Oakland News

The pickup truck driver who allegedly struck a bicyclist making a delivery for his family's Asian restaurant in Oakland is headed to trial.

By the time four H1N1 vaccination clinics opened at 10 a.m. yesterday, Allegheny County Health Department officials already were nervous, even scared.

Getting into and around Downtown for Light Up Night might be a little tougher because of road closures from construction on the North Shore Connector and a subway station, officials said.

Here are the latest scores from today's sports events: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE In 1st Carolina 6 Atlanta 3 In 1st Buffalo 7 Tennessee 0 In 1st Cincinnati 0 Pittsburgh 0 In 1st Denver 7 Washington 7 In 1st Minnesota 3 Detroit 0 In 1st Jacksonville 7 N-Y Jets 3 In 1st New Orleans 0 St.

A man was beaten with a pipe and robbed of $35 last night in Friendship, Pittsburgh police said.

The H1N1 flu vaccine will be available for at-risk people in the coming week. On Saturday, a clinic offered by the Allegheny County Health Department is available between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for pregnant women only.

The Zamias Co. of Johnstown, a major shopping center developer whose properties include Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer, has entered the apartment field for the first time with the purchase of Samuel Land Co., co-owner of five local apartment buildings.

About 200 student singers from area Catholic schools and parishes will perform at a choral festival and Mass on Saturday at St.

A one-day conference in Oakland this week will look at health care issues and women's role in Muslim families, but organizers said last week's deadly Fort Hood shootings may be discussed.

Pittsburgh's Citizen Police Review Board is holding a meeting tonight in Oakland to address police actions during the G-20 summit.

The Three Rivers Film Festival, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Dollar Bank, opens Friday with a robust, diverse mix of movies.

The Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh is holding its semi-annual fundraiser for the Evelyn H. Wei Memorial Scholarship Award in Epidemiology.

The 28th annual Three Rivers Film Festival, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers, runs from Fri., Nov.

Pittsburgh police are urging people to be cautious after an assault and two robberies Monday night in Oakland.

Shadyside house being preserved once labeled a 'crown jewel' City patchwork Many things make Pittsburgh unique, says Franklin Toker.

A committee of University of Pittsburgh trustees approved the $1.3 million purchase of a three-quarter-acre parcel in Oakland that will be converted to undergraduate student apartments.

Spend an hour hanging with some of the biggest names in art. Through Nov. 20, Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland is offering free, guided, one-hour tours of some of the star attractions in its permanent collection.

The Port Authority of Allegheny County voted Friday for a wide-ranging transit redevelopment plan that will change several bus routes, eliminate others with low demand and raise the fare for riders who live farthest from the city of Pittsburgh.

A luxury apartment building could become the first development in the long-planned Oakland Portal complex in Oakland.

Senator Tom Harkin will speak at the University of Pittsburgh from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct.