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    code red

    Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo raises COVID-19 threat level to red, urges residents to stay home

    Steven Devadanam
    Jun 26, 2020 | 12:50 pm
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    Under the highest threat level, Hidalgo advises residents to stay home.
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    With Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s closure of Texas bars already in order, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo increased the COVID-19 threat level in the area to red, or severe, on Friday, June 26. Under this warning, locals are urged to stay home.

    The color-coded system is designed to help provide guidance on the severity of novel coronavirus infections in the county and how residents can protect themselves.

    The indicator dial can be found at ReadyHarris.org.

    “The harsh truth is that our current infection rate is on pace to overwhelm our hospitals in the very near future,” said Hidalgo. “We hope this serves as a wakeup call to everyone that the time to act is now.”

    Under the level one threat, residents are urged to:

    • Stay home, unless you need to make trips to the grocery store for food and medicine
    • Avoid and cancel all gatherings of any size
    • Practice special precautions to prevent spread if you're an essential worker. Check Harris County's guide for more on those workplace safety guidelines
    • All vulnerable individuals (65 years old or over or with pre-existing health conditions) stay home
    • Self-quarantine for 14 days if in close and prolonged contact with someone who has tested positive with COVID-19
    • Wear face coverings to protect others
    • Avoid non-essential business and personal travel
    • Avoid public transportation where possible
    • Cancel visits to nursing homes, long term care facilities, and hospitals
    • Avoid and cancel all indoor and outdoor gatherings, including concerts, rodeos, large sporting events, etc. Schools and after-school activities for youth close, as directed by educational authorities

    Here are the four threat level and their instructions:

    Level 1 - Severe (red) Stay Home
    Level 2 - Significant (orange) Minimize All Contacts
    Level 3 - Moderate (yellow) Stay Vigilant
    Level 4 - Minimal (green) Resume Normal Contacts

    As CultureMap news partner, ABC13, notes, Hidalgo said she would be issuing an advisory similar to the initial “Stay Home, Work Safe” order issued in March. She also pleaded with locals to observe safety guidelines:

    “Since when did we decide as a society that instead of saving a life and preventing the spread of the virus, we would treat human lives, the lives of our neighbors as collateral damage to be dealt with,” she asked.

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    telling stories

    Black-owned Houston bookstore opens new home in historic Third Ward space

    Craig D. Lindsey
    May 13, 2025 | 2:45 pm
    Kindred Stories bookshore Eldorado Ballroom
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    Kindred Stories has moved to its new location.

    Even though its grand reopening will be held this Saturday, May 17, Third Ward bookstore Kindred Stories has already begun a soft opening at its new location inside the Eldorado Ballroom at 2310 Elgin Street.

    Since September 2021, the Black-owned bookstore was located on Stuart St., one of many businesses that came to life thanks to Project Row Houses’ Incubation Program. Last year, the nonprofit informed Kindred and the other business that they had to vacate their premises at the end of this month to allow new businesses to occupy the spaces.

    Thankfully, Kindred already had its eye on the Eldorado location, next to neighborhood eatery The Rado Market (which has a collection of cookbooks curated by Kindred). It’s a space previously held by Hogan Brown Gallery, which abruptly closed in December. “I had caught wind that this space might be available,” Kindred founder/owner Terri Hamm tells CultureMap.

    Hamm turned the moving process into a fun little event for her and her loyal customers. “Last Tuesday, we invited about 20 of our top community members that, you know, are always in the store and have really supported us all of the year,” she says. “We packed up all the books in the space in an hour and, then, we moved everything in an hour. So it was like the beautiful way to close out that space in the midst of the community that has really supported us throughout three-and-a-half years there. And we spent the last four days kind of unboxing and just getting all set up.”

    Hamm says the new location is certainly roomier (around 1200 square feet) than their previous spot, which was only 450 square feet.

    “There's more room to just spend time in the store,” she says. “I feel like that's the ideal bookstore experience, when you can go in and really take your time. I feel like in the other space, it was so small, people kind of felt like they were in a rush.”

    Although Kindred is open and ready to welcome anyone looking for Black-and-proud literature, Hamm insists they’re only 90 percent done. More light fixtures need to be installed. Plants and furniture have to be brought. They even have custom-made wallpaper that needs to be installed.

    “So, we have a few little things that need to happen,” says Hamm, “And, then, I feel like the space will be really, really ready – probably in another six months.”

    In the meantime, it’s business as usual. This month’s calendar of events includes various appearances from authors as well as a couple of book clubs. Hamm is looking forward to new bookworms coming in and discovering what Kindred Stories has to offer.

    “The bestsellers are selling,” she says, “But I feel like, in this space, people are going to get to discover a lot of under-the-radar titles, just because there's more space to see the books and explore.”

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