The big question heading into the Texans matchup against the San Diego Chargers has nothing to do with Matt Schaub's hip, Andre Johnson's knee, or Gary Kubiak's recent coaching decisions, but when and where the game will be played. As you're no doubt aware, George Bush started a series of fires in Southern California to distract attention away from the Iraq war, and a lot of people around the San Diego area were forced......

Perspectives 158: Preview Reception at the CAM We've been thoroughy impressed this year with the diverse installations and programs that the CAMH has produced, and the next Perspectives exhibit, opening tonight, is no exception. Be among the first to see the latest Zilkha Gallery exhibition, Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper, at a preview reception tonight, Sept 20th, with the artist. Kelly Nipper, the Southern California-based photographer and installation artist, will lead a tour of the exhibition......

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market......

Before we begin, we'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of James Kim. We are not, by any means, trying to discount that tragedy by juxtaposing posts about the Kims with more light-hearted posts. It's the nature of doing a compilation such as this one: we're trying to give a full slice of the goings-on in the Ist-a-Verse: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Londonist wants you to know where to......

The Houston Bowl held in January has been mired in financial problems and was gasping for air until Lone Star Entertainment, a company owned by the Houston Texans, decided to step in and try to rescue the game. Lone Star and Harris County Houston Sports Authority president Billy Burge took their plans to Southern California yesterday to try to persuade the NCAA to keep the Houston Bowl alive. While Houston has hosted smaller bowls like......

In the holiday rush this week, we didn't notice an article in the Chronicle about Houston's proposed "Walk of Fame" (which actually doesn't have an official name yet). The walk, which will begin at the Wortham Center and extend east along Texas Avenue to Minute Maid Park, then south along Avenida de las Americas to Toyota Center, then back west along Polk, will "honor people and things that have taken the city to national and......