It s Day 3 of the brutal Winter Storms hitting the Greater Houston area.
The arctic blast is nearing its end, but we re not out of the woods weather-wise yet. Temperatures have been ticking up today, but will fall to freezing levels again tonight in some areas.
On top of that, the massive power outage continues. And today, a boil water notice was announced for the City of Houston and much of Harris County. You should assume you are under a boil water notice unless you’ve heard differently from your local authorities.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and officials from the County and State level join us with updates and life-saving tips, along with Houston Public Media reporters.
UH Poll Finds Racial Disparity In Social Justice Concerns Among Harris County Residents
The report suggests a stark contrast among race, gender and age, though the largest disparity can be found among partisanship.
February 12, 2021, 11:37 AM
People marched from Emancipation Park on May 30, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Black Harris County residents are more likely to consider police violence as a major concern when compared white and Latino residents, according to a new poll from the University of Houston.
The poll, conducted by the UH Hobby School of Public Affairs, found that white residents are more likely to consider infrastructure, taxes, and education among their top concerns, while the top concerns for Latino residents include failing public schools, the city s homeless population, and lack of access to health care.
Texas bill would strengthen rules for certain chemical companies Chron 2/2/2021
Chemical tanks like these are seen all around Houston.
A bill filed by a Dallas-area senator would ramp up regulations for certain chemical companies that use above-ground storage tanks.
A trip out Texas Highway 225 reveals countless above-ground tanks. They re also scattered throughout the Greater Houston area.
The state demands that tanks buried underground are regulated and protected from floods, like we see here in Houston quite often. But these above-ground storage tanks are relatively unregulated, Houston Public Media s Katie Watkins reports.
Democrat Sen. Nathan Johnson s SB 126 seeks to require more stringent building regulations for above-ground storage tanks in flood-prone areas. State Rep. Mary Ann Perez, a Democrat representing Pasadena, filed an identical bill in the House of Representatives.
A nearby industrial warehouse, the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing facility, had exploded.
Cruz went to the emergency room and was eventually released. He moved his wife and their two children into a hotel because their home was destroyed.
Two weeks later Cruz died, his lawyer says, from those injuries.
The explosion ended up damaging more than 470 homes and businesses, injuring at least 18 people and killing three.
Edward Castillo
The explosion aftermath at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing in Houston on Jan. 24, 2020.
Down the street, Frank Peters said he was working on home repairs when he was thrown against a wall. I was just convinced it was an atomic bomb, Peters said. You know, dirty bomb or something terrorism.
Not Forgotten: Stories Of Houstonians We Lost To COVID-19
More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. Here are some of the stories of people we’ve lost in the Houston area.
December 21, 2020, 6:00 AM
Three-hundred thousand. That was the latest grim milestone passed in the United States: More than 300,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19. Of that number,
more than 3,000 people have died right here in Harris County, more than any other county in the state of Texas.
But the COVID-19 death toll is more than just a statistic. Each number represents a person. Whether they’re police officers, security guards, educators, preachers or artists, every individual helps make up the very fabric of their community, across the country and here in Greater Houston. And as the death toll from COVID-19 rises, such monumental loss is reflected in the city itself.