Here We Go

One knifing so far:

• A man was stabbed and firefighters put out a small blaze in an electrical transformer tonight near the Taste of Chicago as the festival was letting out.

  The unidentified man was stabbed in the back on State Street near Jackson Boulevard a little after 9 p.m., police said at the scene.

  He was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to fire officials. Large crowds exiting the Taste had blocked access to the ambulance for a time.

You have to love how the Tribune photographers and editors only post pictures of cops in riot gear, rather than the cause of all the panicky tourists and citizens being ushered out of the Loop en masse. Here's a hint - it wasn't cops stabbing anyone.

Warm weather and clear skies coming this weekend.