🌱 Houston License Plate Reader Cams Fight Crime + Blood Shortage

Carlos Hernandez
Updated ·3 min read

Welcome back, Houston! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Houston today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 57 Low: 35.

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Here are the top five stories today in Houston:

1. University of Houston - Clear Lake Alumni Hardik Jani used biotech skills learned in his Master of Science in Biotechnology program to help create a COVID vaccine at Moderna. Jani came to UHCH straight from India. Prior to Moderna, Jani worked at a startup company called Base Pair Biotechnologies in Houston after graduation. (University of Houston - Clear Lake)

2. 26-year-old Jeho Martinez has been charged with murder and felony injury to a child in the death of Zyre Ornelas. Court documents say Martinez is accused of beating his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter to death and attempted to blame her 5-year-old brother as a cause for her injuries. (Click2Houston)

3. The nationwide blood shortage is affecting Houston-area cancer patients. They want to remind locals that when they donate blood, it helps save the lives of cancer patients. "Doctors have to use blood transfusions to essentially bring your immune system back up, so you can live and thrive," says cancer patient Bev Saltzman Lewyn. (Fox 26 Houston)

4. A grand jury convened Friday to decide whether or not criminal charges against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson will move forward. The NFL star also faced depositions in two civil suits filed against him at the same time. (KHOU 11)

5. More than 100 license plate reader cameras are set to be up and running in Houston's Council District J, according to Councilmember Edward Pollard, who represents the district. Pollard says the cameras are part of an effort to combat the uptick in crime and plays into the "One Safe Houston" crime reduction plan. (ABC 13)

Today in Houston:

  • Moxies x Houston Rodeo at MOXIES Houston Restaurant. (9:00 AM)

  • ROCO Unchambered: Tapestry at MATCH - Midtown Arts And Theater Center Houston. (5:00 PM)

  • Soccer: Houston Dynamo Vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at PNC Stadium. (5:30 PM)

  • En Tus Ojos Míos - Solo show By Nerissa Gomez at MECA Houston. (6:00 PM)

  • Dua Lipa In Concert at City of Houston. (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Daylight saving time announces its entrance at 2 a.m. local time Sunday for most of the country. Don't forget to set your clocks forward Saturday night. (Click2Houston)

  • Enbridge is moving its Houston offices from the Galleria after signing a sublease in McDermott International's building in the Energy Corridor. (Houston Chronicle)

  • 72,000 people turned out to see Journey on Thursday, March 10 for legendary rock band Journey's RodeoHouston debut. (CultureMap Houston)

  • A Houstonian born in Ukraine has gathered medical supplies to send overseas. Michael Bleyzer moved to Houston in 1978 and owns The Bleyzer Foundation, a non-profit development organization that helps promote business development worldwide. (Click2Houston)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for another 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.

This article originally appeared on the Houston Patch