Good morning, Houston. If you ever stop to think about all the ordinances in effect in the city — admit it, you do — you probably wonder just how much space all those laws would take up if they were written down. Well, now we know: around 5,000 pages. That tidbit comes from the Chronicle's Matt Stiles, who recently reported that the city approved a new three-year contract with the Municipal Code Corp. of......

We talked yesterday about the body parts that were found in northwest Harris County in the past few days — remember, homicide investigators initially thought the decomposed parts (two hands and a foot) belonged to a human, but later they discovered they were actually bear parts. So, case closed, right? Well, it still leaves the question of where the bear came from and what it was doing so close to Houston. And so far, no......

The Chronicle's Matt Stiles brings us the locations of the city's 10 newest red-light cameras, a couple of which we had already noticed — while lawfully stopping at red lights, we might add. And here they are: Northbound Wayside at Gulf Freeway Northbound Woodridge at Gulf Freeway Northbound West Bellfort at Southwest Freeway Northbound Fairbanks N. Houston at Northwest Freeway Northbound West Sam Houston Parkway South at Westpark Eastbound FM 2351 at Gulf Freeway Eastbound......

As Texans, we can't get enough Mexican food, which is why we were thrilled to learn On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina will be bringing more of their Tex-Mex fare to the Houston area. Like most large restaurant chains, On the Border is focusing on the suburbs, so if you ever find yourself in Spring, Humble, Rosenberg or Pearland, check them out. The casual Mexican restaurant offers traditional food: quesadillas, fajitas, and our......

More on the guy who was killed on Highway 290 after falling from the side of a moving 18-wheeler Wednesday night: Turns out he was on the truck because he landed there after jumping from an overpass. Witnesses told deputies that they saw a man jump from the 12000 block of Barker Cypress around 9:30 p.m. The man landed on top of an 18-wheeler traveling west on the 2400 block of Northwest Freeway that was......

Think Harris County has undervalued your house in its appraisal? Yeah, we bet you can't wait to correct that one — but you'd better do it soon, because tomorrow's the last day for homeowners to protest their property's appraised value. "The property tax bill of an average Houston-area home has increased dramatically over the past eight years," Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt said. "A successful protest can save taxpayers hundreds of dollars a year......

The one thing Houstonist never got about Austin is why it was such a sub town. Really, Austinites are passionate about their subs. Houston has always been a sandwich town, at least in our humble opinion. Exhibit A: the Brown Bag Deli. With three locations in Houston, Brown Bag Deli serves up sandwiches that you would make if you had a deli. No fancy organic cinnamon havarti spreads, no pheasant or Nigerian flatbreads. This deli......