🌱 Patch AM: What Bellaire parents must know about the high school staph outbreak

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• What Bellaire parents must know about the high school staph outbreak

Also on today's calendar: Veteran Children's Book Author Trio "Cleared for Storytime" at the 42nd CAF Wings Over Houston Airsh.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A stray t-storm; not as warm, temps: high: 82, low: 73.
• Monday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bellaire High School staph outbreak: What parents, students need to know now (click2houston.com) — A staph infection outbreak among Bellaire High School athletes has already canceled the varsity football game against Lamar and prompted urgent prevention guidance for families. Health officials describe what symptoms to watch for and stress hygiene, wound care, and avoiding shared personal items. Parents are urged to seek medical attention for any concerning rashes while HISD has yet to clarify full disinfection steps.
   

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Saturday October 31
• Veteran Children's Book Author Trio "Cleared for Storytime" at the 42nd CAF Wings Over Houston Airsh →
  Ellington Airport, 11602 Aerospace Ave, Houston
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3
• 2026 Texas Off Week Open - Texas Exes Houston Chapter →
  12000 Almeda Road, Houston
  8:00 am
• Komen Houston Race for the Cure →
  Houston TX
  8:00 am
• Darkness & Light: A Journey Through Loss →
  11140 Greenbay Street, Houston
  9:00 am
• GTG Central First Saturday →
  The Podium at Porsche River Oaks, 4007 Greenbriar Drive, Houston
  10:00 am
• 1st & 3rd Saturday Hangar Hang Out (KIWS) →
  CAF Houston Wing, 18000 Groschke Rd, Houston
  10:00 am
• Houston Lowrider Magazine Super Show →
  Reliant center, 8100 North Stadium Drive, Houston
  11:00 am
• Nigerian Food Festival →
  11933 Bissonnet St, Houston
  2:00 pm
• SUPERMALEVICH: The Poetry of Place →
  Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy, Houston
  5:00 pm
• Henry Sir (Don't Tell Comedy) Headlines The Riot Comedy Club →
  1925 Washington Ave, Houston
  7:00 pm
• THE CHOPPING BLOCK (CHEF RE vs CHEF JOSHUA) →
  6011 West Orem Drive, Houston
  7:00 pm
• The Hideaway on Dunvale →
  Houston TX
  8:00 pm
• Mason James live at the Den Comedy Club →
  The Den Comedy Club, 201 Woodard Street, Houston
  8:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Houston

• TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue set for Oct. 4 Houston show (cw39.com)
• Target shopping spree ends in arrest for scooter-riding dirty suspect. (pasadenian.com)
• Kristin Guiney, Texas First Court of Appeals justice, dies (houstonchronicle.com)

Houston Heights

• Houston City Council member proposes requiring companies to offer better pay to get tax relief (abc13.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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