With Chicago’s incoming winter storm being updated from a “watch” to a “warning”, we are facing the unfortunate reality that the next few days could be really rough. “Hunker down if you can, bundle up if you can’t — and keep an eye on each other either way” is the message from Chicago city leaders as they prepare for the storm to roll in on Thursday. Per Fox 32, “A winter storm warning from the National Weather Service goes into effect Thursday morning ahead of a steep temperature drop by the afternoon,” meteorologist Mike Bardou said.

“A light drizzle is expected to turn to snow, ushering in the worst conditions just in time for the evening commute,” Bardou said. Temperatures dropping by 25 degrees, into the low teens or single digits, are expected to create dangerously icy conditions.

Expect to see up to four inches of snow on Thursday with snowfall continuing into Friday to go along with temperatures barely above zero.

If you see someone struggling to stay warm, you’re asked to call 3-1-1 and report their location.

Elon Musk f’ed around and found out. In a fit of rage and insecurity, Musk tweeted a poll on December 18 asking if he should step down as Twitter CEO.

With over 17 million votes, Musk learned that nearly 58% of voters wanted him to step down, thus Musk has announced that he would resign from the role he took on during his $44billion takeover – once he finds a replacement ‘foolish enough’ to replace him.

Unrelated, but Telsa stock is nearing record-low levels.

On Tuesday night, emergency crews pulled a body out of Diversey Harbor near Dock O. The body was then identified as Peter Salvino, a Northwestern University doctoral student, who disappeared on Sunday. His friends and family were searching for Salvino in Lincoln Park at the time his body was found.

Salvino left a party in Lincoln Park on Saturday night and planned to walk to his home about a half-mile away. He FaceTimed a friend at 11:59 p.m. to tell them he was walking to his apartment, but by 12:15, it was radio silence. Per Fox 32’s reporting, no one heard from Salvino after that.

Q101 sends their thoughts to his friends and family.

The was a large emergency on Tuesday at O’Hare after a passenger told an O’Hare employee that they have a “bomb in a bag”. CPD became aware just before 5:45 AM that the passenger had told an airline employee behind the inside counter there was a pipe bomb in his bag and then left the scene.

TSA noted that the bag was cleared by 6:50 and screening resumed as normal. The suspect was taken into custody, and charges are pending, Chicago police said.

A blizzard could hit Chicago on Thursday and last through Saturday. While nothing is guaranteed, reports are predicting that heavy snowfall and winds 40-50mph will engulf Chicago on the first half of Friday. Per Tom Kines of AccuWeather, “The snow combined with the strong winds, with gusts up to 50 mph possible, will be dangerous, impairing people’s visibility and creating potentially dangerous cold.” Kines said he also expects Chicago to get 6 or more inches of snow.

Kines added, “Regardless of where the storm tracks, Chicagoans should expect for their holiday travel plans to be impacted, the meteorologists said. Flights will “most definitely” be canceled, and people should try to travel earlier in the week or stay at home.”

Chicago Warming Centers are located at:

• Englewood Center, 1140 W. 79th St.
• North Area Center, 845 W. Wilson Ave.
• Garfield Center, 10 S. Kedzie Ave.: This center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to connect people to emergency shelter.
• South Chicago Center, 8650 S. Commercial Ave.
• King Center, 4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
• Trina Davila Center, 4312 W. North Ave.

You can call 311 to find the warming center nearest to you. Older people can also go to one of the city’s 21 senior centers. Information about the senior centers is available online.

Q101 will have updates as the week goes on. Stay safe, Chicagoland.

Le Barkery, a living definition of “expendable income”, is thriving in Uptown. Our friends at Block Club Chicago put this store on our radar thanks to this story, which highlights the success of a dog bakery compared to the owner’s prior human-targeted bakeries. We don’t have any issue with the owner of this store, nor do we have any issues with people loving their pets, we’re just astounded that there is this big of a market to feed dogs luxury treats. They eat dirt, you know? They don’t need a cupcake.

How much do you spend on your pets every year? The conversation lives on Facebook!

Kendra Licari of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, is facing charges after allegedly sending hateful messages to teenage students, including her daughter, under fake names on the Internet. Per Good Morning America, “The shocking charges come after a yearlong investigation into a complaint filed by Beal City Public Schools after Licari’s teenage daughter and her boyfriend reported getting harassing messages.”

The 42-year-old woman allegedly used software to hide her location and used several numbers and area codes, even allegedly trying to pin the origin of the messages as coming from her daughter’s classmates. When confronted with the evidence, Licari admitted the messages were sent by her.

Everyone wants in on the fun now that AHOY! is moving to The Salt Shed. It was announced over the weekend that Goose Island is taking their operations from Lincoln Park to The Salt Shed. The new location is just across the river from the titular Goose Island.

Goose Island has been an anchor in Lincoln Park since the year it was founded in 1988. They will still be located there until the end of next year when the move takes place.

Two students were killed and another two were injured in an after school shooting on Friday in PIlsen at Benito Juarez Community Academy. The incident began at 2:45PM as the school was letting out for the day. All four are Juarez students, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford told the Tribune. Chicago Police have released these photos,

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Area Three detectives at 312-744-8261 or report a tip anonymously at cpdtip.com.