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Chevron Corporation

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    "The System Made a Mistake": Judge Finally, Officially, Makes Richard Miles a Free Man

    The ever-expanding and always sharply dressed brotherhood of Dallas County exonerees once again lined the courtroom at the Frank Crowley Courts Building for an exoneration hearing this morning, this time in support of Richard Miles, who they already know quite well. After 14 years behind bars for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Rais Bhuiyan, Victim of Post-9/11 Hate Crime, Calls for Forgiveness for His Attacker

    Photo by Alex ScottRais Bhuiyan speaking to a group from Amnesty International at SMU earlier this spring​On September 21, 2001, Rais Bhuiyan, then 27 years old, was working behind the cash register of a Texaco station in Pleasant Grove when a man wearing a bandanna, sunglasses and a baseball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    At Inwood & Forest, Concern That Proposed Gas Station and Convenience Store Is Lowe's Blow

    ​Once or twice a week for the past couple of months, an e-mail will pop up in the in-box about a proposal to put a gas station and convenience store in the Lowe's parking lot on Inwood Road just off of Forest Lane. It's no small development, either: According to city docs, the complex will eat up ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Toxic Avenger: In the War Between the Feds and Texas, EPA Chief Al Armendariz has Science on His Side. Is That Enough?

    ​Once or twice a week for the past couple of months, an e-mail will pop up in the in-box about a proposal to put a gas station and convenience store in the Lowe's parking lot on Inwood Road just off of Forest Lane. It's no small development, either: According to city docs, the complex will eat up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Famous Faces' Local Choices, or: Wherein Kent Rathbun Spills the Bachman Lake Taco Secret

    S&D Oyster CompanyIs it lunch-thirty already?​Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal rounded up some bold-faced locals -- including Luke Wilson, who I guess counts -- and asked 'em to pick a few recommendations each for out-of-towners and those natives who don't venture far from their comfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Road Trip: Noshing My Way to Big Bend

    The scenery was pretty cool too.​According to the cheery student volunteer who gave a short lecture at Big Bend National Park the other day, the desert is delicious: Any resourceful visitor can make a meal of prickly pear pads and pigweed seeds. While the ranger-in-training assured us the fed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Dallas Taco Tour: Noxious Fumes, (Mostly) Yummy Grub and the Best Taco in Town

    Photos by Jose Ralat MaldanadoRollout (and Rolaids) for the magical mystery taco tour.​Dallas is a taco wonderland. When questions of the best local culinary offerings are raised, the taco is among the first victuals mentioned by the celebrity chef and vagrant alike. That being so, on Saturday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Caraway Wants to Make It Clear: "The Majority Has Spoken" About Beer, Wine Sales

    ​Dallas, at least as of this very moment, is all-wet when it comes to the off-premise sale of beer and wine. And as Rudy Bush noted this morning, there hasn't exactly been a rush to the Oak Cliff Municipal Center's permit office -- in large part because of the city and county's hoop-heavy permitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    A Ginormous Movie Studio in Frisco? Maybe.

    ​The Dallas Business Journal this morning brings news of a $1-billion, 1-million-square-foot movie and teevee production facility being planned in Frisco, near the Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway. And that's not all: According to Premier Studios' elaborate website, filled with conceptual r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    La Paisanita: Gas-Station Art With Gusto

    ​At an independent fashion-and-crafts art show/flea market in the Essex Street Market in Lower Manhattan, my wife chastised me for taking photos of some of the finer products available for sale -- noveau velvet paintings of the latest Brooklyn It band, shirts with images of unicorns sectioned ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 22, 2010

    Only Alice in Wonderland works wonders (so far) at this year's Festival of Independent Theatres.

    ​At an independent fashion-and-crafts art show/flea market in the Essex Street Market in Lower Manhattan, my wife chastised me for taking photos of some of the finer products available for sale -- noveau velvet paintings of the latest Brooklyn It band, shirts with images of unicorns sectioned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    This Year's Bath House FIT Fest Will Be Extra Cool. (The New Air-Conditioner Helps.)

    Churchmouse ProductionsJoey Folsom and Stephanie Hall star in Churchmouse Productions' Georgie Gets a Facelift and Thank U Berry Munch​Each summer the Festival of Independent Theatres puts Dallas' hottest stage actors in a bunch of short one-act plays in rotating rep over four weekends. The 12th a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Asado De Puerco Rojo At Chitos

    ​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 13, 2010

    DCT's Most Valuable Player Swings For The Fences; T3 Tunes UP [title of show]; One Thirty Productions Presents Its Favorite Austin Playwright

    ​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Woodlands Man Files Suit in Dallas, Claims Ballplayers Assaulted Him on New Year's Eve

    KTRK-TV​Speaking of courthouse filings, our sister paper in Houston and KTRK-TV, the ABC affiliate down thataways, bring news of a lawsuit filed here by a 25-year-old Chevron petroleum engineer who claims he was assaulted on New Year's Eve at the Magnolia Hotel downtown.According to  the suit ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 31, 2009

    To Hell With The Recession -This Year Gave Dallas Audiences The Best Productions Of The Decade

    KTRK-TV​Speaking of courthouse filings, our sister paper in Houston and KTRK-TV, the ABC affiliate down thataways, bring news of a lawsuit filed here by a 25-year-old Chevron petroleum engineer who claims he was assaulted on New Year's Eve at the Magnolia Hotel downtown.According to  the suit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    City Says It's Serious About Cleaning Up One Beleaguered NW Dallas Intersection

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 30, 2009

    Legally Blonde Guilty of Contempt of Audience; FIT Fuels Up Under a Texaco Canopy

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    FIT to Be Seen

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Kidnapped McKinney Man Gets an Up-Close Look Into Nigeria's Oily Heart of Darkness

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 18, 2009

    Fueling Up at Lunch at La Paisanita Taqueria is a Gas

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 28, 2009

    Texaco: Fill Up With Gas--From the Tacos, Not Petrol

    View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience store. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Appetite For Instruction: Orzo Fresca Salad

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 2, 2009

    Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    One Local Attorney's Figured Out How to Get Money Out of Big Oil

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    A Shell of Its Former Self?

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    The Last Word on the White Rock Marathon, From Our 17th-Place Finisher

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2006

    Hell's in Lakewood

    Demonstrated by Jon Sprague of Corner Market Jon Sprague (left) and Chuck ColeTucked into a 90-year-old storefront on lower Greenville Avenue, Corner Market is like a little bit of Europe right here in Big D. Chuck Cole opened this restaurant-slash-flower shop two and a half years ago, aiming to ... More >>

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Austin, Condensed

    Why attend 1,400 concerts when you can read an abbreviated list instead?

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Life After Death

    Andre Lewis was eight hours from being executed, until the courts realized they had made a big mistake

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    What's Your Position?

    Who will lead America's Team come November? The electorate must know.

  • Dining

    February 20, 2003

    Funky Quarters

    Inwood Quarter Café mixes the seedy with the charming

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Off the Hizzle

    Plus: Double D'oh, Bolly Wanna Poppadum?

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Fried Chicken

    Bubba's Cooks Country

  • Dining

    June 14, 2001

    Wrapped Up In Chains

    Fast-food restaurants are quietly taking over the world

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Superiority Complex

    How Glenn Heights turned a debate over starter homes into a nasty small-town war

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Pumped Out

    Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed

  • Music

    September 28, 2000

    Jesus' Favorite Singer

    Fifty years after leaving the Soul Stirrers, Rebert Harris has been called home

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Whizzing inside the tent

    ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Howard's End

    Carlton Stowers goes in search of the dark muse that inspired pulp-fiction legend Robert E. Howard, the West Texas recluse who created Conan the Barbarian

  • Culture

    June 17, 1999

    Southern cross

    Gothic, God, and the working class meet in Buck-Nekkid

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Buzz

    Gothic, God, and the working class meet in Buck-Nekkid

  • Music

    July 16, 1998

    Cuba libre

    Marc Ribot and his Prosthetic Cubans are Habana good time

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Swiss Misses

    A tempest in a teacup over azaleas erupts into a class war in Dallas' Swiss Avenue Historic District

  • News

    August 1, 1996
  • News

    July 11, 1996

    The power of the picket

    It doesn't pay to cross Daisy Joe

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    Blood and Feathers

    A violent sport provides the knives, gaffs, and blood that bind

  • Culture

    August 24, 1995

    A strange goodbye

    Odd sights--and musings--at Mickey Mantle's funeral

  • Culture

    November 24, 1994

    Slouching toward the millennium

    Kitchen Dog celebrates its new era with a strange, apocalyptic work

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