Second Avenue Commons, a homeless shelter that opened last week in Downtown Pittsburgh, is already at capacity, officials said. “We’re now into the overflow space, which is the cafeteria that’s downstairs,” said Dan Palka, Allegheny Health Network’s director of urban health and street medicine. Palka is collaborating with the city
A candlelight vigil was in Friendship Park to honor Jim Rogers on the first anniversary of his death. Rogers died less than 24 hours after Pittsburgh Police officers tased him eight times, and advocates continue to call for the officers involved to be charged.
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials on Wednesday installed a fence around a section along Fort Duquesne Boulevard where police have recently seen problematic activities. There were five recent arrests at the site, three of which were drug-related, Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt said. “It was a hangout spot during the day