[City Pulse]
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I'M TRAVIS LICHER HOST, AND ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE EXPERIENCE AMAZING MURALS.
TAKE A TRIP TO THE HOUSTON ZOO AND CELEBRATE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF HOUSTON AIRPORTS.
OUR TOP STORY DEALS WITH MAKING OUR CITY SAFE.
LAST YEAR, MAYOR TURNER LAUNCHED THIS ONE SAFE HOUSTON INITIATIVE.
PART OF THE EFFORT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PREVENT CRIME IS THE GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM UNDER ONE.
UH, WE ARE UTILIZING EVERY QUIVER IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT CRIMES, HOMICIDES, GUN VIOLENCE, AND OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN ACROSS OUR CITY, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING.
THE GUN BUYBACK, ALONG WITH THE USE OF SHOT SPIDER OF THE TECHNOLOGY, DOING MORE TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND, UH, AND POLICE OVERTIME ARE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, UH, THAT MAY PREVENT SOMEONE FROM PULLING THE TRIGGER IN THE FUTURE, OR AT LEAST THINK TWICE BEFORE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM.
IT NEEDS A MULTIFACETED APPROACH, AND I'M UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER CITY THAT IS AS COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS APPROACH AS HOUSTON.
ALL GUNS THAT WE TAKE UP, UH, WE WILL DO A CHECK ON THEM.
UH, WE'LL CHECK TO SEE IF THEY ARE STOLEN.
ALSO, IF THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A CRIME.
WHEN YOU DRIVE UP, WE DON'T WANT YOU HANDLING THE GUNS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO DO THAT AND TAKE THOSE GUNS AND CLEAR 'EM SAFELY AND GET YOU THROUGH AND GET YOU PAID.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY WITH THIS, WE HAVE INCREASED THE, THE LANES THAT'S, THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
SO IT SHOULD GO PRETTY SMOOTH.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT, UH, GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE DO, BUT PEOPLE WITHOUT GUNS DON'T.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AND WE WON A SAFE SUMMER, OKAY? AND SO IT, IT REALLY EMPHASIZES THE MESSAGE OF HAVING A SAFE SUMMER.
SO FAR MORE THAN 2,800 GUNS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN AT THE GUN BUYBACK EVENTS ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL THESE WORDS.
HONOR THE MILITARY OFFICERS WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE US ARMED FORCES FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY.
HTV CHII JOHNSON VISITED HOUSTON'S NATIONAL CEMETERY AND CAPTURED THOSE WHO GAVE RESPECTS FOR THE FALLEN.
WHAT? WELL, THE WHOLE IDEA IS OUR FRATERNITY CAP ALPHA SIZE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE THAT THAT GAVE IT ALL.
SO WE, WE SHOW UP IN, IN PREPARATION AND SUPPORT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT, UH, SO MUCH A, A CELEBRATION FOR US.
UH, WE LIKE TO COME OUT HERE AND REMEMBER THE FALLEN AND WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM.
YEAH, BUT THERE'S ONLY A SPECIAL DAY.
GET ALL THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TOGETHER AND PAY TRIBUTE TO 'EM, JUST TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.
HEY, THIS IS THE DAY FOR ALL AMERICANS TO TAKE THE TIME TO CREATE AND WOMEN TO SACRIFICE ABOUT BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
I'M A VETERAN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY, AND, UH, WE JUST HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT.
WHAT I HAD GROWING UP, THAT CONCEPT THAT THIS WASN'T JUST ANY OTHER HOLIDAY.
WHAT WE DO IS PROTECTING THOSE FREEDOMS THAT EVERYBODY SHES IN AND A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, FRATERNITY BROTHERS HAVE SERVED, AND A NUMBER OF FRATERNITY BROTHERS AND OTHERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL.
THE WHOLE IDEA TO, AS HE SAID, REMEMBER, IS TO REMEMBER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO, TO PAY OUR HOMAGE AS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY PUT THEMSELVES IN ARMS' WAY EVERY DAY AT HOME.
AND IN THIS LANGUAGE, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE, TO THOSE WHO SACRIFICE SO MUCH FOR OUR WAY OF LIFE.
AND WHO DOESN'T LIKE STARS? MOVIE STARS, POP STARS, THE STARS ON YELP WHEN TRYING TO FIND A RAMEN SPOT IN HOUSTON.
BUT SOMETIMES STAR RATINGS CAN PRESENT THE PROBLEM OF TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE UNLESS YOU ARE A HOBBY AIRPORT, THE FIRST AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA TO EARN A FIVE STAR INTERNATIONAL RATING TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
ALL OF THE WORKERS WHOSE NAMES ARE VERY SELDOM CALL IF EVER CALLED IN A FORM OF THIS KIND, UH, BUT WHO HELPED TO MAKE A FIVE STAR AND A FOUR STAR, UM, AIRPORT SYSTEM.
I WANT TO PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO SAY THANK
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YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE.THOSE WHO I'M LOOKING AT AND THOSE WHO ARE WORKING AS WE TALK THIS CELEBRATION.
CELEBR IS A CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS.
IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE MADE HAPPEN.
IT IS THE PROUD RECOGNITION YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND TO THIS CITY.
I'M THRILLED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK OF IN ACCOMPLISHING A FEAT THAT AS LILIAN HAS SAID, NO OTHER AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA HAS BEEN ABLE TO MATCH.
AND BELIEVE ME, THEY ARE TRYING.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU'RE A FIVE STAR AIRPORT HERE.
YOU'RE A FOUR STAR AIRPORT AT BUSH.
UM, AND THAT'S AGAIN, ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN VETTED BY A THIRD PARTY AUDITOR THAT CAME IN HERE AND REALLY SAID THAT WE'RE GETTING IT, WE'RE DOING IT FROM H TOWN WITH LOVE.
THAT TELLS IT ALL THAT THESE EMPLOYEES TAKE PRIDE AND THEY LOVE THEIR CITY AND THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN, SO THAT WAY OTHERS THAT ARE VISITING OUR CITY CAN SEE WHAT CITY, WHAT, UH, HOUSTON OUR CITY HAS TO OFFER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
COMING UP NEXT, FUN WAYS TO KEEP THE KIDS ENGAGED.
THE SUMMER AND ITS SYLVESTER MEETS SYLVESTER AT THE HOUSTON ZOO.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS COMING TOGETHER FOR A GREATER GOAL, REPRESENTS HOUSTON AS A WHOLE AND EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT STYLE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF OUR THING.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE.
MOMENT SHARED WITH LOVED ONES ARE PRECIOUS JOY ENCHANTMENT CONNECTION.
IT'S WHY WE TRAVEL AT HOUSTON AIRPORTS.
WE KNOW THE MAGIC OF FLIGHT BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU SECURE YOUR PARKING SPOT AND EMBARK ON YOUR JOURNEY.
THAT'S WHY WE WORK SO HARD TO BRING YOU THE MOST CONVENIENT PARKING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE THE BEST FIT FOR YOUR TRIP.
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS OR LEISURE, WHETHER YOUR VOYAGE STARTS FROM BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL OR WILLIAM P.
HOBBY AIRPORT, OUR PARKING TEAM AT VALET PARKING ECO PARK, ECO PARK TWO OR TERMINAL PARKING IS HERE TO GIVE YOU A FIRST CLASS EXPERIENCE WITH A BIG TEXAS SMILE.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT AND EVERY MOMENT IN BETWEEN WILL BE FILLED WITH GREAT MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
SO TRAVEL SMARTER, PARK SMARTER, AND GET MORE OF THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER.
SUMMER IN HOUSTON MEANS TRYING TO NOT LOSE YOUR COOL AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES.
THANKFULLY, THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS GOT WAYS TO KEEP YOUR KIDS COOL AND HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS POP-UP BUBBLE BONANZA IN THE BARBARA BUSH PLAZA OF DOWNTOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY HAD PLENTY OF KIDS JUMPING AROUND, BLOWING BUBBLES WITH PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND HAVING A GREAT TIME.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE FOMO, THEN SEARCH THE KIDS' ZONE ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND MORE ONLINE FUN.
THERE'S A NEW SYLVESTER IN TOWN.
MAYOR TURNER RECENTLY MET SYLVESTER.
THE O COPY OPPI, THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE HERD AT THE HOUSTON ZOO.
THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT SPECIES, BUT THESE TWO HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU WOULD THINK.
HOW OLD IS, HE'S JUST FOR A MONTH OLD.
OH, NO, THAT'S BABY SYLVESTER.
YOU KNOW, NOT BORN AT HERMAN HOSPITAL.
AND JUST LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, SHY, YOU KNOW, HAD TO KIND OF GROW INTO IT, BUT NO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S COOL.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE IDEA IT WAS, BUT I I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
IS HIS EARS NATURALLY? SO THERE YOU THINK NICE, BIG SATELLITE LEADERS ARE CONSTANTLY KIND OF MOVING AROUND RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF STANDING LOOKING US.
LIKE, WHAT FOCUSED A LOT OF NOISE UP THERE.
WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOING? IT WAS A NO BRAINER.
YOU KNOW, UH, MAYOR TURNER HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE ZOO AND, UH, WHEN THIS YOUNG GUY WAS BORN, IT WAS SORT OF, HEY, WE NEED A GOOD NAME.
SYLVESTER KIND OF MEANS FOREST DWELLER AND THESE OPS ARE, UH, DENIZENS OF THE DEEP RAINFOREST OF THE CONGO.
BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THIS ZOO DURING YOUR TENURE, UM, IS REMARKABLE
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AND IT'S DULY NOTED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.WHAT A WAY TO, UM, DOWN RAPID THE FINAL YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, NO BETTER PLACE THAN PROCO BEING, UH, RIGHT HERE FOR HOUSTON SUIT.
I CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SEE MUSIC COPIES AND COME OUT AND SEE YA.
UH, LITTLE SEBASTIAN
MY NAME IS GEORGE CHAO AND I WANNA WELCOME Y'ALL TO THE UNVEILING OF THE SHE NX ART DISCOVERY PROJECT RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON.
I THINK THE EVENT WENT AMAZING.
I LOVE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE SHEN COMPANY AND THE SHEN TEAM TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING LOCAL ART INTO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHOWCASES REGIONAL ARTISTS, BUT ALSO LOCALS, VISUAL ARTISTS THAT HAVE CREATED AMAZING PIECES THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS PLAZA FOR YEARS TO COME.
WE KIND OF GET EXPOSED AND GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY THAT'S SUPPORTING US AROUND HERE.
AND IT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN BRING OUT DIFFERENT VENDORS, DIFFERENT ARTISTS TO CELEBRATE A API MONTH.
IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME AND WILDLY OVERWHELMING IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
I'VE BEEN COMING HERE EVER SINCE I WAS, WAS A KID, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE.
IT IS ALL ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE WANT TO USE THE POWER OF ART AND SHEEN'S WIDE REACH TO BRING AWARENESS TO DIFFERENT LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR UNIQUE CULTURES.
SO I PAINTED TWO PICNIC TABLES AND A MONOLITH.
A LOT OF THE INSPIRATION WAS JUST BEING ASIAN.
YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH IT, IT'S A MOMENT.
AND THEN I HAD ALSO HAD TO HAVE A PICNIC TABLE THAT REPRESENTED MY FILIPINO HERITAGE.
AND SO TO BE HERE IN DON WON PLAZA TODAY, FOLKS ARE SHOWING UP.
THEY'RE SHOWING UP TO CELEBRATE A API MONTH, AND THEY'RE SHOWING UP TO CELEBRATE AND SHOP AT.
SHE'S STICKING WITH THE ARTISTIC.
OUR LAST STORY HAS SOME STRIKING VISUALS.
HTV SHAVON HERNDON TAKES US AROUND TOWN TO SEE MORE OF THE MURALS AS PART OF BIG ART.
FOR 11-YEAR-OLD HOUSTON AT ATHLETE, SHOWCASING TRICKS ON HIS BIKE WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS DAY.
UNTIL ONE DAY THIS AVID BIKER SAW HIMSELF ON A BUILDING DOWNTOWN.
MCLA, AN ARTIST FROM GERMANY HIGHLIGHTED ATLEY FOR HOUSTON'S BIG ART, BIGGER CHANGE MURAL DISPLAY.
THE NEW MURALS ARE CONSIDERED THE WORLD'S LARGEST OPEN AIR GALLERY.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 LARGE MURALS BY INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTS.
EACH MURAL DISPLAYS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
THE LANDSCAPE, THE URBAN LANDSCAPE, IS BEING CHANGED, UH, BY VIRTUE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR CITY AND CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.
GIVEN THE CITY'S THAT ADDED PERSONALITY GIVEN DOWNTOWN, THAT ADDED PERSONALITY.
PERSONALITY THAT MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER SAYS, CULTIVATES THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY.
AND SO IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT JUST BUILDING OR ING BUILDINGS, IT'S WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE WITH A VIBRANT MURAL PIECE, SETTING STAGE AS THE BACKDROP OF HOUSTON SPIN AROUND THE BLOCK, MY TURN, BEFORE HE KNOWS IT, THERE WILL BE MORE MURALS UP FOR HIS EVERY TWIST AND TURN.
LIKE, HOW SO? LIKE MORE KIDS LIKE ME CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES AROUND DOWNTOWN NEWVILLE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, I'M SIOBHAN HERDON.
THAT'S GONNA DO IT FOR CITY PULSE THIS WEEK, I'M TRAVIS LEMONS.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, DO BETTER AND BE KIND.