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High incomes, low population helps Bellaire, West U keep coronavirus deaths at zero Ryan Nickerson, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail Cars line up on Minute Maid Park (Lot C) at 2208 Preston Street waiting to get tested for COVID-19, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Houston.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Bellaire and West University Place have reported zero deaths due to COVID-19, despite Harris County having some of the highest COVID-19 related death totals in the state. ...

Memoir tracks a career from Houston to the White House with Jimmy Carter FacebookTwitterEmail Raised in Houston, Barry Jagoda is the author of Journeys With Jimmy Carter and Other Adventures in Media.File Deep into his memoir about a life in journalism and media, Barry Jagoda looks back on his college years and recalls an old poly-sci class in which he learned the definition of “politics”: “the skill of resolving conflict.” Jagoda’s career would take him through news, the White House ...

Daily, 6am-4pm 5422 Bellaire Popular Meyerland breakfast stop The Bagel Shop has officially opened another location, this time over in Bellaire, withpatio seating, a counter-style coffee bar with an espresso machine and pastries, bagels, breakfast sandwiches, deli favorites and grab-and-go items. Food Network Star chef Roshni Gurnani will helm the kitchen as executive chef, with chef Adriana Soto as the kitchen supervisor. Pop in for old favorites from whitefish salad and tuna fish salad to ...

January 8, 2021 As I do every year, I would like to start 2021 by paying tribute to all the jewelers who closed their physical stores over the last year. Some worried that a unprecedented number of jewelry stores would close in 2020, given the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting strain on the economy. Yet, like the Jewelers Board of Trade, I didn’t find as many closures this year as I had in the past, and I am not sure why. Perhaps some retailers decided it just wasn’t a great time to shut...

A baritone finds a safe way choirs can sing together again: over car radios Richard Read Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. "The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this mu...

Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. “The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this music brings is what we now as a culture need more than ever,” said an email Newman received from Wisco...

Incoming State Rep. Ann Johnson discusses flooding, healthcare, bipartisanship ahead of session Ryan Nickerson, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail Ann Johnson, candidate for State Rep 134 (D).Jill Karnicki, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer State Representative-elect Ann Johnson, a Democrat and former human-trafficking prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, is also a teacher, small business owner, cancer survivor and will join the growing number of LGBTQ women in the...

The second location for longtime Houston favorite Bagel Shop Bakery, the to-go counterpart of New York Deli and Coffee Shop, is now open today at 5422 Bellaire Blvd. And thats just the beginning. The plan is to open a second location of the sit-down New York Deli and Coffee Shop—with a 300-seat capacity and a full bar—next door as early as spring 2021.  Its another step in modernization for the longtime Houston bagel maker whose original location remains on Hillcroft Street i...

Beloved Houston bagel shop rolls out second location in Bellaire Beloved Houston bagel shop rolls out second location in Bellaire Courtesy of The Bagel Shop Bakery The new location occupies a converted drug store. Courtesy of The Bagel Shop Bakery All bagels will made on-site. Courtesy of The Bagel Shop Bakery Try a pizza bagel. Houston’s newest bagel shop opens this week. The Bagel Shop Bakery, a sister location to the 45-year old Meyerland original, will begin serv...

HPD: No car seats found in crash that left 1-year-old critically injured in Meyerland Police said the vehicle was spotted speeding at 100 mph Tuesday before police found it wrecked along S. Braeswood Boulevard moments later. Author: Ciara Rouege (KHOU) Updated: 5:59 PM CST December 29, 2020 HOUSTON — No car seats were found at the scene of crash Tuesday morning that left two small children injured, including a 1-year-old hospitalized in critical condition, acco...