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  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Raul Leal: Immigrant Detention Center Officer Kicked Detainee in the Face, Breaking Skull, Feds Say

    The Port Isabel Detention Center has long been the subject of complaints.​A former officer at the Port Isabel Detention Center kicked a detainee in the face, breaking a bone in his skull, and then lied to investigators, federal prosecutors alleged today. Raul Leal, 31, was arrested without in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2011

    1986: Best Musical Year Ever?

    ​For almost two weeks now, Rocks Off has been obsessed with the year exactly 25 flips of the calendar backward from this one. It started when Steve Earle did one of his "Time Machine" shows, where the singer-songwriter who plays House of Blues Wednesday spotlights a dozen or so of his favorite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2011

    Cold Turtles: Rescued & Headed Back to the Gulf

    TPWDIt shrinks like a cold, frightened turtle​More than 800 sea turtles who had been stunned by the state's cold snap are getting their release back into the wild starting today, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says. In the past the animals were kept for weeks, but TPWD says a new philo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    James Cameron McKinney: Assistant Principal Caught Sexting Six Students Gets No Jail Time

    James Cameron McKinney: Fortunately for him, none of the girls said yes​James Cameron McKinney, an assistant principal at a Brownsville high school, was caught sexting a half-dozen of his students, asking for sex in return for money. He's not going to prison. McKinney received five years of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Getting Real: New Caswell-Walsh Restaurant Venture Finally Gets a Name

    Photo courtesy of Robb WalshArtist's rendering of El Real Tex-Mex Cafe.​"You have to give people what they're interested in eating," Robb Walsh laughed over the phone. "Fajitas will be very well represented on our menu." Wise words that should quell any concerns Houstonians may have had about ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 7, 2010

    At Her Mercy

    Artist Peat Duggins struggles with nature.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Michael Guerra: Accordionist At Home In Texas' Musical Menudo

    Photos by Cheryl Sahm/ myspace.com/michaelguerramusicThe Tex-Mex Experience, featuring Michael Guerra (left)​At 29, San Antonio accordionista Michael Guerra has built quite a resume, playing with Texmaniacs, the Tex-Mex Experience, Texas Tornados, the Krayolas and Rick Trevino. Not bad for an ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    A Quiet Hell

    Thanks to lax enforcement by TCEQ, plants along the Houston Ship Channel launch tons of toxic gases into our air, and face little penalty even when they exceed pollution limits over and over again.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    San Antonio Blogger Has Had Enough "Free South Park Mexican" Sentiment

    Michael Hogue​A little over seven years ago, we wrote about the South Park Mexican trial. The rapper, born Carlos Coy, had it all: money, his own record label, a nightclub and, most importantly, the ear of a generation. He was the voice of a new type of person: the Southern and Southwestern Mexica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    The Feds Stage A Blitz On Illegal Gun Sales In Houston, And Rack Up Numbers

    ​For most of the spring and summer, a souped-up squad of 100 ATF agents was running all over Houston and South Texas doing everything possible to slow the raging river of guns illegally flowing into Mexico.Agents followed up old leads, tracked down new ones, made scores of arrests, confiscated hun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas: "Palo Duro"

    View Five States of Texas in a larger map As any proud Texan can tell you, the Lone Star State is entitled constitutionally to split into five states if it so wishes. The scenario has rarely been more in the news than it has relatively recently, when Gov. Rick Perry played to the wingnut gallery in ... More >>

  • Film

    May 7, 2009

    Sucker Punch

    With a blunt and searching Iron Mike, Tyson delivers asurprisingly powerful blow.

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    Boxing, Sex and Madness

    Mike Tyson's many personalities are on display in James Toback's new documentary.

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    The Story of Los Volcanes and Neil Diamond

    A chance Texas encounter gives a Seattle conjunto band the shot of a lifetime

  • Dining

    December 18, 2008

    Bombay Salad and Colossal Shrimp at King's Inn

    A chance Texas encounter gives a Seattle conjunto band the shot of a lifetime

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Aftermath: M.O.P. at Warehouse Live

    A chance Texas encounter gives a Seattle conjunto band the shot of a lifetime

  • Dining

    July 3, 2008

    Temples of Tex-Mex: A Diner's Guide to the State's Oldest Mexican Restaurants

    We took a pilgrimage in search of old-fashioned tamales, chili con carne and cheese enchiladas

  • Film

    November 22, 2007

    I'm Not There

    The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

    The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Take Our Katrina Kwiz!

    The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Playbill

    The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    I'm Not Dreaming of a White Christmas

    No snow and no Bing for Racket

  • Dining

    October 16, 2003

    Cancún Cuisine

    Take a little trip to Cascadas Cantina y Restaurante

  • Music

    August 21, 2003

    Cattle Call

    Boozing with a few aggrieved bad seeds at the American Idol audition

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

    Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    South Park Monster

    Fans saw Carlos Coy as the invincible rapper, the gangsta who could become an icon for outcast Hispanics everywhere. But they didn't know his weakness -- young girls did.

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Playing by Heart

    Joseph Samuels never had any musical training. But five years ago he sat down at a piano, and people have been listening ever since.

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    End of the Bend?

    Jetports and elite resorts may do what border bandits, blistering heat and harsh desert life couldn't: rob Big Bend of its rugged beauty.

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Rejected

    Thousands of inmates rely annually on a capricious parole board for their freedom. Most, like George Dismukes, return to their cells without ever knowing why they were denied.

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Rush to Judges

    Texans long to secure seats on the bench

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Jailhouse Crock

    Spanish-language media cries foul over Railcar Killer interviews

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Smooth Operator

    Jack Linvillle transformed a little architecture firm into a leading public contractor -- with help from some well-heeled political pals

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Term Limits: The Next Generation

    A fractious bunch fills the city ballot, but the blood flies in District H

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Border Bound

    Is Elton Bomer the bully who's needed to help colonias -- or just another political grandstander?

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Easygoing George W. Bush

    With help from Democrats Pete Laney and Bob Bullock, Bush has been a Republican governor Texans love. But who'll be his pals if he sets his sights on the presidency?

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    The Wrong Enemies

    Judges may be gunning for James DeAtley, the interim U.S. attorney

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    The Few, The Proud, the Battered

    At Harlingen's Marine Military Academy, the line between discipline and abuse is sometimes as thin as a knife's edge

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    East End Transit

    Why have bus lines to Mexico bloomed all across the East End? Maybe because it's a family affair.

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Shifting Foundation

    Two decades ago, the Burkitt Foundation saved the historic enclave of Hyde Park. But now the foundation is pulling out, and Hyde Park -- as well as many of the social service agencies it houses -- may really become a thing of the past.

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Brothers of the Road

    'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Think Small

    Richard Farias wants to change the way HISD teaches middle school

  • Music

    April 11, 1996

    Static

    Richard Farias wants to change the way HISD teaches middle school

  • News

    April 14, 1994

    Trashing Houston

    To a world worried about waste, Houston may offer an answer -- or at least a place for the garbage to go

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