COVID Help Desk: Answering your questions on vaccine ingredients, allergies and more
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A nurse measures vaccine doses before administering them at Minute Maid Park Jan. 16. The city has now launched a drive-thru site at Delmar Stadium with United Memorial Medical Center. The site only is open to people with appointments.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Registered nurse Wanda Parker prepares a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for Houston Fire Department District 20 Chief Patrick Rocha Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital in Houston. Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital started vaccinating Houston firefighters last week.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
A guide to Texas prettiest small trees
Calvin Finch, Correspondent
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A Mexican plum greets visitors to the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center with a cloud of fragrant white blooms. Houston Arboretum & Nature Center photoHouston Arboretum & Nature CenteShow MoreShow Less
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The native Texas redbud is among the first to flower in early spring.treesearch farmsShow MoreShow Less
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Vitex trunks don t grow in straight lines, so it’s hard to get them to develop in single-trunk form.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
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January is a good time to plant shade trees. If you plant now, the tree will have time to develop some roots before it is challenged by our summer temperatures. Good options include Texas red oak, live oak, Mexican white oak (or Monterrey oak), cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, bur oak and Chinquapin oak.
Popular Astros superfan Valentin Jalomo dies at 81
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Houston Astros fan, Valentin Jalomo, sporting his famous mustache during batting practice before the start of an MLB game at Minute Maid Park, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )Karen Warren, Staff / Houston Chronicle
Valentin Jalomo, a legendary Astros superfan known for his whiskered mustache and infallible attendance record at home games, died Tuesday from COVID-19. He was 81.
Though a season ticketholder since 2007, Jalomo began attending games when the Astrodome opened in 1965, and later gained fame for his distinctive hairspray-styled facial hair, which stretched out on each side of his face in a pointed handlebar. He regularly appeared on television broadcasts, standing in the concourse beyond the left-center field wall at Minute Maid Park.
Cedar waxwings are the drunken revelers of the bird world
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Winter migratory flocks of cedar waxwings are unpredictable in their choices of feeding locations.Kathy Adams Clark / Kathy Adams Clark/KAC ProductionsShow MoreShow Less
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The digestive system of cedar waxwings processes nutrients from fruits and excretes seeds embedded in gooey globs deposited on cars and driveways.Kathy Adams Clark / Kathy Adams Clark/KAC ProductionsShow MoreShow Less
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Cedar waxwing migratory flocks tend to follow the ripening of wild berries such as yaupons.Kathy Adams Clark / Kathy Adams Clark/KAC ProductionsShow MoreShow Less
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Cedar waxwing migratory flocks tend to follow the ripening of wild berries such as yaupons.Kathy Adams Clark / Kathy Adams Clark/KAC ProductionsShow MoreShow Less
Rioters wore Black Rifle Coffee, Grunt Style gear at Capitol siege
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Rioters who stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6 were wearing apparel sold by two San Antonio companies. The rioter in the foreground, later identified as Eric Gavelek Munchel of Nashville, Tenn., wore a Black Rifle baseball cap.Win McNamee /TNSShow MoreShow Less
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This screenshot taken from Twitter shows one item distributed by a San Antonio company.CourtesyShow MoreShow Less
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Some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 were decked out in apparel from two San Antonio companies Black Rifle Coffee Co. and Grunt Style that celebrate the military.