Cleveland leadership: As Cleveland’s longtime leaders retire and move on from their positions, the next era of the city’s history is on the way, and people are looking forward to new opportunities. The change extends far beyond City Hall, where Mayor Frank Jackson is retiring after four terms. Cameron Fields reports that the George Gund Foundation, the United Way of Greater Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Partnership and University Hospitals are among the entities that will soon have new leaders or recently underwent a transition.

Governor from CLE? A radio talk show host who got his start in Cleveland could be the next governor of California if its voters decide to recall incumbent Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a Sept. 14 election. Sabrina Eaton reports Republican Larry Elder, whose broadcast career began at Cleveland’s WVIZ, is the current frontrunner in the race.

Dunham Tavern: After several years of conflict among board members over its future, the Dunham Tavern Museum has worked with LAND Studio on a new master plan designed to turn it into a more vibrant attraction and an inviting central park for Midtown. Steven Litt reports plans include expanding the existing barn at the center of the campus so it can host larger events and adding a community pavilion.

Max Soviak: An Ohio Navy corpsman from Milan died Thursday in the Kabul terrorist attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghans. Max Soviak, a 2017 graduate of Edison High School, was killed as the terrorist group ISIS-K committed bombings and gunfire at Hamid Karzai International Airport, reports Cameron Fields. Gov. Mike DeWine on Saturday ordered that all U.S. and Ohio flags be lowered to half-staff in honor of Soviak, reports Kaylee Remington.

This Week in the CLE: MetroHealth System will require employees, including contractors and volunteers, to receive COVID-19 vaccinations by Oct. 30. We’re talking about the differences in approach from UH and the Cleveland Clinic on This Week in the CLE.

Bicycling: Imagine starting a bike ride on the Towpath Trail and pedaling all the way to Washington, D.C., or even Atlanta. A growing network of designated routes is being pieced together across the nation along low-traffic roads, trails and bike lanes by the same association that designates interstate highway numbers. There are 17,000 miles of U.S. Bicycle Routes across the country, and Ohio boasts 1,523 miles, more than any state in the nation. John Pana has maps.

Blended learning: Schools throughout the state may have to send children home to quarantine due to coronavirus exposure - especially if they lack mask mandates. Laura Hancock reports schools must send the department a declaration of blended learning by Tuesday.

Bibb disclosure: Cleveland mayoral candidate Justin Bibb’s pledge to amend his incomplete financial disclosure information with the state might not put that issue to rest. Robert Higgs reports that once the Ohio Ethics commission receives Bibb’s full income and investment report, it must decide what comes next.

COVID deer: Wild white-tailed deer in Ohio are the first in the world to be found infected with COVID, Alexis Oatman reports. Ohio State University's College of Veterinary Medicine collected samples from deer between January and March 2021; the deer didn’t show any clinical symptoms of infection.

Groundhogs: The mission of Operation Groundhog is simple - rid the low-income North Broadway neighborhood of the destructive rodents as humanely as possible before they take what little value they have in their homes. Peter Krouse reports that groundhogs have dug tunnels through urban areas as development in rural areas chase the mammals from their usual habitats and away from natural predators such as coyotes.

Mills trial: The former longtime administrator of the Cuyahoga County jail testified on Friday in the trial of his successor, ex-jail director Ken Mills, that county officials believed “there would be a way to make money on the jail” by expanding the overcrowded and understaffed facility to house other cities’ inmates. Cory Shaffer reports Ken Kochevar also testified that he raised concerns about a lack of space and available beds and suggested the county take as long as five years to carry out the so-called “regionalization” of the jail before County Executive Armond Budish laid him off in 2015. Cuyahoga County Councilman Michael Gallagher testified that he did not believe Armond Budish’s administration honored the state law that puts the county sheriff in charge of the jail.

Ken Johnson: Federal prosecutors say a judge should dismiss disgraced Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson’s push for a new trial because the rulings in the case that led to his conviction were proper. John Caniglia reports prosecutors claimed in a filing late Friday that Johnson failed to come up with any exceptional circumstances, which federal law requires, to make U.S. District Judge John Adams set aside a jury’s guilty verdicts and grant a new trial.

Eviction moratorium: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium means some renters are subject to losing their homes. Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland have about $700,000 in pandemic rental assistance remaining, reports Cameron Fields. Advocates of halting evictions during the coronavirus pandemic said they were disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the pandemic eviction moratorium, reports Sabrina Eaton.

Hospital capacity: Ohio’s coronavirus hospitalization rate is not at the level seen in Texas, but it’s increasing and to shore up beds, the state’s hospitals have started to decline transfer requests from the South and even nearby states, reports Laura Hancock. On Friday, 2,127 people in Ohio were hospitalized with COVID-19, the fourth consecutive day with hospitalizations over 2,000.

Vaccine requirements: St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and Mercy Health could be the next Northeast Ohio hospitals to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Julie Washington reports.

University vaccinations: Kent State University on Friday announced it is requiring all students and non-union employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 20. The university is also in talks with union faculty and staff members and is hoping to extend the requirement to include them as well, reports Megan Becka. The University of Akron is mandating vaccines, and Jane Morice reports that John Carroll University also is requiring them.

Case numbers: Ohio reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections in a 24-hour period twice within the past seven days, the first time that’s happened in seven months. Jane Morice reports the Ohio Department of Health reported 5,395 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 5,204 new cases on Saturday.

COVID timeline: Cleveland Public Library announced last week it will reinstate a requirement for visitors to wear masks inside. Marc Bona reports the latest coronavirus news in his weekly timeline.

Westlake water: The 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals has once again ruled against Cleveland in a years-long court fight over water service the city provides to Westlake. Robert Higgs reports that in this round of litigation, Cleveland sought to have the lower court rule that a five-year discontinuation notice required in the contract should be upheld, and that limiting that notice requirement to one year was impractical because it would take more than a year to cut water service to the city.

Unemployment overpayment: Fewer than 20% of the 700,000 or so Ohioans notified that they were overpaid unemployment benefits have applied so far for a waiver to keep the money, Jeremy Pelzer reports.

Mackinac walk: What’s it like to walk across the Mighty Mac, which connects Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas? Find out for yourself next weekend, when the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk returns after a year hiatus, reports Susan Glaser.

Elijah Wood: What kind of impact has Elijah Wood had on the internet? Cleveland.com’s sister site, Wired, combs the web for data about Wood and presents all the information to him.

House of the Week: Step out of the private elevator and into suite 8G4 at Moreland Courts and you might think you’ve somehow been teleported to Manhattan. The condominium, once owned by famed railroad barons and real estate developers the Van Sweringen brothers, offers Upper East Side penthouse-style living on the Cleveland-Shaker Heights border, for $750,000, Joey Morona reports.