR KIDS EDUCATED AND SAFE AND HEALTHY.

>> CAN YOU SHARE WHAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS SHARE WITH YOU?

>> AGAIN, SAFETY.

SAFETY AND EDUCATION.

EVERYBODY WANTS THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY ARE OUR PRIDE AND JOY AND WE WANT THE BEST FOR THEM.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> I WANT EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO GET OUT THERE, GET THEIR VACCINES.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS CORONAVIRUS UNDER CONTROL.

MAKE SURE TO GO IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.

CONTINUE TO BE CAREFUL WEAR YOUR MASKS.

AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS STAYING SAFE.

>> AND WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK TO THE AREA'S OTHER ALDERWOMAN IN JUST A BIT.

BACK TO YOU.

>> I'M SURE FOLKS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING THEIR WAY, THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

SOME WATER SAFETY ADVOCATES WANT RESCUE FLOTATION DEVICES ALONG THE LAKEFRONT BUT THE PARK DISTRICT IS NOT SOLD ON THE IDEA.

>> A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER FACES CHARGES AFTER AN ON DUTY SHOOTING AT AT GRAND REDLINE STATION LAST YEAR.

>> GEOFFREY BAER ON WHAT IS LEFT OF A TREASURED DAIRY FARM AND AMUSEMENT PARK THAT ONCE STOOD IN CHICAGO'S NORTHERN SUBURBS IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

AND ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU SHARES DETAILS ON A PHOTO EXHIBIT DOCUMENTING THE PAST AND CELEBRATING THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN BLUES.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., AS THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES CONTINUES TO RISE AFTER THE SUMMER'S DECLINE ILLINOIS HIT A NEW HIGH RECORDING MORE THAN 3,000 CASES TODAY.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE EARLY MAY OF THIS YEAR WHEN 3300 CASES WERE RECORDED.

THE STATE'S SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY RATE IS 4.6% UP FROM 1.9 IN MID-JULY.

AND THE SAME IS TRUE IN CHICAGO WHERE TEST POSITIVITY IS 3.5% UP FROM 0.4 IN LATE JUNE.

>> VIOLENCE REDUCTION ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO RESPOND TO VIOLENCE IN THE WAY IT RESPONDED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IT STARTS WITH A COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATION CENTER.

>> AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATION CENTER APPROACH THE CITY WILL UTILIZE BEST PRACTICES FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO IMPLEMENT A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION.

>> THE CENTER WILL BE A HUB TO COORDINATE HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, VIOLENCE REDUCTION NONPROFITS, YOUTH SERVICES, FAITH GROUPS AND MORE.

THE TEAMS WILL IDENTIFY VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN PLACE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN PROVIDE BETTER RESOURCES TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM.

>> NEW LAWS IN ILLINOIS TAKE AIM AT PERIOD POVERTY MAKING IT EASIER FOR SOME WOMEN TO HAVE ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONE IN FOUR WOMEN REGULARLY STRUGGLE TO PURCHASE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.

DUE TO THE LACK OF INCOME, TODAY IN ILLINOIS, WE'RE TAKING THE STEPS TO HELP LOW INCOME MEN TRAIT MENSTRUATERS OVERCOME THAT BURDEN.

>> AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THREE BILLS.

ONE REQUIRES HOMELESS SHELTERS TO PROVIDE SANITARY NAPKINS AND TAMPONS AND PANTY LINERS FREE OF CHARGE AND THE OTHER REQUIRES PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO STOCK CAMPUS BATHROOMS FREE OF CHARGE.

AND THE THIRD REQUIRES THE STATE TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL WAIVER ALLOWING PEOPLE RECEIVING SNAP AND WIC BENEFITS TO USE THE FUNDS FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AS WELL.

>> LAKE MICHIGAN IS ONE OF CHICAGO'S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS AND IS SOMETIMES DANGEROUS.

FOR YEARS ADVOCATES AND PARK DISTRICT HAVE BEEN DEBATING HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DROWNING AND DYING IN LAKE MICHIGAN.

ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING FOR MEASURES THAT WOULD COMBAT ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

BUT AS NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS THE PARKS DISTRICT SAYS IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE.

>> ON JULY 10, 2018, 55-YEAR-OLD, HORACIO LEON TOOK HIS BIKE DOWN TO THE LAKEFRONT NEAR JACKSON DRIVE.

>> HOW HE GOT IN THE WATER IS A MYSTERY BUT I KNOW THE WATER TOOK HIM.

>> JESSICA LEON WAS HER FATHER WAS IN THE WATER FOR SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE BYSTANDERS WERE ABLE TO PULL HIM OUT.

FOR 13 DAYS HE WAS IN THE UCU -- ICU AT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL AND JULY 23 HE PASSED AWAY.

SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING RELIGIOUSLY TO GET WATER RESCUE STATIONS PLACED ALONG THE SHORELINE.

>> SHE IS NOT ALONE.

HALLE QUEZADA WITNESSED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHOSE FAMILY SHE KNEW GROUND IN A ROGERS PARK BEACH IN 2018.

AND PEOPLE ON THE SHORE SEARCHED FRANTICALLY FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD FLOAT.

>> IT WAS JUST CHAOS IN THOSE MOMENTS AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AVAILABLE TO HELP.

>> HALLE QUEZADA LAUNCHED A PETITION AND ADVOCATED FOR CHANGES.

WATER RESCUE DEVICES POSTED AT HARBORS AND NEAR THE RIVER.

RESTORE LIFEGUARD HOURS NUMBERED BEACHES AND BREAK WALLS SO PEOPLE CAN GIVE THEIR LOCATION IF THEY CALL 9-1-1.

THE CITY CREATED A WATER SAFETY TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED HALLE QUEZADA.

>> THERE ARE SAFETY PROTECTIONS THAT ARE EASY AND OBVIOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

>> SHE SAYS THERE'S BROAD AGREEMENT ON THE TASK FORCE ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE THE LAKEFRONT SAFER BUT AFTER YEARS OF MEETINGS THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH CHANGE.

A NEW PETITION GARNERED 3,000 SIGNATURES AND SHE AND LEONE HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR CASE TO THE BOARD.

AT A MEETING THE TOP ATTORNEY FOR PARKS SAID ADDING LIFE PRESERVER RINGS IS NOT SO SIMPLE.

>> WHEN WE PUT UP CERTAIN MEASURES YOU ARE INCREASING YOUR RISK OF LIABILITY BY REPRESENTING THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE SWIMMABLE OR USABLE AREAS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THE BEST THING TO DO RIGHT NOW, IS NOTHING BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO NOT TAKE ON THAT INCREASED RISK OF LIABILITY.

>> NADAV SHOKED OF NORTHWESTERN LAW PROFESSOR UNDERSTANDS THE PARK DISTRICT'S POSITION ON FLOTATION DEVICES.

>> THEY ARE UNDER MAINTAINED AND A PERSON USING ONE AND BECAUSE IT'S UNDER MAINTAINED HE OR SHE DROWNS THEN THE PARK DISTRICT COULD BE SUED.

>> ADVOCATES SAY THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.

MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT BUT NADAV SHOKED SAYS THE DEVICES ARE PROBLEMATIC FROM POLICY PERSPECTIVE WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK DISTRICT BOARD ECHOED.

>> OUR ARGUMENT IS NOT ABOUT LIABILITY.

WHAT IT REALLY IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE OBSERVING THE RULES TO NOT SWIM WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SWIM AND AT TIMES THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SWIM.

WE PUT THE RINGS WEI ZHANG TELL PEOPLE NOT TO SWIM THAT IS WINKING AT US TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO SWIM THERE.

>> BUT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN THE WATER WHEN AND WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.

OTHERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO READ WARNING SIGNS IN ENGLISH SOME FALL INTO THE WATER.

>> I'M NOT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE WATER BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED.

>> IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE RING A WATER RESCUE STATION NEAR WHERE MY FATHER ENDED UP DROWNING THERE IS NO DOUBT.

>> SINCE THINGS WITH THE PARK DISTRICT SEEM TO HAVE COME TO AN IMPASSE GETTING LAWMAKERS ONBOARD IS LIKELY THE NEXT STEP.

>> IF WE CAN'T COMPEL PARK DISTRICTS TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FOR THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THEIR AGE GROUP WE WILL COMPEL TO PROTECT OUR KIDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BY LAW.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> AND THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.

TO PARIS SCHUTZ WITH DETAILS ON AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING.

>> A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER AN ON DUTY SHOOTING OF A MAN INSIDE A CTA REDLINE STATION LAST YEAR.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US WITH MORE.

WHO IS THE OFFICER CHARGED?

AND WHAT ARE THE CHARGES?

>> THIS IS 32-YEAR-OLD MELVINA BOGARD SURRENDERED TO A COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEYS INVESTIGATORS AND WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY FROM A FIREARM AND MISCONDUCT FOR THE SHOOTING OF ARIEL REBOYRAS BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

>> AND TAKE US BACK TO THE DAY OF THAT SHOOTING?

, WHAT HAPPENED?

>> VIDEO SURFACED A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT AND SHOWED A KAY YACHT PARTICULAR SCENE INSIDE THE STOP.

THEY HAD SEEN HIM JUMP BETWEEN CARS AND TOOK HIM OFF THE TRAIN AND REFUSED TO SHOW HIS ID AND A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION STARTED.

A WRESTLED EACH OTHER TO THE GROUND AND BOTH OFFICERS TRIED TO TASE ROMAN.

AT ONE POINT ROMAN GOT OFF THE GROUND AND STARTED TO WIPE HIS EYES AND TOOK A STEP TOWARDS BOGARD AND SHE SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST AND OMAN STARTED TO RUN UP THE ESCALATOR TO GET AWAY AND BOGARD FOLLOWED AND SHOT HIM IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.

>> WHAT IS NEXT FOR BOGARD?

>> TODAY SHE WAS RELEASED SHE DID NOT PAY MONEY TO BE RELEASED FROM I WILL JA.

AND SHE IS DUE BACK IN COURT ON AUGUST 18TH AFTER THE SHOOTING SHE WAS STRIPPED OF POLICE POWERS AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVED TO FILE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES AGAINST HER AND HER PARTNER AND SEEKING TO HAVE HER TERMINATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS ONGOING.

>> AND THE FOP FOUGHT THESE CASES DO THEY HAVE REACTION NO THIS CASE?

>> HER ATTORNEY IN COURT THE FOP ATTORNEY AND HE WAS ARGUING THIS WAS A CLEAR-CUT SELF-DEFENSE CASE THAT BOGARD ACTED WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THE DEPARTMENT HAS TRAINED HER ON AND SHE DID NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN THE SHOOTING.

>> THANKS, MATT.

>> THANKS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ MATT'S STORY AND 0 OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN ROGERS PARK ON THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE AS OR THE OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE ARE HERE WITH ALDERWOMAN MARIA HADDEN FROM THE 49TH WARD.

WHICH COVERS MOST OF ROGERS PARK.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

>> I'M DOING FANTASTIC.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST OFF, YOU CAME BACK FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ABOUT CHANGE RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM THEM?

>> PEOPLE THEY WANT TO SEE BETTER SOLUTIONS.

HOT TOPIC THIS WEEK AND IT CAME AT TONIGHT HOW WE CAN HELP HOUSELESS RESIDENTS.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN TOUHY PARK A BIG INCIDENT THIS WEEK AS FOLKS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT CAME TO DO CLEARING WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID ABOUT EVICTIONS COMING.

AND SO TONIGHT HOT TOPIC WAS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT POLICIES, FOR OUR HOUSELESS FOLKS AND ANOTHER TOPIC TONIGHT WAS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR POLICIES TO PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.

ALWAYS FORWARD THINKING A LITTLE BIT OF THE HERE AND PRESENT AND THEN THINKING A LITTLE BIT FORWARD ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN DO IN 49TH WARD BUT IN CHICAGO.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

ON TOP OF EVERYONE'S MIND IS COVID AND THE DELTA VARIANT.

HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY AND HERE IN ROGERS PARK YOUR WARD WAS HIT PARTICULARLY HARD IN THE BEGINNING ESPECIALLY WITH THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THIS?

>> SO SOME OF THE THINGS ARE WHAT WE HAVE NOT STOPPED DOING.

EVEN WITH THE OPENING UP AND GETTING BACK TO GOING TO BUSINESSES AND GETTING FOLKS READY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGH OUR OFFICE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED, REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT MASKING, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ESPECIALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

MY FAMILY AND I TEND TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS THAN OTHERS BUT REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT VACCINE OPPORTUNITIES AND ABOUT WEARING OUR MASKS.

SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OVER THE LAST WEEK IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS THEY MIGHT DO TO PREPARE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER WE'LL GO TO ANOTHER SHUTDOWN.

SO TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE KNOWING THAT IF WE MAKE OUR CHANGES NOW, WE CAN AVOID A SHUTDOWN I BELIEVE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

BUT WE MOVED INTO ACTION QUICKLY IN 2020, SETUP A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATION NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SOME OF THE TALK HAS BEEN TRYING TO PREPARE ABOUT WHETHER WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOON IN THE FUTURE.

>> AND WE SEE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE NEW YORK CITY REQUIRING VACCINES TO ENTER RESTAURANTS OR FITNESS CENTERS.

SHOULD SOMETHING SIMILAR BE IMPLEMENTED HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR IMPLEMENTED IN CHICAGO.

I KNOW THAT OUR MAYOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER INDICATED THAT IT'S TRICKY.

I DO THINK IT'S TRICKY EVERYWHERE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I JUST PASSED A BUSINESS ON MY WAY HERE THAT STARTED REQUIRING VACCINES IN ORDER TO ENTER INSIDE TODAY.

LEAVING IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN ROGERS PARK WE HAVE SO MANY INDEPENDENTLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES, I THINK IS PUTS A BIT OF A BURDEN ON THEM AND MEANS WE DON'T HAVE CONSISTENT POLICIES ACROSS THE CITY.

I THINK THE CITY OF CHICAGO SHOULD HAVE A VACCINE AND MINIMUM A MASK MANDATE.

>> AND LAST QUESTION WE ARE 18 MONTHS IN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL YOUR COMMUNITY NOW MOVING FORWARD?

WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR 18 MONTHS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THEM?

>> WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.

I'VE BEEN PROUD OF THE ROGERS PARK COMMUNITY OF FOLKS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP ONE ANOTHER, TO ADAPT TO THE CRISIS, TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE SEVERAL WONDERFUL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP FOLKS IN NEED.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE RESILIENT AND CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MASK UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE HERE IN ROGERS PARK.

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

ALDERWOMAN MARIA HADDEN THERE SUPPORTING A MASK MANDATE AND VACCINE MANDATE IN THE CITY.

UP NEXT WHAT IS LEFT OF THE SUBURBAN DAIRY FARM AND AMUSEMENT PARK IN AN ENCORE ADDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

WHAT DOES A 20TH CENTURY ELECTRICITY BARON HAVE TO DO WITH A SPITTING LLAMA AT A SUBURBAN PETTING ZOO?

GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE WITH THE STORY OF THE HAWTHORNE MELODY DAIRY FARM IN THIS WEEK'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

HEALY GEOFFREY AND WELCOME BACK.

>> I WILL TRY NOT TO SPIT.

>> THIS QUESTION KEMPS FROM A VIEWER... >> TOM, YOU MISSED OUT ON A LOT.

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

HERE WE GO.

THE FORMER HAWTHORNE MELODY FARM WAS BOTH A WORKING DAIRY AND A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN CHICAGO'S NORTHERN SUBURBS, STRADDLING VERNON HILLS AND LIBERTYVILLE.

NOT ONLY DID THEY OFFER TOURS OF THE DAIRY BUT THEY ALSO RAN AN AMUSEMENT PARK WITH THE WILD WEST TOWN AND A PETTING ZOO AND WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT IN A MINUTE.

THE ORIGINS OF HAWTHORNE MELODY CAN BE TRACED BACK TO SOMEONE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, NOT TEDDY ROOSEVELT THE OTHER GUY, SAMUEL INSULL FOUNDER OF COMMONWEALTH EDITION.

HE WAS ONE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY MOGULS WHO BUILT COUNTRY ESTATES IN LAKE AND DUPAGE COUNTIES WITH HOBBY FARMS WHICH WERE A WAY FOR THE OWNERS TO DABBLE IN THE FARM LIFE.

HE OVERSAW A MIDWEST ELECTRICITY EMPIRE IT WAS A MONOPOLY THAT PROVIDED ALMOST ALL OF CHICAGO'S ELECTRICITY IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND CONTROLLED ELECTRIC RAILROADS INCLUDING THE L SYSTEM.

ALL THAT SPLENDOR CAME CRASHING DOWN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN HIS COMPANIES WENT BUST AND HIS MOM AND POP INVESTORS DID TOO.

HE AFTER THAT BECAME A POSTER CHILD FOR SOCIAL INEQUITY IN THE 1930s.

HE FLED TO EUROPE.

WAS EXTRADITED BACK TO CHICAGO.

HE WAS TRIED FOR FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT BUT HE SURVIVED THAT AND MOVED BACK TO EUROPE WHERE HE DIED.

>> WOW.

WHAT A STORY.

WHAT BECAME OF THE FARM?

>> WELL, IN THE LATE 1930s, THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY A MAN WHO WAS A PRINTING COMPANY MAGNET AND HE HAD A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS.

HE BOUGHT UP FARMLAND AND EXPANDED THE DAIRY OPERATION AND HE KEPT THE ORIGINAL PART OF THE HAWTHORNE FARM NAME.

THE DAIRY AND THE FARM RAISED HORSES AND HOGS AND POULTRY.

BUT THE BIG BUSINESS WAS THOSE DAIRY COWS AND AT ITS PEAK THE COMPANY DISTRIBUTED MILK AND PRODUCTS ALL OVER THE REGION.

I WILL DATE MYSELF.

I TOTALLY REMEMBER THE MILK TRUCKS WHEN I WAS A KID.

HAWTHORNE MELODY WELCOMED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOL GROUPS AND THEY MARVELED AT THE DAIRIES MECHANIZED MILKING PROCESS ADVERTISED AT QUOTE FREE OF HUMAN TOUCH.

AND THEN THERE WAS THAT AMUSEMENT PARK INCLUDING THE WILD WEST TOWN OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS HAWTHORNE GULCH WHICH FEATURED A BANK AND GENERAL STORE AND COVERED WAGONS IT WAS ONE OF THE TOPS ON A MINIATURE STEAM RAILROAD THAT TOOK VISITORS ON TOURS OF THE PROPERTY AND I WENT THERE WHEN I WAS A KID I REMEMBER THIS AND REMEMBER THE WILD WEST TOWN HAD A BOOT HILL CEMETERY WITH WOODEN TOMBSTONES WITH FUNNY EPITAPHS LIKE I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK.

AND THEN THERE WAS THAT PETTING ZOO A CHILDREN'S ZOO.

AND THEY HAD TURKEYS AND DUCKS AND REPORTEDLY AS YOU MENTIONED A POPULAR SPITTING LLAMA.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT MADE THE LLAMA POPULAR.

BUT CHECK THIS OUT, AND CIRCUS ANIMALS LIKE THIS ELEPHANT NOT SURE ANY ZOO TODAY WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE ESPECIALLY CHILDREN TO GET THIS CLOSE TO A WILD ANIMAL.

>> EVEN IF IT IS A BABY ELEPHANT BUT THE SPITTING LLAMA WAS POPULAR WITH THE KIDS.

GEOFFREY, HAWTHORNE MELODY NO LONGER AROUND TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

>> YEAH.

WELL IN THE LATE 1960s, THE MAN BEGAN SELLING OFF PORTIONS OF THE DAIRY AND THE LAND.

THE AMUSEMENT PARK CLOSED IN THE 1970s.

AND THE HAWTHORNE MELODY BRAND CONTINUED TO EXIST UNDER CORPORATE OWNERS UNTIL IT WAS PHASED OUT OR FIZZLED OUT IN THE EARLY 1990s.

MOST OF THAT VERNON HILLS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUBURBANIZED.

HOME TO SUBDIVISIONS AND THE HAWTHORNE MALL, A SMALL NOD TO WHAT USED TO BE THERE.

AND THE SHOCKING PINK MANSION BY THE ARCHITECT BENJAMIN MARSHALL AND THE GROUNDS ALL THAT IS STILL THERE.

AND THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR TOURISTS FOR MANY YEARS.

THE SITE IS NOW OWNED AND OPERATED AS A CONFERENCE CENTER AND EVENT SPACE.

AND CHECK THIS OUT.

WE FOUND AT LEAST ONE TRACE OF HAWTHORNE MELODY LEFT IN CHICAGO.

LOOK AT THIS GHOST SIGN ON A BUILDING NEAR HORNER PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CORNER GROCERY.

>> WOW.

>> I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME.

THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT HAWTHORNE MELODY AND DON'T FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION TO GEOFFREY BAER.

>> WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> MURALS AND MUSIC FESTIVALS CONTINUE TO ACT MUSIC GENRES A TRAVELING PHOTO EXHIBIT IS MAKING SURE CERTAIN ARTISTS RECEIVE RECOGNITION AS WELL.

ANGEL IDOWU SHARED HOW ONE PHOTOGRAPHER IS USING SNAPSHOTS IN TIME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WOMEN IN THE BLUE.

THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS THAT WHAT LYNN ORMAN WEISS' TRAVELING PHOTO EXHIBITION "WOMEN OF THE BLUES" IS ON TO SHARE.

HOW FEMALE ARTISTS CONTRIBUTED TO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSIC GENRES.

>> CHICAGO IS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SORT OF THE PORTAL YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CITY FOR WOMEN OF THE BLUES.

>> THIS COLLECTION OF HISTORIC SNAPSHOTS IS SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING AND FEATURES MORE THAN 100 WOMEN INCLUDING KOKO TAYLOR.

[♪♪♪] >> KOKO TAYLOR BEING OUR CHICAGO QUEEN OF THE BLUES, PLAYED SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN INFLUENCING AND EMPOWERING THE VOICES OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN.

AND SHE WAS MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS SHOW.

[♪♪♪] >> THE BLUES IS WHAT SHE LOVED.

THE BLUES IS WHAT SHE LIVED BUT NOT HOW SHE LIVED.

>> TAYLOR'S DAUGHTER JOYCE TAYLOR THREATT AGREES AND HER MOTHER WHO GREW UP IN THE CHURCH AND STARTED AS A GOSPEL SINGER REMAINED TRUE TO HERSELF AND FAITH WHILE WORKING WITH WILLIE DIXON.

[♪♪♪] >> EVEN IN THE MAKING OF WANG DAMAGE DOODLE FOR HER, SHE REFUSED TO SING IT BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT ABOUT LIKE THE DIRTY DOZEN.

[♪♪♪] AND MY MOTHER SAID I JUST CAN'T SING THAT SONG AND DIXON SAID YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND SHE SAID SOME OF THE WORDS YOU GOT TO CHANGE BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T SING THAT.

>> ALSO FEATURED IS UP-AND-COMING ARTIST MELODY ANGEL WHO SAYS LEARNING HIS HISTORY IS IMPERATIVE TO HER DEVELOPMENT AS AN ARTIST.

[♪♪♪] >> NOT ONLY ARE YOU HONORING THE GENRE, BUT YOU ARE HONORING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT.

BECAUSE FOR ME, LEARNING ABOUT MY HISTORY, LEARNING ABOUT MUSIC HISTORY BUILT ME UP IN SUCH A WAY MYSELF ESTEEM WAS BUILT UP KNOWING I COME FROM A PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY FOUND A WAY TO SURVIVE THROUGH THE MOST HORRIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES BUT THEY THRIVED AND THEY INVENTED AND CREATED THINGS THAT WE ALL LOVE TODAY.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> FROM CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS, TO MEMPHIS, THIS EXHIBIT NOT ONLY CELEBRATES ARTISTS WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GENRE, BUT ALSO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED THESE MUSICAL CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR DECADES.

>> WE'RE USUALLY IN THE PIT RIGHT NOW STARTING TODAY AND MOVES ELBOW TO ELBOW AND LENSES TO LENSES SHOOTING THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE A VOICE ALSO TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THEM AND EVERYBODY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE PERFORMER DIFFERENTLY.

AND IT'S REALLY IT BECOMES THIS BEAUTIFUL NARRATIVE ON WHO THEY ARE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND THE EXHIBIT FINISHED ITS RUN AT THE GALLERY EARLIER THIS SUMMER AND HAS A FEW STOPS BEFORE HEADING TO BRONZEVILLE.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR HOW TO SEE WOMEN OF THE BLUES AND YOU WILL FIND MORE ABOUT FEATURED ARTISTS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BEHIND THE PICTURES.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

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