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Bring on the White Sox

October 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

How about our first World Series? Go ‘Stros! UPDATE: KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg interviewing the guy playing the sax outside Busch Stadium for tips was just strange. The sax player should have dropped an “adios mofo”

Coverage of upcoming municipal election picks up

October 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle editorial board posted more endorsements for City Council races. Also, Matt Stiles provided coverage of the District B race. Finally, the Houston Democrats blog points to the League of Women Voters’ guide

SAFEclear changes to be announced Friday?

October 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that Mayor White is considering changes that could effectively gut his (and Bob Stein’s) ill-conceived SAFEclear program: Mayor Bill White said Houston’s controversial Safe Clear towing program is about to under go more

Red light cameras start clicking November 1

October 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

November 1st is the day Houston joins the ranks of red light camera (revenue generating) cities: The City of Houston has identified five intersections with the greatest number of accidents. Starting November 1, 2005, cameras

Heartbreaking

October 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Go here, here, here, here, here, and here for appropriate commentary. Man, that stinks. How long did it take you to get to sleep last night? UPDATE: More thoughts here and here. Sigh.

Randalls shuttering 15 Houston stores

October 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Instead of selling the chain, Randalls has decided to close some stores: Safeway said this morning that it will close 15 struggling Randalls stores in the Houston area by the end of the year. Safeway,

Candidate meet and greet tonight

October 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you want to meet a variety of Houston candidates, head to the Arboretum tonight: Candidates for Houston City Council, the Houston Independent School District school board, Houston Community College trustee and state representative will

SI's Peter King discovers Diedrich coffee, Texans' ineptitude

October 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Peter King, Sports Illustrated‘s noted coffeeholic, was recently in Houston, and stuck this blurb in today’s Monday Morning Quarterback column: Coffeenerdness: Stumbled into a fine new coffee place over the weekend in Houston — Diedrich’s.

Hyperventilating about the lack of new evacuation plans

October 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

From KTRK-13: With Tropical Storm Wilma building in the tropics, are we ready to evacuate again? The evacuation plans for Houston and Harris County have not changed considerably since Hurricane Rita, when the mass exodus

Karl Pepple: Houston Man of Mystery

October 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Sunday’s Chronicle Q and A conversation was with Karl Pepple, described by Dina Capiello as the “first-ever director of environmental programming for the city of Houston”: Charged with overseeing local air and water quality, recycling