By Whet Moser
The locations of gang violence can be predictable, so much that UCLA scientists have modeled it with decades-old territorial models. But what happens when the gangs, and their territory, break down? Read more
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By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Four Questions for Nathan Sears
Sears, the chef de cuisine at Vie in Western Springs, announced this past week that he plans a spring opening... Read more
By Whet Moser
For the final game of a 100-loss season, against the worst team in baseball, the Cubs send out the scrubs... and a couple prospects whose 2012 struggles leave hard questions for 2013. Read more
By Lisa Cregan
THE NEW COLONIALIST: A designer gives her traditionally styled house in River Forest a sophisticated modern spin Read more
By Whet Moser
A year after one of his worst seasons as a pro, one of the last remaining Cubs veterans has turned in a bounce-back season, driving in a ton of runs and anchoring a young team. What's behind Soriano's improvement? Read more
By Whet Moser
The CPD's top cop came out of Newark and New York as a disciple of William Bratton and the broken-windows theory of criminology. In Chicago, McCarthy has embraced two more approaches to combat the city's very different problems: social networks and legitimacy, under the influence of two Chicago-trained sociologists. Read more
By Whet Moser
September's the first month that the White Sox have been giving up more runs than they've allowed, and as a result they've fallen behind the Tigers with less than a week remaining. Is it just bad luck? Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $4.954 million
The Property: On an elite wooded street in east Northbrook stands a substantial house with exterior details that you might find on some historical country homes in England... Read more
The Property: On an elite wooded street in east Northbrook stands a substantial house with exterior details that you might find on some historical country homes in England... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Wham Bam Thank You, Graham
In the course of a week, Graham Elliot lost both its executive chef, Andrew Brochu, and then its pastry chef, Bryce Caron, both moves we first heard about on Eater... Read more
By Whet Moser
Baseball's first female announcer was a Chicago weather anchor hired away by the infamous Charlie Finley to do color for his terrible Athletics team. It was a stunt, but Mary Shane, the White Sox announcer who followed her, brought a deep love of the game to her brief stint in the booth. Read more