An independent review of the University of Texas study that famously declared fracking could not be tied to groundwater contamination has recommended that the school retract it. The well-publicized report released earlier this year by the Energy Institute, "Fact-based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development," purported to bring...
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Back in April, Raymond Jackson and James Curtis Williams once again found themselves in a Dallas County courtroom, some 28 years after they were sentenced to life in prison the 1983 rape and assault of a 26-year-old Highland Park woman. This time, the mood was different. DNA evidence proved that...
In 2008, Denton police began fielding reports from women who complained that their physician, Dr. Ramon Cruz, was overstepping professional boundaries. One claimed Cruz had put his hand down the front of her pajama pants. Another alleged he had grabbed her from behind and put his hand under her shirt...
Burger week was so crazy I forgot to run a post pointing to my weekly review. Last week I hit up Velvet Taco, a restaurant I know has caused some consternation amongst taco purists who prefer their taquerias dingy, dirty and cheap. In a town that offers so many authentic...
On July 13, Angel Dobbs was driving her boyfriend's car north down the George Bush Turnpike when they were pulled over by state troopers. The troopers said they had spotted Dobbs throw a cigarette butt out the window. According to a lawsuit filed by the Dobbs yesterday in federal court,...
If your mouth waters a little when you see one of those "I'm A Pepper" shirts, then you undoubtedly recall last summer when Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group decided to sue Dublin Bottling Works, the then-sole maker of the original-formula Imperial Cane Sugar Dr Pepper. Papa Bear said Baby Bear...
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The Partners!
The Nasher Sculpture Center announced its grand 10-year celebration plan this afternoon, and it comes at an interesting time for the Dallas art community. They've already raised $1 million of the required funds for a program called Nasher Xchange, which will commission 10 site-specific works of public art by 10...
Ian WitlenYes, this happened. Liz Tracy, Music Editor of our sister paper Broward-Palm Beach New Times, is aboard the S.S. Coachella cruise this week. Day one is here and day two is here. Most of the people we met on the S.S. Coachella had never been on a cruise before...
This upcoming legislative session is shaping up to be a real barn-burner. In addition to the anti-TSA groping measure and the continued battle against the imaginary scourge of Sharia law already filed by other legislators, Representative Dwayne Bohac of Houston has made things even more lively. A couple weeks back,...
Kari Gates, long-time Plano resident and purveyor of Spring Creek Organic Farm, lobbied for almost a year to persuade her city to change ordinances that essentially prevent farmers' markets from operating successfully there. It didn't work. Monday night, the Plano City Council discussed long-awaited amendments to Plano's health code and...
On New Year's Eve, a state judge ruled that Texas can keep Planned Parenthood out of its new, state-run Women's Health Program. On January 1, that program began; it'll continue to be Planned Parenthood-less until at least January 11, when the next hearing in the case will be held, and...
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I've spent days stuffing my gullet, looking for something that should be relatively easy to find. It's called a puffy taco, and apparently it's delicious, but I can't be sure because you can't purchase puffy tacos here in Dallas -- anywhere. The puffy taco got its start in San Antonio,...
Late last year, as most of the city's creators went into holiday hibernation, the Observer's culture editor, Jamie Laughlin, assembled a team of fellow cultural obsessives and went to work, looking for this year's Masterminds. See also: The Dallas Observer 2011 MasterMinds Awards It's the third straight year we've done...
When we last left the beleaguered members of the City Plan Commission, they were opting to once again delay a vote on energy company Trinity East's application to drill for natural gas in the floodplain along the Trinity River. This morning, the CPC was subjected to a four-hour workshop on...
If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long, slow trek down the school's single hallway, arriving at his first class, chemistry, before the tardy bell rings five minutes...
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The Artful Trifecta
The back door of Dixon Grocery, a few steps from where James Harper was shot by a Dallas police officer this summer, is damn near impenetrable. It survived an attempted break-in last night with some serious dents and three damaged padlocks but remained intact. The roof, unfortunately, was not so...
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Kartik Rathore opened The People's Last Stand in Mockingbird Station more than a year ago, and the foremost concept was it would be an upscale bar serving high-quality drinks. It was his first endeavor in the restaurant and bar business and he admittedly had a hard time in the beginning...
The country music that came from DFW in 2012 was perhaps even more of a mixed bag than 2011. Last year, many newcomers were featured on our list of the Ten Best Local Country Songs, but this year, the vets held their ground with authority. From stone-cold, sawdust-kicking AM gold...
Smashburger announced the opening of the fifth Dallas area location of their popular burger chain based in Colorado. The new restaurant is opening in Mockingbird Station later this fall. If the Smash is not your thing, a number of other restaurants are opening in the shopping center that flanks the...
If you ask the people who run it, the city's red light camera program, aka SafeLight, has been a tremendous success. They cite statistics maintained by the program showing the number of crashes at intersections has dropped by more than half, from 115 to 57 per year, and that the...