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KHOU: HPD reaching out to Houston's homeless

July 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

The KHOU news blog posts this news about HPD: Houston police are hitting the streets to reach out to the city’s homeless population. The move comes as temperatures in the area are on the rise

A few people stand behind Chief Hurtt

July 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Supporters of Chief Hurtt — surely a dozen or so — organized a press event today to press the case that they back the Chief, even if the rank and file of HPD as represented

Urban loft owners finally get trash pickup — "for now"

July 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Matt Stiles reported over the weekend that some new urban loft owners will finally be receiving basic trash services: It took a year of complaints, two visits to City Council and a private audience with

City tries again with municipal courts' computer system

July 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles checked in on the latest state of affairs with the new computer system that has been giving Houston’s municipal courts so much trouble: If you ignored a city traffic

Westpark/Richmond/University rail corridor open house Tuesday

July 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

METRO will hold the first of three open houses on the Westpark / Richmond / University rail corridor on Tuesday. The Chronicle posted these details over the weekend: Metropolitan Transit Authority has scheduled three open

White vs. Tollett cage match in February?

July 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

After Jordy Tollett hired Rusty Hardin and proceeded to convince the GHCVB board to let him take an extended leave (including 12 weeks’ worth of vacation time), we speculated that Tollett had managed to escape

The Chron covers itself. Sometimes.

July 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Newspapers are sometimes criticized for being obsessed with themselves, and we’ve seen some recent evidence to that effect from the local Hearst daily. There was this story by Clifford Pugh that ran last week week

Supplementing Casey with his MSM sources

July 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Just over a week ago, the Chronicle‘s Rick Casey penned a column that was basically a recap of a series of Chicago Tribune stories on a death penalty case in Texas, which (of course) Casey

Chron neighborhood section looks at Hillcroft "microcosm"

July 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Tara Dooley has an interesting article on the Hillcroft area of southwest Houston. Local bicyclist Bob Stein even makes an appearance: Hillcroft Avenue is pure Houston, created with dedication to the automobile and

Farewell, Professor Lence

July 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs a story about the recent passing of Professor Ross Lence of the University of Houston. Lence was a master teacher and a true gentleman-scholar who profoundly influenced thousands of students over the