🌱 Better Kombucha Wins Good Food Award + Birmingham Warming Site

Happy Saturday, people of Birmingham! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Sunny, but chilly. High: 41 Low: 28.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Birmingham:

1. Birmingham-based and woman-owned beverage company, Better Kombucha, received a top award from the Good Food Foundation. Its apple-flavored kombucha, one of the first that was tweaked and sold, won a 2022 Good Food Award. The awards highlight the best of the best across the nation in 18 categories. (Bham Now)
2. Birmingham will offer resources for the homeless and pets as temperatures drop this weekend. There will be a temporary warming station open from Friday to Sunday at the Greater Birmingham YMCA, where they will also be offering free food. The city hopes to open up a permanent site for the warming station soon. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Three Alabama men, including 36-year-old Randy Hasan Abdurrahim of Birmingham, were charged in unrelated cases involving federal weapons and drug charges. An April 2021 indictment stated that Abdurrahim illegally possessed a Smith & Wesson .380 pistol. In September, Abdurrahim reportedly possessed 50 grams or more of substances containing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute in Jefferson County. The maximum penalty for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance is 20 years in prison. (Birmingham Patch)

Today in Birmingham:

• Alabama High School Ethics Bowl - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Arts and Culture (8:30 AM)
• dreamARCH Virtual Teacher Workshop - Alabama Center for Architecture (9:00 AM)
• Historic Night Tour - Sloss Furnaces Visitor Center (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Birmingham Police Department officers recently stopped by to check on the community members at Princeton Hospital. Being on the frontline isn't easy, but the community is better because of its healthcare workers and all that they do. (Facebook)
• Greater Birmingham Humane Society is calling for lost/stolen pet forms by Jan. 31. With over 100 animals in GBHS's care from the Nauvoo, AL hoarding case, GBHS and WCHS will soon start to find these animals the loving forever homes they deserve. (Facebook)
• The University of Alabama offers a 9-week program designed to immerse students in a structured environment for business development that helps them refine their ideas. Learn more about how the program helps students develop their entrepreneurial skills here. (Facebook)

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— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.