Snow fell this morning in downtown Dallas beginning just after 8 a.m. Heavy, wet flakes caught in folks’ hair and soaked their business suits. While the flakes turned to puddles on the ground, there was a special feeling this morning — something, well, a bit like Christmas, maybe? Jump for…
Back in November 2008, Oak Cliff activist Jason Roberts wondered about the absence of bicycle lanes in Dallas. His curiosity led him to become the city’s foremost bicycle lane and cycling infrastructure advocate. Roberts took on that role when he discovered that the reason Dallas had no bicycle lanes was…
Paul Michael Summer figures he was 30 before he learned how to ride a bicycle. Oh, he knew how to pedal one well enough before then. Like many people his age—he’s 59 now—Summer started bicycling to school in the fifth grade, carefully riding against the flow of oncoming traffic in…
Scared to flash your wallet this holiday season at the mall for fear somebody might nab it? Hate leaving your goodie bags in the car will result in a smashed-in window? (No, we’re not talking to you, NorthPark Center. Why do you ask? Oh … right.) Look, don’t worry: The…
New statistics collected by the FBI show fewer hate crimes being committed in Dallas in 2008 compared with 2007. According to 2008 Hate Crime Statistics, which was released today, Dallas reported 17 hate crimes, which include crimes motivated by race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability. (As you may recall,…
There’s no place like home for the holidays — right, Perry Como? The Dallas Police Department couldn’t agree more: At this most wonderful time of the year, DPD once again launches its Home for the Holidays DWI initiative — since, after all, “December, historically, is the highest month of the…
The Dallas Police Department media relations office announced moments ago that yet another DPD officer has been terminated by Chief David Kunkle. Here’s the missive that just dropped in our in-box:Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle terminated Police Officer Robert G. Ramsey, #8803, today during a disciplinary hearing. On March 6,…
The Spaghetti Warehouse celebrated its 37th birthday on Wednesday with an all-day draft special and a Beatles cover band — and, if you were born in 1972, a slice of cake was on the house. Granted, 37 isn’t exactly a round number. And Wednesday isn’t exactly the most happening of…
It happens every year. Winter approaches and brings cooler but shorter days. While you may appreciate the chance to sport a stylish fall jacket, coming home to a dark apartment can be a real bummer. What if there was something you could look forward to? On Saturday, the Log Cabin…
You shouldn’t be grossed out by the cadavers and bones on display at the new Bodies: The Exhibition, which has already taken over the first floor of the former West End Marketplace, now known as 603 Munger St. The bodies are years — and multiple treatments — removed from natural…
Good news for anybody who has ever avoided bicycling in Dallas for fear of the automobile: The city’s new bicycle coordinator, who moved here from Virginia, is on your side. Says Max Kalhammer of biking in Dallas: “My own experience has been mixed in terms of enjoyment and my own…
When a big-city police chief announces a sudden early retirement, you expect a lot questions — most of which begin with “Why …”. Apparently, they were all answered last night. This morning’s press conference at Dallas Police Department HQ was more like an event held in honor of everybody’s favorite…
It’s not an uncommon scene: A Christian pop band plugs in and coos about Jesus’s love to the faithful flock, which sways with arms raised to the heavens. Last night, that scene replayed itself in Dallas as Sojourners, the Washington D.C.-based social ministry, kicked off its Justice Revival event. The…
He sounded a little groggy when he spoke to Unfair Park this morning. But University of North Texas junior Stephen Michael Benavides had a long night: The chair of ACLU’s student chapter spent Thursday night appealing to the UNT Supreme Court to adopt language of a failed bill and allow…
On my commute to work this morning, I noticed something peculiar about Victory Park Plaza. Standing over the dull pavers, corralled Longhorns grazed on a bit of straw, while two men on horseback watched over. Turns out, it was a promotional stunt for the Texas Stampede rodeo scheduled for the…
It’s a common scenario: an “A” elementary school student suddenly becomes a “C” middle-schooler. What happened? According to local brain health researchers, your child is suffering from information overload. “He was so overwhelmed by the amount of information he was trying to stuff in,” says Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, chief…
The annual meeting of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau kicked off with drama and class — a few notes played on a grand piano, a few notes sung from an opera. If you’re going to take in a meeting at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, might as…
Usually there’s nothing to see at the locked-up West End Marketplace save for the giant cowboy-boot-wearing lizard, a remnant from Planet Hollywood days, which ended in 2001. And he’s seen better days — so too has his tail, the tip of which has vanished. Today, though, we saw a rare…
So you’ve promised my life will change forever. All I have to do is attend a creepy event on Halloween night at the Adolphus Hotel, 1320 Commerce St. This is the hotel you’ve also just described to me as “famously haunted.” So I’m listening, but also scared. And that’s exactly…
Santeria is a religion practiced by one to five million people in the United States; still, because of its clandestine nature, estimates of practitioners of the Afro-Cuban religion vary widely. Some Euless residents were shocked to learn that the religion was practiced in their neighborhood — especially the part about…
The courtroom was filled with tears, then cheers: Two men who spent 12 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit went free today. And while Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins believes this a defining moment for his office and a turning point for Dallas County, 54-year-old Claude…
You’re looking at 220 pounds of methamphetamine, 4.5 kilos of cocaine and $660,000 in cash; you’ll have to look at our slide show to see the assortment of machine guns hauled in. The whole stash was seized in North Texas yesterday from more than 80 members of a violent Mexican…
