The Dallas Police Department just sent word — not to mention the video you see above: Two men hit the Galleria Bachendorf’s yesterday around 8 p.m., getting away with close to $100,000 in jewels in a very short amount of time. (The police report says they got away with diamond…
With all the planet’s dwindling forests, contaminated waters and changing climate, it might take a 2012-themed recycling rally to scare new people into recycling more. But with Earth Day coming up, the city went with a “1960’s style Rally for Recycling” today at the Whole Foods in Lakewood — an…
Last week we asked: Will the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees extend to at-will employees the same buyout deal given teachers a few weeks back in order to trim its budget in the way of the $86-million to $150-million budget shortfall expected over the next two years? To…
I see that the old Dallas Brake & Clutch building on Main and Exposition, which dates back to circa-1930, hopped on LoopNet just yesterday. My dad, a parts man from way back, has fond memories of the building, which hasn’t been the B&C for the last few years. Its 16,202…
Last September I penned a cover story in the Observer about you-know-who, better known as Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. Looking back at it now, there are some interesting, relevant points that may shed some light on the receiver’s current “dark place,’ according to adviser David Wells. My lead to…
Two days ago we looked at Mike Rawlings’s Education Plan, which calls for forming partnerships between the city of Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District. He follows up with the video you see above, in which the city’s former homeless czar insists that the mayor must take an active…
Saw former playoff standout pitcher Curt Schilling on some ESPN baseball preview this morning and he said — I’m paraphrasing — no way in hell the Texas Rangers repeat as American League West Division champs, much less AL champs.Repeating is tough, as no AL team since the 2001 New York…
Late yesterday, Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and I had a long talk about several subjects, one of them being her efforts to trim the budget, yet again, this go-round anywhere from $60 to $110 million — depending, she said, upon how much the state and feds take from the…
The Dallas Mavericks say tonight’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers isn’t a statement game. The Dallas Mavericks are lying. Beating the Timberwolves, Warriors, Jazz, Suns and — last night — the Clippers doesn’t mean diddly poo. If the Mavs don’t beat the Lakers tonight at 9:30 in Staples Center…
As we mentioned below, city and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials have called a 1:30 p.m. press conference to announce that more than likely, the Corps will sooner than later sign off on plans to repair the Trinity River levees by pouring those concrete seepage cutoff walls guesstimated to…
Last night, good Friend of Unfair Park Lakewooder sent the photo you see at right — a couple of food trucks parked in the lot where once the Arcadia proudly stood till it was claimed by fire in June 2006. He asked of this mobile food court: “Is this a…
Hope like hell: Two experiences over the weekend have given Buzz hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York and the other was a seminar on the state budget crisis. Maybe it’s perverse of Buzz to find optimism in disasters, but…
Buster Douglas. Phoebe Cates. Vanilla Ice. Your Texas Rangers? On March 13 a record sellout crowd of 12,014 packed Surprise Stadium for a meaningless yet energized World Series rematch against the San Francisco Giants. Though smack in the middle of the Arizona desert and basking in the glow of the…
City Hall just sent word: Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in the Flag Room, Mayor Dwaine Caraway, Trinity River Corridor Project Committee Chairman Dave Neumann and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Trinity Trust Foundation and Trinity Commons Foundation will hold a press conference to announce “significant news regarding…
Looking for something entirely unrelated on YouTube moments ago, I came across three videos just posted by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra — and by “just posted,” I mean “20 minutes ago,” says DSO manager of publications Chris Shull. They’re part of the DSO’s “new branding campaign,” he says, which will…
Joe Tone, a Village Voice Media veteran and former editor of the Pitch Weekly in Kansas City, was named editor of the Observer today. His first day on the job is Monday. Tone brings a broad mix of reporting, editing and web experience to the post. He previously worked as…
At this very moment, Bravo bigwigs are gathering in New York to announce the network’s latest lineup of reality programs, which will include The Therapists (“Centered on some of the top private practices in Los Angeles …”), Mad Fashion (“presents an up-close look at the over-the-top world of celebrity fashion…
From time to time, Heritage Auction Galleries’ public relations director Noah Fleisher extends us the invite to walk across Oak Lawn Ave. to sneak a peek at some of the latest items on the auction block. It’s hard to say no when every nook and cranny of that high-rise is…
Courthouse News has the lawsuit: GSP Finance LLC v. KPMG LLC, an alphabet soup’s worth of names that sounds thoroughly uninteresting. Until, that is, you crack open the case and discover that GSP Finance is the lending arm of Galatioto Sports Partners — the same company Hicks hired in February…
With last night’s shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes, the Dallas Stars remain on the outside looking in at the NHL’s Western Conference playoffs. Nonetheless, everyone is watching hockey in Texas today. Reason? The ugly brawl between Arlington Martin and Keller High School in the closing minute of their…
One month ago, former Congressional candidate Stephen Broden was making news in New York City when Dallas-based Life Always, of which Broden’s a member, debuted that anti-abortion billboard in SoHo that read, “The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb.” Only a few days later the billboard…
Over the past decade the Dallas Mavericks have been the NBA’s best team at winning games they were supposed to win. In building a legacy of 11 consecutive seasons with 50+ wins and playoff appearances, the Mavericks rarely lose against inferior opponents. It’s the toss-up games or underdog ventures in which…
