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Tiago Uribe and Yolanda Salinas, who won an online contest to switch on the fountain, were among hundreds of people and performers who encircled the 97-year-old Buckingham Fountain as wind blew mist onto people’s faces.
Ald. Brian Hopkins plans to hold hearings to find out how the CTA will cope with bus service and other contingencies in August.
Twenty-five more entries will be allowed to participate next month, still down from last year's 199.
Students with disabilities learned how to prepare for the area's upcoming cicada emergence, construction started at the Thompson Center in the Loop, and nearly 70 people were arrested as police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.