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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M AMANDA VINICKY IN FOR PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE SHOULD BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE PULL YOURSELF UP FROM YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.

I DON'T HAVE BOOTSTRAPS TO PULL ON.

>> EVANSTON'S REPARATIONS PROGRAM AND WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE CITY'S RESIDENTSISM WE [INAUDIBLE] >> ILLINOIS' LATINO POPULATION HAS GROWN THIS PAST DECADE AND ADVOCATES SAY THAT SHOULD EQUATE TO MORE POLITICAL POWER.

>> PRODUCTIONS LIKE CHICAGO FIRE ARE MAKING THIS ONE OF THE BUSIEST YEARS EVER FOR TV AND FILM CREWS IN TOWN.

A LOOK AT THE STATUS OF THE INDUSTRY IN CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS.

>> CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AFFECTS ONE IN 10 PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

RESEARCHERS FOUND AN ENZYME THAT COULD HELP CURE IT.

>> I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND TONIGHT I WILL BE TAKING YOU TO A NEW EXHIBIT IN ELMHURST THAT IS EXPLORING SEGREGATION WITHIN THE CHICAGO AREA.

>> COULD 240 POUND STORM SURGE EN BECOME THE NORM IN THE GREAT LAKES?

>> AND GEOFFREY BAER WHAT A LOGAN SQUARE APARTMENT BUILDING THAT ONCE HOSTED ROYALTY CAN TELL US ABOUT THE FORMATION OF CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> AND BRANDIS, I AM IN EVANSTON THE NORTHERN SUBURB OF CHICAGO HOME TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

THE VACCINE ROLLOUT HERE HAS ACTUALLY OUTPACED THE REST OF THE STATE.

A MAJORITY OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST THEIR FIRST DOSE AND NOW FOLKS HERE ARE LOOKING FORWARD RECOVERY.

EQUITY IS GOING TO BE A BIG PIECE OF THAT RECOVERY FOR PEOPLE HERE INCLUDING THE INCOMING MAYOR.

WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM AND TALK ABOUT THAT HISTORIC REPARATIONS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE PLAN TO MAKE DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS TO RESIDENTS.

FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

THANK YOU, NICK.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ILLINOIS IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE FIFTH AND FINAL PHASE OF THE REOPENING PLAN AS SOON AS JUNE 11TH.

THAT IS JUST OVER A MONTH.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY CITING STABILIZING CASE RATES AND REDUCED HOSPITALIZATIONS AS WELL AS 60% OF ADULTS IN THE STATE HAVING RECEIVED AT LEAST THE FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE.

BEFORE PHASE FIVE, THE STATE WILL FIRST REACH THE BRIDGE PHASE THAT IS STARTING NEXT FRIDAY MAY 14TH.

THIS MEANS INCREASED CAPACITY FOR RESTAURANTS, BARS, RETAIL AND MORE.

OF COURSE THE GOVERNOR WARNS ALL OF THESE TRANSITIONS STILL DEPEND ON THE VIRUS' SPREAD.

>> IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO REOPEN TO A BRIDGE PHASE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO PHASE 5 WHICH IS REOPENING EVERYTHING EXCEPT MAKING SURE WE ARE STILL MASKING SO WE CAN PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED AND THOSE UNVACCINATE CANADA PROTECT EVERYONE ELSE.

>> THE GOVERNOR AND HELENE GAYLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED AND ANNOUNCED THE EXPANSION OF THE PLAN TO INCLUDE PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND SMALL MEDICAL PROVIDERS.

MEANWHILE, ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY 1700 MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AND 40 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE STATE HAS HAD MORE THAN 1.348 MILLION CASES.

AND 22,136 DEATHS.

THE SEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF VACCINATIONS ADMINISTERED IS AROUND 70,000.

>> BLACK MEN IN CHICAGO WERE THE TARGET OF 72% OF ALL SEARCH WARRANTS SERVED BY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE CITY'S INSPECTOR GENERAL.

THE REPORT SAYS JUST 3.5% OF WARRANTS BETWEEN 2017-2020 TARGETED WHITE RESIDENTS.

THE IG'S OFFICE SAYS A MAJORITY OF THE WARRANTS WERE SERVED ON NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND THE PD FAILS TO ACCURATELY TRACK DATA CITING WARRANTS FOR RAIDS OFTEN INCLUDING INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.

THE REPORT SAYS POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN OVERSTATED THE SUCCESS RATE OF THE WARSAW PACTS TO ALDERMEN.

THERE IS MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> EVANSTON IS ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST POPULOUS SUBURBS.

LOCATED NORTH OF CHICAGO ALONG THE LAKEFRONT IT'S KNOWN FOR DINING SCENE, ARTS AND CULTURE AND NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

IT HAS A HISTORY OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND REDLINING WHICH CITY LEADERS HOPE TO START MAKING AMENDS FOR THROUGH A $10 MILLION REPARATIONS PROGRAM.

AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" NICK BLUMBERG AND MARISSA NELSON SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN EVANSTON AND NICK JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

NICK?

>> BRANDIS, THIS IS A PLACE WELL-KNOWN FOR THOSE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE EVERYWHERE THEY HAVE HAD TO MAKE HUGE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE OF COVID.

ALSO IN THE PAST YEAR GETTING A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION THAT PASSED REPARATIONS PROGRAM WHICH WILL GIVE OUT HOUSING RELATED FUNDS TO BLACK FAMILIES, TIES TO EVANSTON THAT FACED RED LINING.

SOME CRITICS SAY TRUE REPARATIONS WOULD MEAN DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS.

THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION HERE DOING JUST THAT.

>> CHARRISSE ROBERSON'S FAMILY HAS BEEN IN EVANSTON A LONGTIME.

>> HER GRANT MOTHERED WAS BORN HERE IN 1906 AND SHE KNEW SHE WANTED TO RAID HER THREE CHILDREN HERE.

>> IT WAS A SMALL TOWN WE KNEW EVERYONE.

IT WAS THE BEST CHOICE.

>> ROBERSON DESIGNS AND SELLS BOW TIES, JEWELRY.

>> I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE IN MY THINGS THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF IT.

YOU GET TO SEE THEM WEAR WHAT YOU CREATED.

>> RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS ESPECIALLY DURING COVID IS TOUGH WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL BUFFER OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE.

>> OH, YOU SHOULD PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.

I DON'T HAVE BOOTSTRAPS TO PULL ON.

>> SHE GOT HER FIRST PAYMENT FROM UP TOGETHER WHICH IS GIVING 40 BLACK FAMILIES WITH TIES TO EVANSTON $3,000 OVER 10 MONTHS AS A COMPLIMENT TO THE CITY'S HOUSING FOCUS REPARATIONS PROGRAM.

>> FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY GIVING SOMEBODY 200 A MONTH THAT IS NOTHING.

IT REALLY HELPED.

MY SEWING MACHINE BROKE DOWN AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT.

>> THROUGH THE AID SHE DID.

IT IS A FOCUS OF EVANSTON FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVES WHICH HAS OPENED THE FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED COMMUNITY FRIDGES.

>> MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN COME AND PUT FOOD IN AND THEN ALSO TAKE IT OUT FOR NO COST SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AND THERE ISN'T AS MUCH FOOD INSECURITY HERE.

>> IT STARTED LAST WE YEAR IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

>> WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THE RACIAL INJUSTICES THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.

>> THE GROUP'S ORGANIZED MARCHS, FUNDRAISERS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS.

THE MAIN FOCUS IS DEFUNDING THE EVANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CREATING AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.

>> SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE BUT MAKING SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING TRAUMATIZED AND A VARIETY OF ROLES DEPENDING ON THE CALL OF CRISIS THEY ARE GETTING.

IF SOMEONE IS CALLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IT'S SOMEONE TRAINED AS A PSYCHOLOGIST, AS A THERAPIST, RESPONDING TO THAT CALL RATHER THAN AN ARMED OFFICER.

>> EFBL WANTS TO WORK WITH INCOMING MAYOR DANIEL BISS ON REIMAGINING POLICING.

BISS WILL HAVE A LOT ON HIS PLATE INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

THE CONCERT VENUE SPACE HOSTED 250 PEOPLE FOR A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SHOWS BUT IT'S BEEN AN EMPTY SPACE FOR THE LAST YEAR.

>> WE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STARTED PRESENTING LIVE STREAMING CONCERTS FROM ARTISTS' HOMES AND THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO STILL PRESENT MUSIC MOST NIGHTS OF THE WEEK.

>> AS THE WEATHER WARMED SPACE OFFERED CONCERTS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND FOR A SMALL CROWD UNDER A TENT NEXT DOOR.

>> INCREDIBLY JOYOUS SEEING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE MUSIC AND SEEING MUSICIANS PERFORM FOR PEOPLE NOT A CAMERA OR THEIR COMPUTER THEY WILL REMEMBER IT FOREVER.

>> SAM USELESS SAYS SPACE IS EGO OWE SAMUELS SAY SPACE IS EAGER TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS AND THE RETURN OF THE OUT OF SPACE OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES IN AUGUST.

>> WE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT FOR SPACE AND MUSIC VENUES IN GENERAL TO PRESERVE THAT WEB OF VENUES THAT ARTISTS REQUIRE TO TOUR.

>> THE OUTDOOR EVENTS WERE A BOON TO DIANA HAMANN SHE OWNS THE WINE GOODS, A WINE BAR.

>> AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT FOR OUR 1500 SQUARE FEET WE DO A KICKING LINEUP OF LIVE MUSIC.

>> LAST SUMMER SHE AND RESTAURANTS APPROACHED THE CITY OF EVANSTON TO ASK... >> CAN WE AT THE VERY LEAST EVERY NIGHT CREATE A MEXICAN RESTAURANT, A WINE BAR AND ITALIAN RESTAURANT ON THE STREET OUT HERE IN CUSTER AND TO THEIR GREAT CREDIT THEY SAID GO FOR IT.

AND WHAT DO YOU NEED?

>> THE SO-CALLED CUSTER OASIS IS RETURNING THIS WEEK.

>> TO GIVE SOME JOY AND A BIT OF RESPITE TO OUR FANTASTIC CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US ALL SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

>> THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION OF NEED CHARRISSE ROBERSON FEELS IT, TOO.

>> THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WE HAVE ALWAYS FELT MARGINALIZED AND WE ARE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT LOVE US NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE KNOWS AND SOMEONE FEELS YOUR PAIN OTHER THAN YOU.

AS A COMMUNITY AS A PEOPLE.

AND THEY SEE IT AND WANT TO HELP.

>> UP TOGETHER SAYS ITS EVANSTON EQUITABLE RECOVERY FUND EXHAUSTED THE MONEY IT HAD BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO HELP CONTINUE THEIR MISSION OF PUTTING CASH IN PEOPLE'S HANDS BOTH HERE IN EVANSTON AND NATIONWIDE.

MORE COMING UP BUT FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AS ONE OF ONLY THREE STATES THAT LOST RESIDENTS IN THE CENSUS, ILLINOIS IS LOSING ONE SEAT IN CONGRESS AS WELL.

WERE IT NOT FOR THE LATINO POPULATION, ILLINOIS' POPULATION WOULD HAVE DIPPED EVEN MORE.

AMANDA IS BACK WITH MORE.

>> YES, THE LATINO POPULATION IN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN GROWING SINCE THE 80s.

IT JUMPED FROM 2010 TO 2019 BY ROUGHLY 9%.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ILLINOIS' LATINO POPULATION IS NOW.

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR'S ONCE IN A DECADE CENSUS AREN'T COMPLETE YET.

BUT THE ROUGH ESTIMATION IS THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION LATINOS WHO LIVE IN ILLINOIS.

MAKING UP THEREFORE 17% OF THE STATE'S 12.6 MILLION RESIDENTS.

ADVOCATES LIKE ROBERTO VALDEZ ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANSLATES TO POLITICAL POWER.

AS ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS ARE SCURRYING TO DRAW NEW MAPS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE BOUNDARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS FOR THE DECADE TO COME.

DEMOCRATS HAVE PROMISED THE MAPS WILL BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

>> AND SO IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT EQUITY AND YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THAT DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN, YOU DIVIDE THE AMOUNT OF DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE KEEPING IN MIND THE POPULATION OF THE LATINOS IN THE DISTRICT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT 45 TOTAL LATINO MAJORITY DISTRICTS IF YOU DIVIDED OUR POPULATION AMONGST THE AMOUNT OF DISTRICTS AVAILABLE.

>> DIVVYING UP ILLINOIS' POPULATION INTO DISTRICTS LIKE THAT IS NOT AS SIMPLE.

IT IS NOT AS IF LATINOS ALL LIVE IN ONE SPOT.

BUT THE LATINO POLICY FORUM IS ASKING THAT IN AREAS WHERE LATINO RESIDENTS ARE CONCENTRATED, LEGISLATORS HAVE AN EYE TOWARD DRAWING DISTRICTS THAT ARE AT LEAST 50% LATINO.

WHEN DEMOCRATS DREW THE LAST MAP THE ONE IN EFFECT NOW THEY FAILED TO DO ENOUGH OF THAT VALDEZ SAYS.

GRISELDA VEGA SAMUEL AGREES.

>> WE ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT LATINOS ARE UNDERREPRESENTED.

BOTH IN THE LEGISLATURE AND AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

>> SHE SAYS THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE STATE'S DEMOGRAPHICS.

POLITICAL POWER AND REPRESENTATION THEY MATTER.

>> REALLY ULTIMATELY FOR US THE LATINO COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK THE ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THEIR CHOICE.

AND SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS YOUR BACK.

AND THAT IS SPECIFIC TO SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, THE ROADS THAT ARE IN YOUR HOME, RIGHT, CRIME, EVERYTHING, RIGHT.

IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.

>> AMANDA IF ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS DO DRAFT MAPS WITH MORE MAJORITY LATINO DISTRICTS WHERE COULD THOSE BE?

>> THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION FOR A COUPLE REASONS.

ONE POPULATION SHIFTS THE LATINO POPULATION IS INCREASING IN THE SUBURBS.

SO THE LATINO POLICY FORUM SAYS LEGISLATOR SHOULD LOOK TO AREAS NEAR O'HARE, ELGIN AND WAUKEGAN.

AND IT'S INTERESTING ONE OF THE RUBS WITH ILLINOIS' PROCESS LETTING LEGISLATORS DRAW BOUNDARIES, INCUMBENTS WILL BE TEMPTED TO PROTECT THEIR OWN SEATS.

WHAT MIGHT IMAGINABLY LATINO DISTRICTS MEAN THAT ARE NOW GIVEN IMAGEDY BLACK IS AN OVERRIDING QUESTION.

IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE THERE SHOULD BE SPACE FOR 20 MAJOR LATINO DISTRICTS.

>> IF THE LEGISLATURE DRAWS A MAP AND THERE IS LESS THAN 20 LATINO MAJORITY DISTRICTS, 15 HOUSE BY SENATE WE WOULD DEEM THAT MAP INEQUITABLE.

>> MALL DA IS NOT GOING THAT FAR GIVING ESTIMATES WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS ASKING FOR GROUPS TO SUBMIT DRAFT MAPS.

THEY SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL THE CENSUS DATA COMES IN.

>> THERE HAS BEEN MOVEMENT AND THERE IS A SHIFT AND SO WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO BE VERY DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE WHERE THAT GROWTH HAS HAPPENED OR THAT SHIFT HAS HAPPENED.

>> ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS LEADING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS STATE SENATOR OMAR AQUINO.

HE REPRESENTS CHICAGO'S SECOND DISTRICT.

>> I'M SITTING HERE TODAY AS BEING LUCKY ENOUGH TO REPRESENT MY NEIGHBORS AND MY COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE HAD TO SUE SO LATINX MEMBERS HAD A PLACE IN OUR STATE AND HAD REPRESENTATION.

AND WE'VE GONE FROM ZERO IN 1980 TO IN 2021 WE HAVE I THINK A TOTAL OF 16 MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE RIGHT NOW.

THAT ARE PART OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY.

>> NOW, WHILE A LOT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT GROUPS SAY THAT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO DRAW THE MAPS THAN SELF-INTERESTED LEGISLATORS.

OMAR AQUINO SAYS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS BEST FOR THE JOB.

>> AND I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY TO GET IT RIGHT TO HAVE A FAIR MAP THAT SHOWS OUR GREAT DIVERSITY, IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE IN A PUBLIC PROCESS.

AND BY DOING IT AS A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAT IS THE MOST OPEN AND PUBLIC PROCESS I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS.

>> BEFORE WE GO, WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR NONE OF THE ADVOCATES ARE SAYING THAT DISTRICTS DRAWN TO INCLUDE A MAJORITY OF VOTING AGE LATINOS SHOULD OR MUST BE REPRESENTED BY LATINO OFFICIALS.

THAT IS UP TO VOTERS.

BY THE WAY, WE'VE BEEN FOR DISCUSSION ON STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS IN THIS DISCUSSION.

BUT BRANDIS AS YOU NOTED, ILLINOIS IS LOSING A SEAT IN CONGRESS.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE ILLINOIS U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT THE FOURTH REPRESENTED BY CONGRESSMAN JESUS CHUY GARCIA AND THAT IS IMAGINABLY LATINO.

BUT LATINO ADVOCATES SAY PER THE POPULATION THERE SHOULD BE TWO DISTRICTS SO THAT IS ANOTHER POLITICAL SQUEEZE AND YOU CAN HEAR FROM CONGRESSMAN GARCIA ABOUT THAT ON THIS SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

THAT IS AT 6:00 P.M. NOW BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE STATUS OF TV AND FILM PRODUCTION IN ILLINOIS.

STAY WITH US.

>> AFTER A BIG DOWNTURN LAST YEAR, FILM AND TV PRODUCTION IN CHICAGO IS LOOKING UP.

THIS MONTH, THE CHI RETURNS TO SHOWTIME FOR THE FOURTHTH SEASON AND ADD TO THAT THE DICK WOLF PRODUCTIONS AND A SHOW CALLED 61ST STREET AND 2021 LOOKS TO BE A BANNER YEAR.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF FILM PRODUCTION IN ILLINOIS ARE KWAME AMAOKU WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO FILM OFFICE AND ALSO PETER HAWKLEY DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE.

WELCOME TO THE BOTH OF YOU.

KWAME WHEN WE SPOKE TO YOU IN THE FALL 2020 BRUTAL FOR THE INDUSTRY BUT YOU WERE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2021 HAS THAT PANNED OUT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IT'S BEEN BETTER THAN WE'VE EXPECTED.

PRODUCTION HAS REACHED OVER IT'S BEYOND PREPANDEMIC LEVELS RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THAT PRODUCTION IS DOING VERY WELL.

>> BEYOND PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.

YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH OF THAT THESE DAYS.

SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT PROJECTS?

>> WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING ON.

PETER GO AHEAD.

>> HI.

NO, I MEAN THERE ARE A BUTCH OF THINGS THE DICK WOLF SHOWS AND THE NBC FAMILY IS WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK THEIR SEASON BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT NEW SHOWS.

WE HAVE AN HBO PILOT FILMED HERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND PICKING UP THE SERIES IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS STARTING THIS SUMMER.

WE'VE GOT PAPER GIRLS ALSO IN AND AROUND THE VICINITY AND THE SUBURBS AS WELL.

AND NEW SHOWS THAT WEREN'T ON OUR RADAR WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED AND THEY ALL CAME BACK AND THE NEW SHOWS STARTED UP IN THE FALL AND NOW GOING INTO THE SPRING AND IT'S EXCITING TIMES.

>> PERHAPS LOTS OF CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING AND A LOT OF RECRUITING GOES INTO THAT.

PETER LET'S STICK WITH YOU CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE WORK THAT THE ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE DOES TO FACILITATE BRINGING PRODUCTIONS TO THE CITY?

>> WELL, YES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO AND IT IS THE DRIVER FOR PRODUCTIONS IT'S THE FILM PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNED AN EXTENTION TWO YEARS AGO AND THE TAX CREDIT GOES UNTIL THE END OF 2026 AND THAT IS WHAT GETS THE PRODUCTIONS HERE.

AND THE REST OF MY OFFICE AND KWAME'S OFFICE IS THE SAME WE ARE FILM FRIENDLY WE HELP FIND LOCATIONS, STUDIO SPACE, ON THE GROUND STUFF.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND LUCKILY CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS IS A GREAT CALLING CARD WE HAVE A GREAT SKYLINE AND GREAT CREWS OUR UNION CREW BASE IS TERRIFIC.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IS TERRIFIC.

SOME OF THE SPACE IS EXPANDING AND A LOT OF THE SELLING OF CHICAGO IS DONE JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE BEFORE US.

>> CHICAGO SELLS ITSELF A BIT.

KWAME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD IN TERMS OF WHAT ATTRACTS PRODUCTIONS TO CHICAGO AND THE REST OF ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, I MEAN THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE CAMERA.

THERE'S TONS OF TALENT LIKE PETER MENTIONED WE HAVE A GREAT CREW BASE.

GREAT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA TALENT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING IN A LOT OF THE DAY PLAYERS AND THOSE ACTORS TO FILL THOSE ROLES.

WE HAVE GREAT FILM SCHOOLS HERE THAT PROVIDE GREAT WORKFORCE BASE.

WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT DIVERSE WORKFORCE HERE THAT ATTRACTS A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WANT A DIVERSE CREW SO THAT IS A BIG SELLING POINT FOR US NOT TO MENTION A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS NOT ONLY IN CHICAGO BUT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WHERE YOU CAN -- IN ONE INSTANCE YOU CAN BE IN A CORNFIELD OR AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT OR BEACH OR THE WOODS.

SO IT OFFERS A LOT OF VERSATILITY FOR PRODUCTIONS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD REASONS TO FILM IN CHICAGO.

>> I BELIEVE THAT THAT STATE TAX CREDIT GIVES FURTHER INCENTIVE IF SOME OF THE HIRES COME FROM DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS.

A FURTHER PERHAPS ATTRACTION THERE.

BUT WE DID JUST COME THROUGH HECK WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE RIGOROUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW?

AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ROLE THAT FARGO HAD IN KICK STARTING SOME OF THE PRODUCTIONS.

LET'S START WITH YOU PETER.

>> FARGO WAS OUR TRAVELER.

LAST JUNE, GOVERNOR PRITZKER LET PRODUCTION GO BACK TO WORK ON A LIMITED BASIS AT THE END OF JUNE AND FARGO CAME BACK IN AUGUST AND WE SAID THIS QUITE A BIT, THAT THAT PRODUCTION 200 EPISODES AND IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND IT OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE CHICAGO SHOWS TO COME BACK AND WE ADDED PILOTS LAST FALL A DISNEY HOLIDAY FILM LAST FALL.

BUT JUST THE RIGOUR ESPECIALLY FARGO DID TO START WITH ALLOWED PRODUCTION TO COME BACK AND SHOWED ILLINOIS WAS DOING IT WELL AND SAFELY AND THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WE GOT MORE PRODUCTION IN THE SPRING OF 2021.

>> KWAME WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE?

>> WHEN THE PANDEMIC WORK STOPPAGE HAPPENED THERE WAS A LOT OF SCRAMBLING BEHIND THE SCENES FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENTS FROM THE STATE AND THE CITY, UNIONS, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THESE PROTOCOLS FOR WORKING SAFELY AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING THE SUCCESSFULNESS OF THIS PROGRAM WHERE THEY ALMOST PUT DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CREW IN BUB LEGALS.

YOU HAVE AN A GROUP AND THE C GROUP AND A BEING THE GROUP NEAR CAMERA AND WHERE ACTORS HAVE TO PERFORM WITHOUT PPE.

AND YOU HAVE TESTING GOING ON THREE-FIVE TIMES A WEEK FOR THAT GROUP.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER GROUPS WHERE THERE IS OTHER SYSTEMIC TESTING.

I THINK THE TESTING, CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOLS RESULTED IN TEST POSITIVITY RATES THAT WERE FAR BELOW THE LOCAL AVERAGE THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE.

>> HOPEFULLY THOSE TESTS WERE NOT THE NASAL SWABS BECAUSE OUCH.

COULD ILLINOIS BE SEEING ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION COMING TO ILLINOIS PARTICULARLY AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE GEORGIA WHERE THERE IS AN INDUSTRY BOYCOTT.

WILL SMITH MOVED A PRODUCTION OUT OF THERE?

>> I THINK ILLINOIS IS WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE STATES THAT RESTRICTED VOTING RIGHTS ACTS AND OTHER MORE CONSERVATIVE LAWS THAN ILLINOIS DOES.

ILLINOIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE STATES THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR AND INITIATIVES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND I THINK HOLLYWOOD IN PARTICULAR RESPONDS TO THAT AND LOOKS TO FINDS SHOWS AND PRODUCTIONS IN ILLINOIS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER STATES.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

A LOT GOING ON ESPECIALLY WITH A HUGE EXPANSION OF SOUND STAGES AT CINESPACE.

THANK YOU TO KWAME AMAOKU AND PETER HAWKLEY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND NOW, BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO NICK BLUMBERG WHO IS IN EVANSTON AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" AND HE IS JOINED WITH THE INCOMING MAYOR.

>> NICK?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

I'M HERE WITH MAYOR ELECT DANIEL BISS YOU ARE SET TO BE SWORN IN ON MONDAY.

COVID-19 AS I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE ANY OTHER WAY WAS A HUGE PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RECOVERY.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT COVID RECOVERY IS EQUITABLE?

>> IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE WE GET SHOTS IN ARMS WHICH WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE IN EVANSTON.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FILL ALL OF THESE STOREFRONTS AND OFFICES THAT WE SEE NEAR US HERE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COME BACK WITH AN EXE THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE THAN THE ONE WE HAD BEFORE THAT MEANS PUTTING RESOURCES IN THE HANDS OF ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR.

AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT AND IF WE SEIZE IT WE CAN BUILD A MORE JUST ECONOMY BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> YOU'VE SAID THAT EXAMINING THE EVANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET IS A DAY ONE PRIORITY FOR YOU.

A LOT OF FOLKS RETHINKING POLICING THEY MIGHT HEAR ACTIVISTS USE PHRASES LIKE DEFUND THE POLICE THAT CAN BE A NO GO FOR THEM.

HOW DO YOU HELP CREATE SPACE FOR THE CONVERSATIONS?

>> I DON'T TRY TO GET MIXED UP IN THE QUESTION OF WHAT LANGUAGE OTHER PEOPLE USE.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WORK ON FACTS AND DATA AND THE BASIC VALUES THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.

AND THOSE VALUES DICTATE A MORE HUMAN THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH TO PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE THE DEPLOYMENT OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE ARE A LAST RESORT NOT A FIRST STEP AND THAT MEANS BUILDING UP OUR CAPACITY WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND FORMS OF VICTIMS SERVICES DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING TRAFFIC STOPS AND MORE.

IF WE DO THAT PROPERLY NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING A BETTER QUALITY OF SHARED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL, WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS RATHER THAN ALLOWING A MISSION THAT HAS THEM DOING THINGS THEY WERE NOT TRAINED FOR OR SIGN UP TO DO.

>> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE PACKAGE ABOUT EVANSTON'S REPARATIONS PROGRAM.

THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM?

HOPES OF EXPANDING IT?

>> YES.

WE ARE I THINK RIGHTLY PROUD HERE IN EVANSTON TO BE LEADING THE COUNTRY IN ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL REPARATIONS PROGRAM AND I'M EXCITED BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WE HAVE JUST BEGUN.

RECENTLY THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE FIRST 4% OF THE REPARATIONS DOLLARS THAT WILL BE GOING OUT THE DOOR SHORTLY THAT LEAVES 96% OF THE MONEY THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW IT WILL BE ALLOCATED AND WHAT PROGRAM DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AND GROW THAT POT BECAUSE BY THE WAY, THE MONEY COMING IN SO FAR DOESN'T ADDRESS ALL THE EQUITIES AND -- INEQUITIES AND IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCE THAT DID THE HARM WE'RE TRYING TO REPAIR.

WE ARE NOT FAR FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORIC PRACTICES WITH RACIAL SEGREGATION THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE HARM.

LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN REDLINING AND RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION THEY PARTICIPATED IN THAT HARM AND NOW THEY NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR IT.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.

>> A BIG QUESTION FOR 30 SECONDS LEFT OR SO, CLIMATE CHANGE A BIG ISSUE FOR YOU AS WELL.

HOW CAN A CITY PLAY A ROLE IN ANSWERING A GLOBAL QUESTION?

>> THE THING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO ONE INSTITUTION WHETHER YOU PERSONALLY OR THE UNITED NATIONS CAN DO IT ALONE.

WE ALL HAVE TO STEP UP.

AND EVANSTON HAS A STRONG PLAN THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING CODES AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND MORE TO LIVE UP TO THE COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE AND I'M DEDICATED TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.

>> MAYOR ELECT DANIEL BISS THANK YOU FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR EVENING WITH US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND BRANDIS WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM EVANSTON INCLUDING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", A NEW STUDY OF PHARMACY DESERTS IN THE 30 BIGGEST CITIES IN AMERICA FINDS CHICAGO HAS THE MOST PRONOUNCED RACIAL DISPARITIES.

AN EXHIBIT IN ELMHURST USES PHOTOS OF Dr. KING TO FOCUS THE CONVERSATION ON FAIR HOUSING.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDING A 240 POUND STORM SURGE EN STUR JEN.

STUR JEN.

STUR AGAIN >> FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES ILLINOIS IS FIVE WEEKS AWAY FROM FULLY REOPENING.

BUT HE EMPHASIZES THAT LOW INFECTION RATES ALONG WITH MAINTAINING PRECAUTIONS AND VACCINATIONS ARE STILL NEEDED TO REOPEN BY JUNE 11TH.

>> THIS GOOD NEWS COMES WITH A CAVEAT.

WE HAVE ALL SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC THAT THIS VIRUS AND ITS VARIANTS HAVE PROVEN TO BE UNPREDICTABLE.

METRICS THAT LOOK STRONG TODAY ARE FAR FROM A GUARANTEE OF HOW THINGS WILL LOOK A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, A MONTH FROM NOW.

WE SAW THAT LAST AUGUST AND AGAIN LAST MARCH.

>> MEANWHILE, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY 1700 MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AND 40 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE STATE HAS HAD MORE THAN 1.348 MILLION CASES.

AND 22,136 DEATHS.

SO FAR MORE THAN 33% OF ILLINOIS' POPULATION HAS BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

>> THE MAKERS OF AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS AND A LOCAL ASTRONOMER AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM REACHED AN AGREEMENT OVER A FEDERAL TRADEMARK LAWSUIT.

THE SENIOR FELLOW AND A GUEST HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", SUED THE DOLL MAKER MATTEL WHEN THEY CREATED THE LUCY ANNA VEGA DOLL SHE HAS WORKED FOR NASA AND LECTURED.

THE PURPLE HAIRED DOLL IS QUOTE AN ASPIRING ASTRONAUT READY TO TAKE THE LEAP TO MARS.

THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED LAST YEAR AND BOTH SIDES REACHED AN AGREEMENT BUT THE AGREEMENT IN COURT CONTAINS NO DETAILS OF THE SETTLEMENT.

>> NOW TO AMANDA VINICKY AND A STORY THAT WILL BE SURE TO HOOK YOUR ATTENTION.

>> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE, BRANDIS.

YES, THAT IS RIGHT, A CATCH AND RELEASE HAS SPARKED THE WHOPPER OF A FISH TALE.

THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HAULED IN A 6'10", 240 POUND STORM SURGE EN STORM SURGE EN >> WHAT ARED CHANCES THAT SWIMMERS WE COULD BE SWIMMING ALONGSIDE ONE THIS SUMMER?

>> NOT VERY LIKELY THIS SIZE OF STURGEON USED TO BE THE NORM THERE USED TO BE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT SIZE AND THIS ONE COULD BE ONE OF THE LAST LEFT AT THAT LARGE.

BY COMPARISON, ONE THAT WAS PULLED LAST MONTH FROM THE MONTROSE BEACH AREA WAS ONLY 17-AND-A-HALF POUNDS.

SO MAYBE WITH RESTORATION EFFORTS THEY WILL GET BIG AGAIN BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT MANY LEFT.

>> ANOTHER UNUSUAL THING ABOUT THIS STURGEON NOT ONLY IT WAS HUGE BUT IT ALSO WAS OLD 100 YEARS OLD HOW CAN SCIENTISTS TELL HOW OLD A FISH IS?

>> YOU KNOW WE SHOULDN'T ASK A LADY'S AGE BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO TELL THEIR AGE IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU CAN AGE A TREE.

THEY LAY DEPOSITS ON THEIR BONES AND YOU TAKE A SAMPLE OF THAT BONE SCIENTISTS ARE ABLE TO COUNT THE RINGS AND THAT IS HOW THEY TELL HOW OLD THE FISH IS.

>> FASCINATING STUFF.

THANKS FOR SWIMMING ALONG WITH US.

>> SURE THING.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO HELP THE STURGEON POPULATION REBOUND IN THE GREAT LAKES.

IT'S ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, ROUNDUP OF SOME TOP STORIES IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.

STAY WITH US.

>> AN ENZYME THAT COULD HELP THE 700 MILLION PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AROUND THE WORLD.

A STUDY OF PHARMACY DESERTS IN AMERICA'S BIGGEST CITIES.

HOW DISCARDED OSTRICH SHELLS CAN HELP REWRITE THE HISTORY OF OUR EARLY AFRICAN ANCESTORS.

AND JOINING US TO HELP SPRAIN ALL OF THESE STORIES IS RABIAH MAYAS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

WELCOME BACK.

SCIENTISTS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ENZYME THAT COULD HELP THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AS WE MENTIONED AROUND THE WORLD WHO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS AND WHY THESE NUMBERS ARE RISING?

>> SO KIDNEYS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THEY FILTER WASTE AND FLUID FROM OUR BODY.

THEY CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE AND IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 700 MILLION PEOPLE WHICH IS 10% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION MIGHT SUFFER FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

INCREASES IN RECENT DECADES HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO OBESITY AND DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION AND OTHER LIFESTYLE FACTORS >> THE ENZYME IS NED 42 WHAT DOES IT DO.

>> NED 42 HAS BEEN FOUND TO REGULATE THE PATHWAY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE KIDNEYS THAT HELPS REABSORB SODIUM THIS IS IMPORTANT AND HAPPENS IN ALL OF US THAT INSURES THERE IS THE CORRECT LEVELS OF SALT IN OUR BODY.

AND THIS IS A STUDY DONE IN MICE AND THEY FOUND WHEN THAT ENZYME NED 42 IS REDUCED OR INHIBITED IT LEADS TO INCREASED ABSORPTION OF SALTS WHICH CAN RESULT IN KIDNEY DAMAGE.

>> THE DISCOVERY HOW MIGHT IT HELP SCIENTISTS DEVELOP TREATMENTS TO CURB CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

>> ALL STUDIES IN MICE HAVE A WAYS TO GO BUT THE RESEARCHERS THINK THIS MY MEAN IN MANY OF THE 700 MILLION PEOPLE WITH KIDNEY DISEASE IT MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE LOW OR MALFUNCTIONING NED 42 ENZYMES IF THERE IS A WAY TO CORRECT THE LEVELS MAYBE WE CAN TREAT OR REVERSE KIDNEY DISEASE.

>> A STUDY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOUND THAT ONE-THIRD OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE LARGEST 30 CITIES IN THE U.S. HAVE PHARMACY DESERTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES.

HOW DID THEY DEFINE A PHARMACY DESERT AND WHAT ARE THOSE DISPARITIES THAT THEY FOUND?

>> THIS STUDY LOOKED AT SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US MIGHT TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW CLOSE IS A PHARMACY TO YOUR HOME.

IT'S NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE AVERAGE DISTANCE TO A PHARMACY WAS ONE MILE OR MORE HOUSEHOLDS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN CAR HALF A MILE.

HOW EASY IS IT FOR YOU TO GET TO A PHARMACY.

AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT THE PREVALENCE OF THE PHARMACY DESERTS VARIES WIDELY ACROSS THE U.S.

IN SOME CITIES FEWER THAN 10% OF NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CONSIDERED PHARMACY DESERTS AND OTHERS MORE THAN 60% OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN A CITY WERE CONSIDERED PHARMACY DESERTS.

AND ONE FINDING WAS ACROSS ALL OF THE CITIES SEGREGATED BLACK OR LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE PHARMACY DESERTS.

>> I CAN GUESS BUT WHAT DID RESEARCHERS FIND WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE DATA FOR CHICAGO?

>> SADLY THOSE DISPARITIES WERE THE GREATEST IN COMMITTEE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED IN LOS ANGELES AND BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT IN CHICAGO, ABOUT 1% OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE WERE PHARMACY DESMON YANCY EARTHS AND 35% OF BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CONSIDERED PHARMACY DESERTS.

>> WHAT DO RESEARCHERS THINK SHOULD BE DONE?

>> THE STUDY IS TALKING ABOUT PHARMACIES BUT IT UNDERSCORES THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.

WHETHER IT'S FOOD DESERTS, ABSENCE OF GREENSPACE.

THE RESEARCHERS PROPOSED THAT THIS WORK COULD SUPPORT POLICY AND BUSINESS DECISIONS TO MAKE SURE MORE PHARMACIES ARE BECOMING NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHORS FOR WHAT PEOPLE NEED EVERYDAY.

>> AND FIRST WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OSTRICH SHELLS.

DISCARDED OSTRICH SHELLS CAN HELP UNRAVEL THE HISTORY OF OUR EARLY AFRICAN ANCESTORS.

>> I LOVE THIS SHOW.

THERE ARE APPARENTLY SOMETHING CALLED MINUTE NON-S WHICH ARE GARBAGE DUMPS OF CIVILIZATIONS PAST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS FOUND IN THESE IN AREAS OF AFRICAN ARE OSTRICH EGGSHELLS.

OSTRICHES ARE RICH IN PROTEIN AND WERE COMMONLY EATEN THIS STUDY USED A TECHNIQUE.

AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MITTEN ONE OF THE GARBAGE DUMPS FOUND WAS DEPOSITED THERE BETWEEN 119 AND 113,000 YEARS AGO.

THAT IS AROUND THE TIME THAT HUMANS WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE MOVED FROM BECOMING HUNTERS GARRERS TO MORE SETTLED POPULATIONS.

>> AND THAT IS MIDDENS.

WHY ARE THESE OSTRICH SHELLS OR THE EGGSHELLS BETTER THAN USING RADIO CARBON DATING TECHNIQUES FOR THE RESEARCH?

>> RADIO CARBON TECHNIQUES ARE LIMITED TO DATING THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT 50,000 OR SO YEARS OLD.

THIS OTHER METHOD THIS METHOD IS ALLOWS FOR MORE PRECISE DATING AND OLDER THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 100,000 YEARS AGO AND MORE.

IT'S MORE PRECISE AND IT ALSO AGAIN IS MORE USED FOR THINGS THAT CONTAIN CALCIUM CARBONATE LIKE EGGSHELLS.

>> THE MORTON ARBORETUM RELEASED THE TREE CENSUS.

WHAT ARE THEIR FINDINGS?

>> THE CENSUS OF TWEN IT'S SIMILAR TO THE HUMAN CENSUS AND FOUND THAT CHICAGO HAS MORE TREES THAN IN 2010.

IT WENT UP TO 170.

AND FOUND THERE IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES MAKING UP THE LARGEST FRACTION OF TREES A TREE THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IS SPREADING AND DEGRADING SOME OF OUR NATIVE ECOSYSTEM.

>> AND THEY SAY THAT TREES PROVIDE MORE THAN 416 MILLION DOLLARS IN BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS.

HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER?

AND WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT BENEFITS PROVIDE IN THE 30 SECONDS WE HAVE LEFT.

>> TREES ARE NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL AND WE'RE EXCITED SPRING IS HERE BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR ECOSYSTEM.

THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL VALUE IS LOOKING HOW MUCH CARBON IS SEQUESTERED AND TREES PULL CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND AVOID RUNOFFS, REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND HELP IN REMOVING POLLUTION THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION THAT TRANSLATES INTO REAL DOLLARS AND.

>> IT CAN BE NICE TO SIT IN THE SHADE OF A TREE.

>> THANKS TO RABIAH MAYAS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH NICK BLUMBERG IN EVANSTON AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

NICK?

>> THANKS.

I'M HERE WITH NICHOLE DENISE PINKARD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NORTHWESTERN'S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE TONIGHT.

CHILLY BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

NORTHWESTERN IS AN ANCHOR INSTITUTION HERE IN EVANSTON BUT LIKE A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AND THE PLACES WHERE THEY ARE BASED THAT RELATIONSHIP CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE TOUGH.

BRIEFLY WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP LIKE THESE DAYS?

>> I THINK THE TOWN AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONSHIP IF EVANSTON IS STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN OUR PRESIDENT HAS MADE THE FOCUS OF THE RELATIONSHIP IMPORTANT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK.

WE'VE HAD THE MATCHUP WHERE WE FOCUS ON BRINGING RESIDENTS TOGETHER, BUSINESS OWNERS AND EVERYDAY PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH FACULTY AND STAFF TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER IT'S IN THOSE CONNECTIONS YOU FIGURE OUT THE EVENTS AND THINGS THAT MAKE THE RELATIONSHIP STRONGER.

EVERY UNIVERSITY IN THEIR TOWN IS A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BUT OURS IS STRONGER.

>> ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE HE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY YOU WORK ON DEVELOPS A PARTNERSHIP ARE SCHOOLS.

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM?

>> SCHOOLS MATTER.

SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, PARKS ALL OF THOSE MATTER AND YOU WANT THEM TO BE STRONG.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A UNIVERSITY TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM A RESEARCHING STANDPOINT AND WALK INTO A SCHOOL AND GET TO KNOW THE KIDS AND THE FACULTY AND TO DIVE INTO DEEP PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE DISTRICT 65 THE K-8 IS UNDERSTANDING OUT OF SCHOOL TIME AND STEM AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO HELP FAMILIES HOW TO INTEGRATE STEM AND HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THAT.

AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WE'VE HAD NU ACADEMY WORKING TO FIGURE OUT EQUITY ISSUES AND ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE HAPPEN AND THE STRONG INITIATIVE IS CALLED NORTHWESTERN EVANSTON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ALLIANCE.

AND WHAT IS UNIQUE YOU THINK ABOUT FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND WE BRING THEM TO THE WILL SCHOOLS THE TEACHERS COME TO US AND SAY THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND CAN YOU HELP US SOLVE THOSE.

I THINK THEY ARE A UNIQUE TYPE OF QUESTION AND FOCUSED ON THE PROBLEMS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

>> INTERESTING.

YOU MENTIONED THINGS LIKE PARKS.

HOW DO RESOURCES LIKE THAT THEY MAY BE DON'T COME TO MIND WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, WHY ARE THOSE IMPORTANT AS WELL FOR STUDENTS?

>> IF WE THINK ABOUT LEARNING AND HOW YOU SPENT YOUR TIME GROWING UP YES YOU WERE IN SCHOOLS BUT YOU WERE AT THE LIBRARY AND THE PARKS AND YOU LEARNED TO PLAY SPORTS TEAMWORK ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN CIVIC RESOURCES THAT THE CITIES DECIDED HOW TO ALLOCATE.

THE PARK THE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO SAY HOW CAN WE SYNC THESE TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES.

AND WE ARE FIGURING HOW TO MAKE THEM MORE EQUITABLE AND USEFUL.

THIS SUMMER WE ARE DOING A PROGRAM WITH THE Y WITH THE PARKS AND THE LIBRARY WHERE WE ARE GOING INTO THE FIFTH WARD PARKS AND BRINGING IN SUMMER CAMP RIGHT TO THE KIDS IN THEIR PARKS OUTSIDE THEM.

AND WE SEE THAT AS LEARNING.

EDUCATION COMBINED WITH PARKS AND LIBRARIES IS ONE BIG LEARNING ECOSYSTEM.

>> AND WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AS A TEACHER, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY TOUGH PAST YEAR FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS.

HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IMPACT THE FOLKS WHO YOU'RE HELPING TO EDUCATE?

>> I THINK FIRST NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS IMPACTED BECAUSE EVERYONE IS BEEN REMOTE AND ALSO ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE IN EVANSTON IS FIGURE OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO COME OUTSIDE OF THE HOME TO GO INTO THE PARKS AND TO DO POP-UP EVENTS.

WHAT HAS MADE US THINK IS LEARNING DOESN'T JUST TAKE PLACE IN THE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO THINK HOW TO CONNECT OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER BEYOND JUST THE HOURS WE ARE IN THE SCHOOL.

>> NICHOLE DENISE PINKARD THANK YOU NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THAT IS ALL FOR US FROM EVANSTON BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA VINICKY AND AN ALL NEW "ASK GEOFFREY".

AMANDA?

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

WHAT CAN AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN LOGAN SQUARE THAT ONCE HOSTED ROYALTY TELL US ABOUT CHICAGO'S NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE WITH THE STORY OF THE NORSKE CLUB IN THIS WEEK'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> HI GEOFFREY.

>> HI AMANDA I'VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE WITH YOU BEFORE.

>> I'M EXCITED TOO AND SO IS KEN LARSON BECAUSE HE HAS PROPOSED THIS QUESTION.

GEOFFREY WHAT IS THE STORY?

>> WELL, FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUILDING IN QUESTION.

THIS IS INDEED ON KENZIE BOULEVARD IN THE LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF FULLERTON.

AND OUR QUESTIONER IS CORRECT.

THE BUILDING TODAY IS INDEED CONDOMINIUMS BUT IT SURE DOESN'T RESEMBLE THE CLASSIC CHICAGO THREE-FLAT.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, THE BUILDING WAS ONCE HOME TO A SOCIAL CLUB FOR NORWEGIAN-AMERICANS.

APPROPRIATELY CALLED THE NORSKE CLUB OR KLUB SOMETIMES SPELLED WITH A K. THE CLUB COMMISSIONED THE BUILDING IN 1917 TO GATHER FOR EVENTS, PARTIES, EXHIBITIONS AND DINNERS ALL CELEBRATING NORWEGIAN HERITAGE.

IT DOES HAVE A SCANDANAVIAN TOUCH IN THE DRAGON MOTIF ON THE ROOF LINE.

A POPULAR NORWEGIAN SYMBOL FROM THE VIKING ERA.

ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE BUILDING AT ONE POINT WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB BUT HE WAS A FAMOUS ARCHITECT IN HIS OWN RIGHT.

JOACHIM GIAVER, AMONG OTHER THINGS HE OVERSAW THE FABRICATION OF THE STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAME FOR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY DESIGNED BY GUSTAV EIFFEL.

THE OTHER ARCHITECT, FREDERICK DINKLEBERG HELPED DESIGN NORTH CAROLINA A FLAT IRON BUILDING AND THE EXCHANGE, WITH DANIEL BURNHAM AND BOTH CAME TO WORK WITH BURNHAM ON THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION.

CLUB MALES WERE ORIGINALLY ALL MALES, DOCTORS, LAWYERS ENGINEERS AND THE LIKE.

WOMEN WHO ALLOWED TO JOIN THE CLUB AROUND 1940.

AND FANS OF THE MASTERPIECE SERIES ATLANTIC CROSSING ON WTTW WILL BE EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THIS BUILDING IN FACT DID HOST NORWAY'S CROWNED PRINCE OLAV AND THE YEAR BEFORE THE PRINCESS RETURNED TO THE U.S. AS A REFUGEE, AND STRUCK UP A POSSIBLY NOT SO INNOCENT RELATIONSHIP WITH FDR, PRINCE OLAV RETURNED TO THE NORSKE CLUB DECADES LATER AS KING.

IN THE 1970s, EVENTS BECAME LESS FREQUENT AS MANY NORWEGIAN AMERICANS MOVED OUT TO THE SUBURBS AND THE BUILDING WAS CONVERTED IN THE 1990s.

>> LOVE THAT ROYAL CONNECTION.

I HAVE SWEED IN ME SO I KNOW ABOUT THE SCANDANAVIAN CONNECTION TO ANDERRIONVILLE WHY WAS THE NORSKE CLUB LOCATED IN LOGAN SQUARE?

>> FOR DECADES, IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN PARTICULARLY BEGAN SQUARE AND HUMBOLDT PARK WITH THE EPICENTERS OF CHICAGO'S NORWEGIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL STRIP ON NORTH AVENUE.

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HUMBOLDT PARK HOSTED THE NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY PARADE EVERY MAY 17TH CELEBRATING THE SIGNING OF THE COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION IN 1814 WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED NORWAY'S FOURTH OF JULY AND HELD IN PARK RIDGE AFTER BEING CANCELED FOR THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, IT'S COMING BACK IN A FEW WEEKS ON MAY 16TH THERE IN PARK RIDGE.

AND THE NORWEGIAN COMMUNITY FOUND A WAY TO PURSUE THEIR PASSION FOR SKI JUMPING IN FLAT CHICAGO.

IN 1905, THE NORWEGIANS FOUND A SLOPE WEST OF THE CITY IN FOX RIVER GROVE TO BUILD THE NORGE SKI CLUB WHICH IS STILL GOING STRONG AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT TRAINING CENTER FOR OLYMPIC SKI JUMPERS.

>> WITH SO MANY IMMIGRANT GROUPS THE CULTURE IS REFLECTED IN CHURCHES, TOO.

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AT ONE TIME THERE WERE NORWEGIAN CHURCHES ALL OVER LOGAN SQUARE AND HUMBOLDT PARK INCLUDING THIS ON RIGHTWOOD AVENUE AND THE LAST CHURCH IS THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN MEMORIAL CHURCH A CHICAGOLAND MARK AND ONE OF THE MOST IDENTIFIABLE BUILDINGS IN LOGAN SQUARE WITH THAT RED BRICK AND TOWERING SPIRE.

TODAY CHURCH LEADERS SAY THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS STILL OFFERS SERVICES PARTLY IN NORWEGIAN AND THE OTHER IS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THE CHURCH IS THE CENTER OF CHICAGO'S PRESENT DAY NORWEGIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS COME FROM THE SUBURBS AND ALL OVER THE CITY FOR SERVICES AND OTHER EVENTS.

AND JUST THIS MONTH THE CHURCH EMBARKED ON A RESTORATION OF THE STREET FACADE AND WATER DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED HENCE THE BAND-AID THERE.

IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED BY A CITY GRANT AND THE CHURCH IS RAISING THE REST OF THE MONEY PRIVATELY.

>> WITH THAT BAND-AID, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH GEOFFREY THAT WAS ENLIGHTENING AS EVER.

>> MY PLEASURE, AMANDA.

>> AND DON'T FORGET THAT YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE NORSKE CLUB AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION TO GEOFFREY BAER.

UP NEXT RARE COLOR PHOTOS OF Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AT AN ELMHURST MUSEUM BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE ELMHURST ART MUSEUM IS USING PHOTOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE CHICAGO'S FAIR HOUSING HISTORY.

FEATURING RARE COLOR PHOTOS OF Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DURING THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL IDOWU WENT FOR A VISIT.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> THESE RARE COLOR IMAGES OF Dr. KING, MARK HIS TIME IN CHICAGO IN THE 1960s.

THEY WERE CAPTURED BY WHEATON BASED PHOTOGRAPHER BERNARD KLEINA.

>> THEY SAY THAT A PHOTOGRAPH IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

>> BERNARD KLEINA'S WORK IN CIVIL RIGHTS BEGAN AT AS TIME WHEN HE WAS A PRIEST WHEN HE RESPONDED TO Dr. KING'S CALL FOR COLOR GI IN ALABAMA AND HE CAPTURED Dr. KING DURING THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT A PROTEST AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES.

THOSE IMAGES ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE ELMHURST ART MUSEUM'S NEW EXHIBIT IN FOCUS.

>> I WAS SURPRISED AND EVEN SHOCKED THAT THE VIOLENT RESPONSE TO Dr. KING IN MY NAIVE THEY I NEVER REALIZED THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH ANGER AGAINST HIM FOR DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.

I WAS ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT.

AND AT TIMES I WAS IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS AT TIMES I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING AND IN BOTH CASES I REALIZED HOW DIVIDED WE ARE AND WERE IN CHICAGO AND IN THE NATION.

>> FROM REDLINING TO BLACK BUSTING TO WHITE FLIGHT THE EXHIBIT FEATURES STATISTICS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS MOST IMPACTED BY THE DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.

BUT EVERYTHING HAS NOT CHANGED.

THERE'S STILL DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING.

THERE'S STILL SEGREGATION.

BECAUSE OF THAT DISCRIMINATION A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE WEALTH OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AS OPPOSED TO WHITE AMERICANS.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE LESS TO LEAVE TO THEIR CHILDREN.

>> THE EXHIBIT ALSO EXPLORES THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE OF FAIR HOUSING.

AS DEPICTED IN IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHER VASHON JORDAN.

>> EVERY RACE IS SEPARATED BY THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT FOR THE PROTESTS PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND EAST TO WEST EVERYONE WAS COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR THIS.

PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS DERAILED BY OUTSIDE AGITATORS THEY CAME AT PEACE AND UNITY AND Dr. KING WANTED PEOPLE TO STAY PEACEFUL AND GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS WITHOUT VIOLENCE.

>> ONE OF THE EXHIBITION'S TAKEAWAYS IS THAT FAIR HOUSING IS NOT JUST A CITY ISSUE.

IT AFFECTS SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

>> WE WERE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND IS THE DEPTHS OF THIS ISSUE EVERYWHERE.

WE ARE HOPING THAT SOUL STIRRING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL CARRY SOME OF THE MESSAGES AND WE CAN REALIZE THINGS LIKE THE COLOR IN THE VIVID COLOR IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 1960s HELPS TRANSPORT US TO THAT PERIOD AND IT HAPPENED NOT SO LONG AGO.

>> WHEN PEOPLE SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THEY ARE MORE RESPONSIVE.

THEY UNDERSTAND IMMEDIATELY THE HURT, THE DANGER THAT HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON SO MANY PEOPLE.

YOUNG PEOPLE.

OLD PEOPLE.

SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR CAMERAS IN THEIR HANDS AND OUT OF THEIR POCKETS.

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

>> THE EXHIBIT IN FOCUS THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVE AND.

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