We welcome you to our 3rd annual National Night Out on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Last year’s National Night Out was absolutely incredible and this year we have partnered with Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, and Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia to make the event even bigger and better than ever!
Please join yours truly, Constable Silvia Trevino and our amazing Precinct 6 Team for an evening of FREE food, FREE entertainment, and FREE door prizes! We’ll also have surrounding Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicles, Low Riders, live music and much more!
National Night Out is a free annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. Furthermore, it provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.
Join us at 5900 Canal Street, Houston, Texas 77011 for a night of fun, food and community building!
Anuel AA and Bad Bunny were the big winners at the 2019 Premios Juventud taking home three awards each. The Puerto Rican trap singers were followed by Cardi B, Daddy Yankee, Karol G and Maluma who won two each.
The 16th edition of Premios Juventud celebrated music, pop culture, digital media, fashion, TV and social media during a four-hour live show that included performances supporting the new generation of urban music such as Guaynaa, Lunay and Sech.
The highlight of the night definitely was Daddy Yankee’s speech, dedicated to his homeland’s crisis.
“I claim the governor to hand over his position in a peaceful, reasonable and diplomatic manner,” he said. “Even though I travel the world, my final destination is always my home, Puerto Rico.”
Maluma and Jesse & Joy were the first artists to receive the “Agente de Cambio,” honoring their humanitarian work. Two young Latinos, Alondra Toledo and Carlos Osuna, were also honored with the trophy for their leadership and positive contributions to the community.
See the full winner list below:
SINGING IN THE SHOWER
Anuel AA & Karol G: “Secreto”
EL TRAFFIC “JAM”
Anuel AA Ft. Romeo Santos: “Ella Quiere Beber” Remix
COUPLES THAT FIRE UP MY FEED
Anuel AA & Karol G
SCROLL STOPPER
Bad Bunny
CAN’T GET ENOUGH…
Bad Bunny
STREET STYLE
Bad Bunny
SHOE-AHOLIC
Cardi B
REALITY SHOW BREAK-OUT ARTIST
Cardi B
THIS IS A “BTS”
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B: Behind the Scenes “Taki Taki”
No Texans player cracked the top 10 of the NFL Network annual list of top 100 players, but DeAndre Hopkins and J.J. Watt came close.
Hopkins is ranked 11th and Watt is ranked 12th, respectively, on the list voted on by players.
A two-time All-Pro, Hopkins caught 111 passes for 1,572 yards and 11 touchdowns last season. He ranked 13th on the list last year.
A three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Watt came back from injuries last year and recorded 16 sacks and seven forced fumbles for the AFC South champions. Watt ranked first on the list in 2015.
The top 10 players, with an order to be announced Wednesday night, will be comprised of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown, Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones, Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey today announced that the team has acquired guard Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for guard Chris Paul, two protected first round picks, and other draft considerations.
Westbrook (6-3, 200) was originally the fourth overall pick by Oklahoma City in the 2008 NBA Draft. In 821 career games with 804 starts, he has averaged 23.0 points, 8.4 assists, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.76 steals.
In addition to being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2016-17, Westbrook is an eight-time All-Star, two-time All-Star Game MVP, eight-time All-NBA selection (First Team twice, Second Team five times, Third Team once), and he won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2012. He has led the league in assists in each of the past two seasons and is a two-time scoring champion.
Over the past five seasons, Westbrook joins James Harden and LeBron James as the only players to have averaged at least 25.0 points, 8.0 assists, and 6.0 rebounds. Harden and Westbrook were teammates with the Thunder during Harden’s first three seasons from 2009-10 through 2011-12. They last played together during the 2012 NBA Finals.
Harden and Westbrook have both finished in the top-10 for MVP voting in each of the past five seasons, with both placing in the top-five in the same season three times over that span.
A late goal by defender DaMarcus Beasley gave the Houston Dynamo a 1-1 draw with reigning Mexican champions Club América tonight at BBVA Stadium in the quarterfinal of the inaugural Leagues Cup, but Las Aguilas prevailed 6-5 on penalties to move on to the semifinals.
Beasley scored his second goal of the year for the club – both in international competition – when he joined the attack in the 85th minute and ran onto a pass from defender Kevin Garcia inside the penalty area to the left of goal. The American soccer legend took a touch before firing a rocket into the upper right corner of the net, giving América goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín no chance.
Midfielder Nicolás Benedetti gave Club América the lead in the 73rd minute after he controlled a ball from forward Nicolás Castillo at the edge of the box. Benedetti poked the ball past an onrushing effort from Dynamo goalkeeper Joe Willis at the near post to break the gridlock.
In the penalty shootout, Marchesín saved Houston’s first penalty attempt to give América the early advantage and the teams each converted their second, third and fourth kicks. In the fifth round, América forward Roger Martinez’s effort was off target and Houston’s Eric Bird converted to send the shootout into extra frames. Both teams made their sixth attempt and América forward Giovani dos Santos made his shot in Round 7. Houston defender Sam Junqua’s shot went over the bar to give the visitors the victory.
The Dynamo outshot América 12-9 in the game and had a number of chances to take the lead prior to Benedetti’s goal, but the hosts were unable to find the opening they needed. Forward Michael Salazar led all players on the night with five shots while fellow striker Alberth Elis had three, but each time the América defense was able to do just enough or Marchesín was there for a save to deny the forwards.
Willis was called into action in the eighth minute after Club América forward Roger Martinez cut to his outside foot to create space for a shot that was saved at the near post. He came up big once again in the 67th minute after Dynamo defender Alejandro Fuenmayor conceded a free kick at the edge of the penalty box. Castillo took the free kick and his effort went over the wall but was palmed away by the Dynamo shot stopper at the goal line.
Earlier this month, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander had a sitdown conversation with Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan — his idol and an executive assistant in Houston’s front office — to discuss a variety of topics that included pitching styles, how to prepare between starts and longevity in the game.
Ryan, who pitched 27 seasons and struck out more batters than any pitcher in Major League history, told Verlander how he developed a changeup later in his career, despite having two dominant pitches in his 100-mph fastball and hard-bending curveball.
Verlander took the conversation to heart and relied heavily on his secondary pitches, including his work-in-progress changeup, to dominate on Tuesday night at Progressive Field. He struck out 13 while allowing two hits and no walks in seven innings to send the streaking Astros to their 10th win in their past 12 games, 2-0, over the Indians.
“It was pretty cool to sit there and have a conversation like that with my idol,” Verlander said. “Pretty special. He had some really good insights on some stuff that I hadn’t really thought of, and I took it out there and pretty much right away started having some better results.”
Verlander (14-4) improved to 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his last four starts while lowering his Major League-best WHIP to 0.81. He retired 21 of the 23 batters he faced, allowing leadoff singles to Roberto Perez in the third inning and Greg Allen in the sixth. Only one batter reached second base against Verlander, who posted his third consecutive double-digit strikeout game and is 98 K’s away from 3,000 in his career.
“He’s really good, and he showcased it all tonight,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “I don’t know if it was his determination to pitch well in this ballpark or matching up with [Shane] Bieber, which is a really incredible matchup, or his creativity, his secondary stuff. This is probably the most secondary stuff he’s thrown in his career in a game. He pitched to some areas that he got some punchouts, soft contact. They hit a couple of balls hard, but really he controlled the entire game from the beginning.”
Verlander snapped a six-game winless start streak at Progressive Field, winning for the first time in Cleveland since June 21, 2014. He was 0-5 with a 6.88 ERA in his previous six starts on the road against the Indians.
“I exorcised some demons here today,” Verlander said. “It hadn’t been too great for me here in this ballpark. I didn’t pitch here last year, but the years before that with the Tigers, [I did]. So it was nice to come in and be able to execute, especially in a tight ballgame and against a great pitcher in Bieber and keep those runs off the board and allow our guys to go out and scratch across a couple, and Will [Harris] and [Roberto] Osuna came in and did the job in the eighth and ninth. It’s hard to script it much better than that.”
Veteran catcher Robinson Chirinos, who’s caught all 23 of Verlander’s starts this year, found himself hitting ninth Tuesday when the Astros trotted out a deep, dangerous and healthy lineup that for the first time included rookie Yordan Alvarez and former All-Stars George Springer, Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa, as well as potential American League Player of the Month for July, Yuli Gurriel.
Despite all that star power, it was Chirinos who broke the ice with a fifth-inning homer off Bieber. Brantley, returning to play in Cleveland for the first time in the regular season since signing with Houston, added an RBI single later in the inning for a 2-0 lead. The homer was the first for Chirinos since June 24 (89 at-bats).
“He gets lost a little bit in this dynamic lineup we have,” Verlander said. “For God sakes, the guy’s hitting ninth. He’s a special player and I think he should get some more credit.”
Chirinos, who followed a 7-for-53 funk by hitting .375 in his past 11 games, said he’s been working on his mechanics and staying behind the ball more to allow him to drive the baseball where it’s pitched.
“Me hitting ninth, I contributed to the win tonight,” Chirinos said. “There’s no break for the guys on the other side facing our lineup.”
Normally, Altuve hitting .300 at the end of July wouldn’t be a reason for him to celebrate. A three-time batting champion, Altuve came off the injured list June 19 after missing 35 games and was hitting just .243. In the 33 games since, he’s hitting .357, including going 3-for-4 on Tuesday to reach .300 for the first time since the opening series of the season.
“It means a lot, especially on this team,” Altuve said. “I’ve been working really hard every day to get to this point. I just want to be part of this process. I know we have a great opportunity and we have to go out there and make it happen. I want to be part of it.”
“The number’s big for him and everybody’s used to it, but Jose Altuve is a really good player,” Hinch said. “That’s not really breaking news around July 31.”
Una nueva y dura acusación en contra de la recia política migatoria del gobierno de Donald Trump se dio a conocer este martes.
Según denunció ACLU, la administración Trump ha separado a más de 900 niños de sus familias a pesar de que un juez ordenó a la administración que detuviera las separaciones hace más de un año.
“El gobierno está separando sistemáticamente a un gran número de familias con base a antecedentes penales menores, acusaciones muy dudosas de falta de aptitud y errores en la identificación de relaciones de buena fe entre padres e hijos”, dijo la ACLU en una presentación ante un tribunal de distrito federal en San Diego.
La ACLU le pidió a un juez federal que impidiera que la administración continuara con las separaciones, lo que dijeron que desafiaba la orden judicial.
Por su parte, la administración Trump ha dicho que las autoridades solo separarán a los niños si los adultos representan un peligro en función de sus antecedentes penales o sospecha de abuso.
Sin embargo, ACLU alega que la posición del gobierno es que pueden separar legalmente a los niños de los adultos sobre la base de cualquier historial criminal, sin importar cuán pequeño sea, reportó The Hill.
“Es impactante que la administración Trump continúe tomando bebés de sus padres. Más de 900 familias más se unen a las miles de otras que anteriormente fueron destrozadas por esta política cruel e ilegal. No se debe permitir que la administración eluda la orden judicial por infracciones como infracciones menores de tránsito”, dijo Lee Gelernt, abogado principal en la demanda.
Según la acusación, docenas de padres han sido separados debido a infracciones de tránsito, delitos de DUI, posesión de drogas y delitos de fraude o falsificación. En muchos casos, dijo ACLU, “no está claro si el padre fue condenado por el delito relevante o simplemente acusado”.
La presentación alega que desde el 28 de junio de 2018 hasta el 29 de junio de 2019, los agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas han separado a 911 niños, incluidos numerosos bebés y niños pequeños, con base a antecedentes penales, así como la determinación unilateral y sin respaldo de los acusados de que el padre no es apto o es un peligro “o un error acerca de la identidad del adulto como padre del niño.
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lisa J. Rodriguez and John H. Eichelberger, III to the Appraisal Management Companies Advisory Committee for terms set to expire on January 31, 2021. The committee advises the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board and makes recommendations on matters relating to the regulation of appraisal management companies.
Lisa J. Rodriguez of Schertz is owner and Operations Manager of South Texas Appraisal Management and Office Manager of Patrick Ingram Appraisals, LLC. She has over 25 years of experience in the real estate and residential appraisal industries. Rodriguez is a United States Air Force Veteran and is active with the San Antonio United Services Organization.
John H. Eichelberger, III of Houston is an associate attorney at Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. He serves as a Committeeman on the Calf Scramble Donors Committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and on the Board of Directors of Urban Reform. He served in the Office of White House Management for President George W. Bush. Eichelberger received a Bachelor of Arts in government and international politics from George Mason University and a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Texas School of Law.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Buffalo, LLC will open a new flat roll steel mill manufacturing facility in Sinton, Texas. Buffalo is a subsidiary of Steel Dynamics, Inc., one of the largest domestic steel producers and metal recyclers in the country. The new facility will create more than 590 new jobs and generate more than $1.9 billion in capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $5,920,000 has been extended to Buffalo, LLC.
“Texas remains the premier economic destination in America because of hardworking Texans and job creators like Buffalo, LLC,” said Governor Abbott. “This $1.9 billion capital investment and the nearly 600 new jobs are a testament to the strong economic climate we have created in the Lone Star State. The state of Texas thanks Buffalo, LLC for investing in the city of Sinton and we look forward to working with them to grow Texas’ reputation as the nation’s leading economic powerhouse.”
“We are extremely excited to announce our selection of Sinton as the site for our next-generation, new flat roll steel mill investment,” said Mark. D. Millett, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are eager to join the Sinton community, and we appreciate the warm welcome and support that we have received from them, Governor Abbott and the State of Texas, as well as local leaders from San Patricio County, the City of Sinton, and the Sinton Independent School Board. We thank them for their trust, shared vision, and support for this important strategic investment. We anticipate the project will create approximately 600 well-paying positions, and abundant opportunities for indirect job growth from customers and other support service providers, bringing meaningful economic growth to the surrounding communities.”
“In 2016, CCREDC did a Target Industry Analysis that helped us build the case for supporting a major Electric Arc Furnace Steel manufacturer and enhance our economic diversification,” said Iain Vasey, President and CEO of the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation. “CCREDC has been actively meeting with major companies in the steel industry since 2016 and we were able to meet with Steel Dynamics, Inc. as part of these efforts, and were impressed by the company’s commitment to good corporate citizenship, its environmental leadership and its focus on caring for employees. We are proud to have been able to work with SDI to help identify the site, assist the company and local governments in structuring a mutual-win incentive package, and support SDI in reaching its decision to locate here. This is a wonderful employer that will have a major positive impact that will be felt throughout the region. We thank them for their confidence in the Coastal Bend and look forward to helping them for many years to come.”
The impact for the city nearest the project will be transformational. Sinton Mayor Edward Adams is enthusiastic: “This is the biggest welcome we will have ever celebrated. Welcome to Sinton, Texas.”
San Patricio County Judge David Krebs is excited about the employment opportunities this project will present for the western part of his county. “SDI’s project represents a tremendous boom for Sinton and the surrounding region; it’s a win/ win for the city of Sinton, Sinton ISD, and the residents of the area who will have this new opportunity for employment,” he said.
“The Steel Dynamics team has been a pleasure to work with through this process and Sinton ISD is hopeful that they will choose Sinton as their site. A project of this magnitude, especially a company that is so employee friendly, would be a huge benefit to Sinton ISD, as well as the community of Sinton, San Patricio County and the State of Texas,” said Chad Jones, Superintendent of Sinton ISD.
“The Port of Corpus Christi is thrilled to welcome Steel Dynamics to the region. As we continue to build additional needed infrastructure to effectively manage the forecasted growth in exports, we will see more business investment coming to Corpus Christi, creating thousands more jobs and economic benefit for the Coastal Bend, Texas, and the Nation,” said Sean Strawbridge, Chief Executive Officer for the Port of Corpus Christi
