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1 week ago | 
click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Oscar Chavez
HOUSTON – Relief may soon be on the way for Houston residents still recovering from the effects of last year’s May derecho and Hurricane Beryl. The City of Houston is poised to receive $314 million in federal disaster recovery funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with a significant portion of that funding could go toward helping homeowners.
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2 weeks ago | 
click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Oscar Chavez
Published: June 11, 2025 at 5:53 PMSign up for our Newsletters Click2Houston Community Events Published: June 11, 2025 at 5:53 PMHOUSTON – A major change in federal disaster response could soon reshape how states prepare for and recover from natural disasters. President Donald Trump announced his administration will begin phasing out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) once the current hurricane season ends.
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4 weeks ago | 
click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Oscar Chavez |Brittany Taylor
Published: May 30, 2025 at 6:06 PMSign up for our Newsletters Click2Houston Community Events Published: May 30, 2025 at 6:06 PMHOUSTON – After KPRC 2 aired a story about a group of Rice Military homeowners left with a nearly $20,000 repair bill after an 18-wheeler brought down power lines in their neighborhood, another viewer reached out saying the exact same thing happened to him.
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1 month ago | 
click2houston.com | Gage Goulding |Oscar Chavez |Brittany Taylor
HOUSTON – It’s hot in Houston. There’s no other way to say it. Summer is almost here and with it are “feels like” temperatures climbing well above 100° F. This has many people, including you and I, looking for ways to stay in the shade and cool. For many, that means inside in the air conditioning. “ACs are working as strong as they can right now,” Rick Young with Hunter’s Air and Heat tells us.
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1 month ago | 
click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Oscar Chavez |Michael Horton
HOUSTON – Houston city leaders are facing a sobering financial outlook as they begin discussions on the proposed 2026 city budget. During a recent City Council finance committee meeting, Finance Director Melissa Dubowski presented both the immediate budget plan and a five-year forecast that paints a challenging fiscal picture, with projected shortfalls ranging from $100 million to $500 million in the coming years.
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1 month ago | 
click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Oscar Chavez |Michael Horton
Published: May 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM Tags: General Land Office, GLO, Homeowners Assistance Program, Hurricane Harvey, Houston Sign up for our Newsletters Click2Houston Community Events Published: May 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM Tags: General Land Office, GLO, Homeowners Assistance Program, Hurricane Harvey, Houston HOUSTON – A Houston woman says the home built for her as part of the Hurricane Harvey recovery effort is riddled with structural issue—so much so, she still hasn’t moved in six months after it...
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
click2houston.com | Gage Goulding |Oscar Chavez |TX Oscar Chavez
Published: March 28, 2025 at 6:03 PMTags: Local News, Houston, Houston Astros, Daikin Park, Parking, Downtown Houston, SportsHOUSTON – It’s no secret that parking in downtown Houston can come at a premium cost. Finding a parking spot outside Daikin Park for a Houston Astros game will run you a pretty penny. Some lots are charging roughly $60-80 per spot, while others are charging up to $174 for a single spot. “That’s insane.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
click2houston.com | Gage Goulding |Oscar Chavez |Adrian Montes |Jason Nguyen
FRITCH, Texas – In the year following the largest wildfire to every burn in Texas history, Texans across the state have learned many lessons. But none might be more important than the cause of the fire, which has been hiding in plain sight for years and, quite honestly, shouldn’t even be a surprise.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
click2houston.com | Gage Goulding |Oscar Chavez |TX Oscar Chavez
Published: March 14, 2025 at 3:25 PMTags: Local News, Houston, Wildfire, Fire, Wildfires, Houston Fire Department, Texas Panhandle, Amarillo, Fritch, Borger, Stinnett, Canadian, PampaCANADIAN, Texas – When wildfires spark up, it doesn’t take much to turn them from a small burn into a raging inferno. Texas saw first hand how quickly a combination of low humidity and high winds can drive a fire to historic proportions. It was one year ago that the 2024 Texas Panhandle fires started.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
click2houston.com | Gage Goulding |Oscar Chavez |TX Oscar Chavez
Published: March 13, 2025 at 4:41 PMTags: Local News, Houston, Harris County, Clear Lake, Sylvan Rodriguez Park, Houston Fire Department, Houston Firefighters, Firefighters, Houston Parks and Recreation, Controlled Burn, Prescribed Burn, WildfireHOUSTON – As wildfire season ramps up throughout Texas, firefighters in Houston are looking to get ahead of the flames by burning a 50-acre park on purpose. It’s called a controlled burn or a prescribed burn.
