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SHERIFF ADRIAN GARCIA will hold a press conference this morning with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in Washington to discuss the (quiet) success of Harris County’s participation in the 287(g) program over the past year.

SLAMPO blogs about John O’Quinn’s post-mortem National Enquirer appearance.

KRIV-26’S ISIAH CAREY reports* that crime has spiked in downtown Houston since the HPD overtime budget was cut, beats are going unprotected and cases are going uninvestigated, and Chief Hurtt contends (in a letter to

THE CHRON’S CAUCASIAN THINK TANK is “furious.” Oooooo, transportation planners and local pols beware! KEVIN WHITED ADDS: So, the Chronicle follows Carolyn Feibel’s typically dull, incurious reposting of advocacy group findings and quotes from favorite

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG notes that Mayor White’s spokesman Frank Michel has himself a new gig.

KHOU-11’S SHERRY WILLIAMS posts a cheerleading-style report on a City of Houston program that paid roughly one-third of the cost of a $110,000 home for a new homeowner. A Houston Hope executive tells Williams that

TEXAS MONTHLY’S PAUL BURKA followed the lead of other bloggers in noting that Houston Mayor Bill White still has no plans to shift from his quest for a U.S. Senate seat to the Texas governor’s

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG reports that Harris County Commissioners Court yesterday questioned County Attorney Vince Ryan’s decision to assist the City of Houston with its air pollution prosecutions (which apparently came without input from

A CONVICTED MURDERER is set to be executed in Huntsville tonight. Even with its depleted local newsroom, the area newspaper of record was able to put together a new Chron Eye for the Death Row

THE CHRON’S TRANSPORTATION REPORTER informs today that two advocacy groups have released a report that gives Houston poor marks for walkability. There’s no link to the report or the organizations, minimal discussion of the methodology,