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Hey, everybody! It's me, Carla Varner, your host of the Cincinnati Daily. Keep reading for everything you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and warmer. High: 89 Low: 71.

Here are the top three stories in Cincinnati today:

  1. A new program developed by Automotive Apprentice Group (AAG) to fill auto tech jobs in Cincinnati recently expanded. The group estimates that there are about 600 unfilled jobs for auto techs in the Cincinnati area presently. AAG President Joe Atkinson said, "The beauty of it is, it can offer a generational change for a lot of families or young people." (FOX19)
  2. One thousand children will not have access to affordable medical treatment due to a contract disagreement between Cincinnati Children's Hospital and CareSource, an insurance corporation. Parents received a letter from the hospital notifying them that they had to cancel their in-network coverage beginning Aug. 1. The hospital and CareSource would not say why they were unable to come to an agreement. (WCPO 9 Cincinnati)
  3. University of Cincinnati Professor Denise Conover's botanical survey, which found an abundance of invasive species growing in wild urban woodlands compared to 100-200 years ago, was featured by The Allegheny Front, a public radio program in Pennsylvania. Conover is retracing the steps of botanist Thomas G. Lea who conducted a plant survey of Greater Cincinnati between 1834 and 1844. A second survey of the same areas was conducted by famed UC botanist E. Lucy Braun in her 1934 study published in The American Midland Naturalist. (University of Cincinnati)

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Today in Cincinnati:

  • Charlie Merk Quintet At Cafè Vivace (7:00 PM)
  • Tuesday Summer Family Nights At Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum (6:00 PM)
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter At Memorial Hall OTR (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Cincinnati coffee chain Urbana Cafe announced it is "merging" with local bakery Moxy, said Urbana owner Daniel Noguera in a press release. The merger and new menu are slated to be complete this summer. (Cincinnati CityBeat)
  • Come see American blues singer Bonnie Raitt, watch the film "Man Obsessed," or walk through a winter wonderful in the middle of July. Choose one of these or one of the many other things to do in Cincinnati this week (Jul. 18 - 24). (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • See which companies are hiring in the Cincinnati area. Scroll through the latest job postings and view position descriptions, salary, and location, then click on the link to apply. (Cincinnati Patch)

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— Carla Varner

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