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We've been wondering why the Mecom Fountain hasn't been lighted at night lately, and this weekend, the Chronicle had the answer: It's because someone stole the fountain's lighting system, though no one's quite sure when or how they did it. Or, for that matter, when the lights might come on again. The theft was actually pretty amazing: Someone cut through the cables to the lighting system and carted off the fountain's 264 light bulbs and...

But good fences make good neighbors, right? That's what the city thinks, apparently. The city's parks department is considering building a 2000-foot sound-barrier wall along I-10 between Washington and 610 to keep the noise out of Memorial Park. The wall would be 16-feet high and cost somewhere in the $480,000 area. Officials say it would greatly reduce traffic noise from I-10 around the park's small, asphalt track and tennis center. The wall, which would be financed by TxDoT, is still in the very early, conceptual stages.

About a month ago, HPD arrested about 30 men for lewd activity during a sting in Memorial Park — and now some activists are wondering if the sting was homophobic. The arrests targeted activity around park restrooms, but several of the men arrested say the doors were locked and they were forced to go into the bushes to relieve themselves. That's when they say police arrested them for indecent exposure. Local civil rights activist Ray...