Zoo Boo: Last Weekend October 29, 2009

Houston’s largest kid-friendly Halloween event is back!
OCT 31st: THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) to head to the Houston Zoo for Halloween activities that are fun for the whole family!
The zoo encourages all kids to come dressed in their spookiest, scariest, or prettiest Halloween costume!  They’ll love to show off their costume in our [...]

Deadly Accident: Allen Pkwy October 29, 2009

It’s an eerie feeling to hear about “follow up details” to any of the deadly accidents that you see me report on in the mornings. Sometimes I get emails from people wanting to know what happened or who was involved or why it occurred. Usually, I don’t have those details because police officers and investigators [...]

Viewer Mail: Alief October 28, 2009

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Jennifer, I will get this information to the project managers to try and get them to come up with a better traffic plan. Since the project is new the contractor may need to make some adjustments. This project will end on October 27, 2010 and will include new storm drains, curbs and gutters, street lights [...]

Camouflaged Billboards October 26, 2009

Take a close look…
The UH Mitchell Center for the Arts is hosting an artist named Karyn Olivier who is producing this city-wide outdoor public art exhibit ON HWY BILLBOARDS. It’s a neat concept. She is replacing 13 billboard ads across Houston with life-sized photographic representations of what drivers would see if the advertising did not [...]

Helping Children With Cancer October 25, 2009

I was very pleased when asked to host the 2nd Annual Country Ball(2009) benefiting Houston’s Ronald McDonald House. Since 1981, The Ronald McDonald House has offered a home away from home to the families of children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. At least $33,000 has been raised this year. Here are some [...]

Hwy 90 Construction October 20, 2009

For those of you who live on the East Side…here’s the latest on The Crosby Freeway (Hwy 90). It will end up being a 6 to 7 miles stretch connecting to I-10East/610 (near the Budweiser Brewery) when everything is said and done, sometime next year.
(October 23rd – UPDATE)
The project is estimated to be complete February [...]

TWITTER Link October 15, 2009

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Hispanic Heritage Celebration: VA Hospital October 9, 2009

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, I was invited to be the keynote speaker for The Hispanic Employment Program at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. A great turnout for all of the rain that we had today. I was most content with the performance from the students of Reagan and Davis High Schools…predominantly [...]