🌱 Affordable Homes Meeting Set + Tragic House Fire Kills 2 Kids

Happy Tuesday, people of Houston! These are the most important things going on around Houston today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny, a shower; warm. High: 86 Low: 75.

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Here are the top five stories in Houston today:

1. City of Houston has announced a meeting scheduled for May 5 for the planned development of new affordable homes along Stella Link Road. The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Harmony School of Ingenuity on 10555 Stella Link Road, Houston. It is intended to give nearby residents a chance to provide input on the project's design. (Community Impact Newspaper)

2. A 4-year-old boy was shot in the head with an unattended gun that wound up in a 9-year-old child's hands, deputies said Monday. The sheriff's office received a call of the shooting at about 12:20 p.m. in the 22300 block of Guston Hall Lane, located not too far from the Grand Parkway in west Harris County. (ABC 13)

3. U.S. President Joe Biden was expected to meet with the parents of Austin Tice in Washington D.C. on Monday. Austin is a Houston native and journalist who disappeared in the Middle East in 2012. (KHOU 11)

4. Levi Goode will unveil his newest project, Goode Co. Fish Camp, today. It is located in the former Goode Co. Barbeque space at 8865 Six Pines Dr. The menu includes oysters, shrimp, crab fingers, and the company's signature campechana in a seafood tower. (CultureMap Houston)

5. The father who desperately tried to save his two children from a burning home over the weekend, Dustin Jones, is a firefighter with the Galveston Fire Department, officials confirm. The fire broke out around 2:35 a.m. Saturday on 21st Street and Avenue K. Both kids were rushed to UTMB Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. (Click2Houston)

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Today in Houston:

• Stephanie Stuckey-Revival Of A 3rd Generation Business at Omni Houston Hotel and Resort. (11:00 AM)
• District C Redistricting Town Hall Meeting. (6:00 PM)
• Aperitivo Italiano - Sipping At Lake Garda - The Italian Cultural and Community Center. (7:00 PM)
• 20th Annual Menu of Menus at Silver Street Studios. (7:00 PM)
• Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners at Minute Maid Park. (7:10 PM

From my notebook:

• The city of Pearland will celebrate the retirement of the Pearland Fire Department chief from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 4 at Fire Station No. 4. (Community Impact Newspaper)
• Ever Forward Apparel donated $20,000 to Houston SPCA, allowing them to do life-saving work every day. (Facebook)
• Tako N’ Tequila opened in mid-March at 220 S. Gulf Freeway, League City. The business serves a variety of tacos as well as fajitas, enchiladas, breakfast meals, desserts and cocktails. (Community Impact Newspaper)
• An inmate died following a fight within Beaumont’s high security federal prison on Sunday, prison officials said. (Houston Public Media)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with a new update.

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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