Along with the chart you see above, which celebrates (no, wait, that’s not the right word) our record-breaking 70th day of temperatures at or above 100, the National Weather Service directs our attention to the latest Drought Information Statement issued a few days ago. Long story short: The bad (“blistering…
Anna’s attending tonight’s town hall concerning the proposed zoning for the Sylvan Thirty development at Sylvan and Fort Worth Avenue; should be a good one, given the makeup of the panel that includes Brent Brown from the CityDesign Studio and Keith Manoy, head of transportation planning for the city. Till…
During his storied tenure here, Patrick Michels took a deep interest in the legal doings of Denton attorney Evan Stone, who’s filed dozens of cases in Dallas federal court involving thousands of John Does who Stone says are illegally downloading movies, most of ’em pornos. As Patrick wrote in his…
Marine Staff Sergeant Thinh Tran is unavailable to speak at the moment; he’s training in the California desert in advance of a deployment to Afghanistan. He is, by all accounts, out of the country often: In October 2009, for instance, he received orders he was to ship out for a…
Longtime Friends of Unfair Park are by now well aware of my lifetime obsession with the Texas International Pop Festival, held during Labor Day weekend in 1969 in a Lewisville field. The roster, put together by, among others, Angus Wynne, was legendary: Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Ten Years…
There are several items of interest and note on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board’s agenda for today, but let’s focus on two for now — the ones on the Operations Committee’s to-do list that’ll impact drivers of cars and riders of mass transit … well, the naughty ones, anyway…
It took Rebecca Rasor, director of the Trinity River Corridor Project, all of, oh, 15 minutes to walk the council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee through that PowerPoint we previewed this morning — you know, the one in which the U.S Army Corps of Engineers is demanding the city pay…
This just in from the National Weather Service:DFW Airport has reached 100 degrees today. This ties the record for most 100 degree days in a year (69 days). We should easily surpass this record tomorrow.Great. Swell. Awesome. Break out the … well, not water. That’d be a waste. Which reminds…
The council’s Transportation and Environment Committee is meeting at this very moment; tune in if you have absolutely, positively nothing better to do. That said: After our chat this morning, TxDOT spokesperson Cynthia Northrop White said that when she got back to the office, she’d pass along a better look…
While we await some call-backs, here’s a light-rock lunchtime-out courtesy England Dan and John Ford Coley, who all but the longest of longtime locals always seem to forget were W.W. Samuell Spartans before launching the Southwest F.O.B., dig? Seals died in March 2009, 30 years after the duo cut this…
Caught the tail end of Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s crime-stats presentation to the council’s Public Safety Committee, a sequel of sorts to his September 1 meeting with the media during which he projected an eighth straight year during which crime will drop in Dallas — a first, he said…
Perhaps you recall: During the NBA playoffs, some locals launched the site DirkSwish.com, where they sold the T-shirt you see at right — a rather popular tee, matter of fact, which sold for $19.99. Got some nice national pub, and the attention on The Ticket didn’t hurt either. Turns out,…
Speaking of those new city council committees …This afternoon the Transportation and Environment Committee will meet for the first time since returning from summer break, and on its agenda you’ll find Transportation and Environment Committee Proposed FY 2011-12 Goals and Objectives. And high on the list of to-do’s is something…
The new-look Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meets for the first time this afternoon with two items on its to-review list: Dallas Floodway Extension Repayment Agreement Discussion and Trinity River Corridor Project Overview of Flood Control Components. Shortly after they were posted Friday night I sent them to Schutze, who’s…
I was always told: I shoulda been there the night Guns N’ Roses opened for The Cult at the Bronco Bowl September 13, 1987. (Look — pictures!) Axl Rose even said so upon the band’s return to Dallas a mere three months later: “It’s good to be back here in…
We’re still a good month away from the Sylvan Thirty development coming before the City Plan Commission, since, as we noted last month, it was pushed back to the October 6 agenda following Belmont’s owner Monte Alexander’s letter to the city insisting that “more time is needed to evaluate the…
This just in: They won’t be taking down the Joe Ratcliff Pedestrian Walkway over LBJ Freeway this weekend after all. Not sure when it’ll happen — the release we just received says only “at a later date.” So, not a full pardon, only a temporary reprieve from what was expected…
Got a robocall from the Dallas Independent School District last night asking me to help round up any truants I might know of. Sorry, wish I could help. Turns out, it was just a precursor to tomorrow’s kick-off of Operation Graduation, which is now in its fourth year and involves…
Nice to see our sports columnist thinks the race for the AL West is “over.” Still, though, coulda sworn the Rangers have 18 games left on the schedule, including three against the Angels at season’s end; the magic number remains a far-from-over 17. Guess that’s why I’m not a sportswriter…
On November of last year, 36-year-old Joseph Lamon Williams of Houston stood in line like any other customer at the Wells Fargo at Coit and Alpha, just off LBJ. When it was his turn, he presented to the teller the following note:”IF I HEAR THE CODE FOR BANK ROBBERY YOU…
Got stuck watching Footloose the other night — what, like you’re one to judge? Well, it was right before the warehouse scene. Who’d miss that? OK, sure, I’d had a drink, maybe two. It was late. Anyway. Can’t believe Craig Brewer’s remade the thing, due October 14. Sacrilege! Turns out,…
At the end of last week we spoke with council member Linda Koop about the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce’s involvement in doing something, anything with Valley View Center, some or most of which may not be standing by the time LBJ construction’s wrapped in five or so years. As…
