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  Turner Joins City COVID-19 Cleanup Crew to Sanitize Homeless Camp

  August 13 at 2:49 p.m.

  Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner came out Thursday to the Gulf Freeway overpass at Bellfort Street in southeast Houston to support the city’s efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among local homeless camps. After a brief press conference alongside the Gulf Freeway feeder road, Turner joined a Solid Waste Department...

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  Steve Hackett: A Guitarist's Genesis and Beyond

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  A Genesis in My Bed: The Autobiography By Steve Hackett 208 pp. $29.99 Wymer Publishing While his name may not be as familiar to casual classic rock fans has his former bandmates in Genesis, guitarist Steve Hackett has had a surprisingly long and varied (and still evolving) musical career with...

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  Hidalgo Announces New Guidelines for Safely Reopening Harris County Schools

  August 12 at 6:01 p.m.

  Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo revealed on Wednesday a new set of recommendations for when she and county public health officials believe area schools could safely reopen for in-person instruction, based on multiple COVID-19 metrics. During an afternoon press conference held to announce these legally non-binding guidelines, Hidalgo and Dr...

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  Streaming Concert Watch 8/12: Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Franti and More

  August 12 at 4 a.m.

  Captain's log, day 154: I've become good friends with the plants in my house. Sometimes I sing to them. I've been reading far too many dystopian novels, and I may at this very moment be wearing a tinfoil hat. I'm not sure I miss live music anymore because, if I'm being...

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  Stripping Down The Barriers To In-Person Theater During COVID

  August 12 at 4 a.m.

  It was a Monday, the first time I tried to go to the drive-through strip club. I suppose I should’ve known it would be closed; this style of performance sounded more like a weekend kinda thing. I did have a nice chat with the Parking Valet though, bemused as he...

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  Worker Advocates Demand Restoration of $600 Weekly Unemployment Benefit

  August 12 at 4 a.m.

  Claudia Urbiales worked in food service at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for just over five years before she lost her job in March thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. A single mother to three children living in Houston’s Northside district, Urbiales depended on the additional $600 per week of federal unemployment...