The Friends of the Westside Library has an upcoming organizational meeting. It needs volunteers to secure corporate memeberships and work within the library system for programming events and fundraisers.
Crossing guard Angie Foret stops traffic as parents greet each other after dropping off their kids for the first day of school at Silverlake Elementary School. Foret has been a crossing guard as Silverlake for six years and says the 4 p.m. forecast is 100 degrees, when she'll return to let kids out of school.: Nick de la Torre Chronicle
Silverlake Elementary head back to class today as the 2010-2011 school year kicks off.
Two fundraising events - an open practice and a pep rally - will be held this weekend to help send families of Pearland's Little League team to see their kids play in the Little League World Series.
Two local Pearland restaurants will be hosting watch parties for the Southwest Regional Little League title game. Restaurant managers say a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the team.
The Brazoria County Mosquito Control District has taken to the streets and the air to control recent mosquito outbreak. Meanwhile, KHOU is reporting that recent flooding has the Houston area on the alert for Culex mosquitos, which carry West Nile virus.
