By Samantha Ketterer Updated 12:53 pm, Monday, June 18, 2018 Now Playing: Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo announces the start of the “Communicators on Patrol” volunteer program at the HPD Edward A. Thomas Building, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Houston. Media: Godofredo Vasquez, Houston Chronicle The Houston Police Department is planning to send volunteers on patrol with officers to serve as translators between police and foreign language speakers, Chief Art Acevedo announced Monday. The department is seeking people who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, Urdu or Hindi and Korean for the program, which Acevedo described as the “epitome of relational policing.” “If you’ve ever traveled somewhere outside of the United States and found yourself in a strange place and trying to get help, there’s no greater feeling than to find somebody who speaks your language,” Acevedo said. window._taboola = … [Read more...] about Houston police to use volunteers to translate between officers, crime victims
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Gas prices continue to slide in Houston
By Katherine Blunt Updated 8:20 am, Monday, June 18, 2018 Photo: F. Carter Smith, Bloomberg Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Gasoline prices in Houston and across the country again fell last week alongside crude oil prices. Gasoline prices in Houston and across the country again fell last week alongside crude oil prices. Photo: F. Carter Smith, Bloomberg Gas prices continue to slide in Houston 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Gasoline prices in Houston and across the country again fell last week ahead of a meeting where OPEC and its allies are expected to decide whether to raise crude oil output. The average price in the Houston area fell 2.7 cents to $2.68 a gallon, while the national average dropped by nearly 2.4 cents to $2.89 a gallon, according to GasBuddy, which tracks fuel prices nationwide. In Houston, … [Read more...] about Gas prices continue to slide in Houston
This Week in Houston Food Events: Get Refreshed on National Martini Day
All week longTen Year Anniversary Throwback at CRAVECRAVE, 5600 Kirby, 1151 Uptown Park, 2501 Research Forest, will be celebrating its ten year anniversary by featuring a different top-selling throwback cupcake each week through Sunday, August 12. This week’s throwback is the 2010 Margarita flavor. Monday through Friday Summer Break Menu at Brennan’s of Houston Brennan’s, 3300 Smith, is bringing back its Summer Break Menu, offering a choice of three a la carte lunch options (available weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in June) for $12 each. This year’s menu includes — blackened fish tacos with mirliton and jicama slaw and smoked jalapeño aioli; a wood fire-grilled burger with avocado relish, Cajun power comeback sauce and hand-cut fries; and Cajun red beans and rice with a house boudin link, pig trotter stewed red beans and toasted garlic “jazzman” rice.Tuesday, June 19National Martini Day at Liberty KitchenLiberty Kitchen locations, 1050 … [Read more...] about This Week in Houston Food Events: Get Refreshed on National Martini Day
To build a Trinity Park, Dallas should learn from Houston’s Buffalo Bayou
On a recent afternoon, there was a line out the door of the Dunlavy, the upscale café at the Lost Lake Visitor's Center, along Houston's Buffalo Bayou. The tables inside were filled with well-dressed diners enjoying its modern décor: a room of generous scale defined by tough concrete piers softened by ornate chandeliers and broad windows. The best seats, however, were outside, on the Dunlavy's ample terrace, shaded by the lush vegetation that is native to the bayou. It has now been more than six months since Harvey wrought its devastation on Houston, and that scene is emblematic of the city's resilience and resolve, even if it is only a partial story. It is of particular relevance to Dallas, because Buffalo Bayou Park is a model for the development of the Trinity River flood plain into a park of its own. There was a good deal of misinformation about Buffalo Bayou Park in the wake of Harvey, just as there was a good deal of misinformation about what the storm meant for … [Read more...] about To build a Trinity Park, Dallas should learn from Houston’s Buffalo Bayou
Harris County released its flood bond projects. Is your Houston neigborhood on the list?
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