Bakeries were cranking out the sweet bread called Rosca de Reyes, or Wreath of Kings, as part of a Christian holiday.

Customers wait patiently at Panaderia Nuevo Leon in Pilsen to pick up roscón, the colorful sweet bread traditionally served to celebrate the day the wise men arrived to see the baby Jesus.

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --In just over a week, new artwork will be unveiled across Chicago. Everything from sculpture, mosaic work and even a documentary. It will all look different, but each piece is connected ...

Nearly 100 asylum-seekers who made a home at a community-run shelter in Pilsen must leave the building by Sept. 3 due to a confluence of bad luck that includes a lack of funding and volunteers.

A second child staying at the city’s largest migrant shelter in Pilsen has developed measles, city health officials announced Sunday. The child has been hospitalized and remains in good condition, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A group trying to stop new bars from moving into Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood say they're worried the new businesses will disrupt their lives and community. Pilsen residents and ...

Worshippers and onlookers follow the annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood will not become a landmark district after the City Council Zoning Committee unanimously voted down the measure Tuesday. Two years ago, city officials ...

A trip to Chicago’s Pilsen area reveals a neighborhood with a split personality. In the community’s western blocks, carnicerias, panaderias, taquerias and grocery stores exude Pilsen’s vibrant ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

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