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A pilot program aiming to address the food instability and access in East Cleveland is offering discounted rides to and from nearby grocery stores this holiday season. The partnership between Lyft and the Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope (NOAH) starts Dec. 1. NOAH has been working with Cuyahoga County and East Cleveland officials to discuss food insecurity for the past few years, said Executive Director Trevelle Harp, culminating with a presentation on government policies such as redlining and investment practices.

For the first time in at least 14 years, new rental assistance is coming to non-elderly people with disabilities in Cuyahoga County because of an allocation of vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The 150 new housing vouchers, announced Nov. 26, will be distributed and managed by the nonprofit public housing agency EDEN Inc. They'll cover about $450 per month in rent, on average, for non-elderly people with disabilities.

An unusual weather condition produced multiple air quality warnings across Northeast Ohio this week. Officials say levels of particulate matter in the air, combined with humidity and air temperatures, brought about the notices. Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency’s (NOACA) Joseph MacDonald monitors those conditions and issues advisories. The first half of this week saw light winds and high humidity, he said, along with an event called a temperature inversion. That's when air closer to the ground is cooler than the air above it.

After a tax levy failed in this month’s elections, Willoughby-Eastlake school officials are asking parents for input on how to proceed. Parents had an opportunity Thursday night to ask questions, while board members collected feedback on what parents feel is necessary to keep.

Hold workshops outside. Walk while you talk. Bring power tools. Those are all strategies Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) utilized to engage youth in design work around the city. For the past five years, CUDC has run a program for teens, Making Our Own Space, which taps youth to design and build structures in neighborhood parks and community spaces. To date, they’ve held workshops in Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana, Buckeye, Glenville and Detroit-Shoreway as well as the Moreland neighborhood in Shaker Heights.

After much discussion and debate, Cleveland school officials may delay the closure of Collinwood High School. District CEO Eric Gordon has advised keeping the school open for one more year before deciding its future.

Voters will no longer have the chance to cut Cleveland City Council’s membership and pay in the March 17 primary after the campaign behind the push formally withdrew its petitions Monday. While Issues 3 and 4 will still appear on city ballots, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections won’t count the votes, according to a board spokesman.

The musician was a prominent member of the 1980s "Paisley Underground" scene in his native LA before gaining commercial success with Mazzy Star in the early '90s.

Nicolette Polek grew up in Willoughby, Ohio, the daughter of immigrant parents. Her mother worked at the Mentor Public Library and Polek spent a lot of time there as a child. Years later, her new book of short fiction, "Imaginary Museums," is now on the library's shelves. Polek recently won the 2019 Rona Jaffe Award for promising women writers.

The University Square shopping center could see major changes this summer, pending an agreement between a developer and the City of University Heights. A proposal from developers Kowit & Co. calls for creating roughly 200 apartments and new retail space from the existing shopping center. A portion of the parking garage would come down and some parts of the building would be demolished to create courtyards facing Cedar Road.