Before the summer heat kicks into full gear, now is the perfect time to give your HVAC system a little attention.

A search warrant reveals Houston Police Department’s environmental unit is investigating Houston business DeWalch Technologies for hazardous wastes “being discharged into the environment, the City of Houston Sanitary Sewer system, and into or adjacent to a stormwater drainage system.”

The system Houston firefighters use to dispatch fire trucks is down, the Houston Fire Department confirmed.

This is National Hurricane Preparedness week and, in true form, Mother Nature delivered Tropical Storm Andres over the weekend--the earliest system to form in the Pacific. The Pacific season officially starts May 15th. Our begins June 1st.

Harris County is moving away from a vaccine waitlist to an appointment-making system.

HOUSTON We may be on the precipice of disaster, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said Thursday as she announced a new system to help residents understand the threat level of coronavirus in the Houston area. In a joint press conference, Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner explained the new system that breaks down threat levels in four tiers that are color-coded. Hidalgo said the system was designed so residents could break through the noise of all the information available on coronavirus and case trends. What to do: At this level, residents may resume normal contact with others unless sick. If youve been exposed to COVID-19, quarantine for 14 daysYou can read more about Hidalgo and Turners threat level system on the Ready Harris website.