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Sarnoff returns to Chronicle

October 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

Back in June, we whined about the news that Chronicle real-estate columnist Nancy Sarnoff had left the newspaper. We were happy to see the news on James Campbell’s blog that Sarnoff will be returning to

Opa!

October 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

The 40th annual Greek Festival put on by Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opens Thursday and continues through Sunday. Although the other Greek Orthodox church in town also puts on a festival, this one is still

Council taxi move to boost downtown's World-Classness?

October 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

The City of Houston took another step towards World-Classness today, if we are to believe the local media’s celebration of a big hike in downtown cab fares. Here’s how the Chronicle described the move: In

Stinking up the editorial page

October 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

On his Chron.com blog, reader representative James T. Campbell recounts the serious discussions that have taken place down at 801 Texas Avenue relative to the newspaper’s use of the term “fart” in a headline on

KTRK Crime Tracker: Crime up at METRO's park-and-pillage lots

October 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 breaks out its “exclusive Eyewitness News Crime Tracker” to take a look at the situation at METRO’s Park-and-Pillage lots: METRO reports some 119 crimes occurred since the start of the year. The good news

Take a ride in an HPD helicopter

October 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

This seems rather strange: the city is holding an online auction (that’s not the strange part) to raise money for its municipal campaign, and one of the items up for bid is a ride in

Laff Stop to relocate

October 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Katherine Feser reports that a Houston comedy institution will be relocating at the start of next year: The Laff Stop is bringing down the curtains in its River Oaks Shopping Center location and

The downtown skyline at night

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

Charles Kuffner points to this post by Tory Gattis about the wonderful nighttime view of downtown Houston from I-45: That drive, especially at night, is one of the most spectacular drives in our city. The

LULAC "supports" sanctuary policy revisions; warns of racial profiling

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

As expected, city officials announced at a Sunday afternoon press conference (!!) that they are revising Houston’s sanctuary policy (via the Chronicle): The death of officer Rodney Johnson expedited the Houston Police Department’s new policy

If only MetroLift riders lived along the light rail line

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 reports that MetroLift is having problems keeping to its scheduled pick-up times: “I pay for this [MetroLift] and I call and call and complain and complain and all they say is we’ll try to