June 2006 - Page 11 of 13

Ongoing, continuing, never ending problems at HEC

June 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

Houstonist brings our attention to the latest problems at the Houston Emergency Center: Police union representatives met with city officials Monday and gave them an urgent message: Houston’s 911 center is understtaffed and underprepared for

Sports Authority to get new boss

June 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mayor White and Judge Eckels had an opportunity recently to let the Sports Authority quietly vanish into the sunset when Oliver Luck left to head up the Houston Dynamo, but instead, Billy Burge is bringing

Food and drink roundup (06-05-2006 edition)

June 5, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Lunchtime is a good time to read about local food and restaurants. Let’s get started on another food and drink roundup. Alison Cook likes the vibe and sometimes likes the food at Kirby eatery Turquoise

KHOU: Work proceeding on fire "super station" downtown

June 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s reporting on a proposed downtown fire station is unusually candid: Right now, a corrugated metal building houses downtown Houston’s only fire station — a makeshift arrangement in an old, leased building. But that’s about

Khan to Chinatown: Good luck with that crime problem of yours!

June 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards reports on surging crime in southwest Houston’s Chinatown: In New Chinatown on Houston’s far southwest side, you can find almost anything. But what you won’t find is the noodle house open after

HPD unconvinced that officer was at fault in Danger Train collision

June 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

In today’s Move It! column, Rad Sallee reports the latest on a recent Danger Train accident involving an HPD officer: A Houston Police Department spokesman said no action will be taken against an undercover officer

blogHOUSTON gathering rescheduled for June 7

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

The blogHOUSTON gathering has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 7. We’ll meet up for Happy Hour at Byzantio on West Gray, starting at 5 pm and going until we’re tired. Byzantio has various Greek snacks,

Hoffman: Koch returns to double duty on KTRK

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Ken Hoffman comments on a recent quiet reshuffling of KTRK-13’s morning news broadcast: A few years ago, I had lunch with the general manager of a station. We were talking about Channel 13’s

TXDOT to boost Spur speed limit, Deathramp 527 danger

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

Remember when Spur 527 began to re-open in phases, and immediately people began complaining about the dangerous new entrance ramp from Milam to the Spur (and on to the Southwest Freeway)? Some of us named

Chron copy editors called out on corrections page

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

From time to time, we’ve seen errors in the Chronicle that we’ve suspected of being introduced by editors, something we’ve had confirmed more than once by reporters. Some of those reporters must be getting pretty