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Morning Dallas! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Dallas comedy nights are turning laughs into college tuition help
  • How bad is Dallas’ mountain cedar season—and what can you do?
  • What led to a deadly dating-app meetup in northwest Dallas?

Also on today's calendar: Crain & Wooley: Free Estate Planning Webinar and 8 more events.

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Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: A morning shower or two; warm, with a high of 80 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Friday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 69, low: 40.
  • Saturday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Luis Juarez Is Making Comedy for Dallas Dreamers (dmagazine.com) — Dallas comedian Luis Juarez is using free, donation-based “Laugh It Forward” shows at city-backed cultural centers to raise scholarship money for Dallas College students hit by higher non-resident tuition. Partnering with For the City Comedy, the series has already brought in thousands and aims for $10,000 to help local and international students stay enrolled.
   

2. Mountain cedar making North Texas allergy sufferers miserable (cbsnews.com) — Mountain cedar pollen is hitting Dallas hard, sending many residents to trails like Cedar Ridge Preserve sniffling through their workouts. A Children’s Health specialist in Dallas explains how the potent pollen can worsen asthma and offers practical steps to limit exposure and know when to call a doctor. Local allergy sufferers also share how they cope day to day.
   

3. Dating app meetup turns fatal after 26-year-old shoots, kills transgender woman (dallasnews.com) — A deadly shooting inside a northwest Dallas home left a 57-year-old woman dead and her husband wounded after a meetup arranged through a dating app. Police say 26-year-old Noah Trueba was arrested nearby and now faces a murder charge, with conflicting accounts from him and the surviving victim about what led to the gunfire. The case remains under investigation by Dallas authorities.
   

4. Texas ICE official on tension and turmoil in cities across U.S. (cbsnews.com) — An ICE field office leader based in Dallas explains how agents are handling growing tension and safety concerns around immigration enforcement nationwide, following a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. He defends officers’ tactics, emphasizes their public safety mission, and urges the public to consider context behind viral videos of confrontations.
   

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    Thursday January 8
  • Computer Help
    Oak Lawn Branch Library , 4100 Cedar Springs Road , Dallas
    2:00 pm
  • Vision Board Workshop: Goals, Glow-Ups & Global Wisdom
    Oak Lawn Branch Library , 4100 Cedar Springs Road , Dallas
    5:00 pm
  • Spanish Cinema Now+: Premios Goya | Mariposas negras (Black Butterflies)
    Meadows Museum , 5900 Bishop Blvd , Dallas
    7:00 pm
  • Steph Tolev
    Punch Line Irving , 310 W Las Colinas Blvd. suite 130 , Irving
    7:30 pm

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