Good morning, Birmingham.

Somedays Café is a pay-what-you-can nonprofit pop-up that offers meals for any price or volunteer trade, and it debuted outside June Coffee; organizers plan more pop-ups through the end of the year, including a tentative Nov.

16 event at Rojo while fundraising for a permanent downtown breakfast-and-lunch spot.

United Ability helps people with disabilities gain work skills and move from its Summer JET program into permanent roles like Robert’s dishroom job at UAB St. Vincent’s East + the nonprofit offers onboarding, job coaching, and disability-etiquette training for employers during Disability Employment Awareness Month.

SpringHill Suites by Marriott opened at 1155 Payton Way in Leeds and features racing memorabilia approved by Barber, with an Indy car and motorcycle in the lobby and Bar 63, a cocktail bar honoring his 63 professional wins.

The Takeout named Golden Age Wine Alabama’s best wine bar, highlighting its Mountain Brook bottle shop and the downtown wine garden (opened in 2024) where patrons can find curated wines and charcuterie.

A statewide poll of 600 likely voters released by the Alabama Association of Realtors (conducted Sept.

29–Oct. 1) found 92% say protecting private property rights is important and majorities oppose extra rules on selling or marketing homes (margin of error ±4%).

The Protective Carousel at the Birmingham Zoo will reopen for rides on Wednesday, Oct.

28 during regular zoo hours after a renovation that restored 36 handcrafted wooden animal figures and refinished the floor.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute unveiled the HBCU Legacy Wall honoring all 14 Alabama HBCUs and presented the Rev.

Fred L. Shuttlesworth Humanitarian Award to the institutions as a group. The exhibit Historically Black is on display in the Odessa Woolfolk Gallery through Dec. 12.

A.H. Parker High opened an outdoor Fitness Court on Monday, Oct.

26 with seven bodyweight stations and a free app for guided workouts for ages 14 and older. Birmingham City Schools will open a second court at Huffman High on Thursday, Oct. 29 to expand student and community access.

Mountain Brook City Council revisited a proposed three-way stop at Pine Mountain Road and Round Forest Drive Monday during its pre-council meeting (6:15 p.m.), after an engineering study recommended the stop for limited sight distance while neighbors remain divided over adding more traffic controls.

Clay residents often must walk along narrow shoulders or grass with traffic nearby, and county planners have identified several corridors for possible sidewalks and bike lanes.

Jefferson County says no pedestrian projects in Clay are included in its FY 2027 budget and estimates sidewalk construction at about $1.25 million per mile.

UAB is testing a telehealth-supported bundled intervention combining buprenorphine, peer support, recovery navigation, and telemedicine to help overdose survivors stay in treatment after ER discharge; phase one enrolled 30 participants, and phase two will randomize 160 to the intervention or usual care across UAB hospitals.

College football TV and streaming schedule runs Tuesday, Oct.

27 through Saturday, Oct. 31 with UAB at South Florida at 11 a.m. Saturday on ESPNU and Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M in Birmingham at 2:30 p.m. streaming on ESPN+.

The AHSAA's 56th annual volleyball state tournament begins today with 64 teams competing in Elite Eight quarterfinals and semifinals at the Birmingham CrossPlex (championship matches are scheduled at Bill Harris Arena Oct.

28-29). Play starts at 9 a.m. with Class 6A matches, including North 1 Thompson vs. South 4 Auburn.