Anticipated Austin Import Ramen Tatsu-Ya Opens Today
Ramen fans take note, the highly-anticipated Austin import Ramen Tatsu-Ya opens today, February 22, at 1722 California. This is the noodle hub’s third location, and the first outside of Austin. Owners and executive chefs Tatsu Aikawa and Takuya “Tako” Matsumoto released a statement, noting that “the number of great ramen…
Unorthodox Doc Stanislaw Burzynski Faces $360,000 Fine and Probation
The Texas Medical Board’s legal staff on Wednesday issued a proposed order that would place controversial cancer doctor Stanislaw Burzynski on probation and force him to pay $360,000 in penalties and more than $20,000 in restitution for violating standards of care in his treatment of patients between 2009 and 2013…
DA Ogg, Police Leaders Announce Landmark Marijuana Diversion Program
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg and local law enforcement are expected to announce a new marijuana diversion program Thursday morning, replacing former district attorney Devon Anderson’s First Chance Intervention Program. Ogg and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez have voiced support for decriminalizing misdemeanor marijuana altogether, a vision they laid out on…
Verdi’s Requiem at HGO Offers All That Heaven Could Want, But Needs More Hell
The set-up: “Dies Irae,” the “Day of Wrath” second movement in Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Requiem (1874), is supposed to knock you on your ass. As the musical version of shock and awe, the vengeful Old Testament God delivers the last judgment to all sinners. He rends the earth, opens up…
