Magnolia Cajun Comfort to celebrate 5 years in Pearland
Pearland-based restaurant Magnolia Cajun Comfort will be celebrating its five-year anniversary in early October, Chef Steve Haug said.
On the menu: The restaurant serves an assortment of cajun foods, including gumbo, seafood soup, crawfish pies, crawfish etouffee, seafood platters and shrimp and grits, among other items.
Dessert items include beignets, bread pudding, funnel cake fries and creme brulee, among other items.
Meet the chef: Magnolia Cajun Comfort is a family restaurant under the direction of Chef Haug, according to the restaurant's website. Haug has been a chef for over 25 years with nearly 20 years as an executive chef for Houston-based Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House.
PTP Counseling & Mental Performance opens in Friendswood
PTP Counseling & Mental Performance, a mental health and professional counseling service, opened in Friendswood in August, owner Thomas Johnson said in an email.
Quote of note: "At PTP Counseling & Mental Performance, we work with high-achieving professionals whose personal relationships are strained by the pressure they carry at work," Johnson said in an email. "We help them navigate the overlap between career performance and home life so they can succeed in both without burning out."
📍 1506 E. Winding Way Drive, Ste. 503, Friendswood
H-GAC bringing back ‘Free Fare Fridays’ to Greater Houston area in September
The Houston-Galveston Area Council announced the return of a campaign focused on reducing air pollution levels by providing free use of certain mass transit routes on Fridays in September.
What you need to know: As part of Ozone Action Month, multiple transit agencies across the Houston region will allow riders to use mass transit routes free of charge on Fridays in September, according to H-GAC’s website. The initiative aims to reduce the amount of air pollution generated by vehicles on Houston area roads.
The participating agencies include:
Harris County Transit: All routes
Fort Bend Transit: All routes
City of Conroe: Fixed and paratransit routes
The Woodlands Township: All routes
What else: For residents unable to use the transit options, H-GAC officials also suggested other measures to reduce air pollution, including carpooling, reducing the number of trips and biking when possible.
Communities in Texas’ Flash Flood Alley may soon have to install flood warning sirens
Some communities in Flash Flood Alley, which stretches through Central Texas and includes the Colorado and Guadalupe River basins, would be required to install flood warning sirens under a bill advanced by state House lawmakers Aug. 26.
The details: Under Senate Bill 3:
The Texas Water Development Board would identify areas impacted by the deadly July 4-5 floods that have “a history of consistent or severe flooding.”
Local governments in the identified areas would be required to install flood warning sirens if they are not already present.
The state would distribute up to $50,000 in grants to help cities and counties install warning systems.
Lawmakers have said they were concerned that some Hill Country residents and visitors missed or did not receive emergency alerts related to the July 4 floods, which began before sunrise.
Next steps: House lawmakers passed SB 3 unanimously Aug. 26, returning it to the Senate with a minor amendment. If senators sign off on the amendment, the warning siren bill will head to the governor’s desk.
