As the summer heat sets in this week, we’re taking a deeper dive into some of Houston’s hottest zip codes. The latest data shows neighborhoods in southwest Houston tend to be hotter than other areas and are considered “High heat stress” areas.

A woman was injured after being shot in southwest Houston.

Community leaders are calling out Houston Mayor John Whitmire for his recent “offensive” remarks about the Gulfton area and are demanding an apology, according to a news release.

The City of Houston has finished the Resilient Sidewalks Plan laying out guidelines that could create more safe and reliable walkways for people living in Gulfton and Kashmere Gardens.

What’s causing traffic problems in the Gulfton neighborhood?

The intersection of High Star Road and Westward Street at Hillcroft Street, the Gulfton community’s main street corridor, are set to receive a makeover this weekend.

Air Alliance Houston is taking action to address environmental concerns in a Southwest Houston community and raising awareness about air pollution issues.

Houston officials held a news conference Tuesday to announce the official groundbreaking to “transform Hilcroft Avenue into a safer and more equitable road,” according to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.

HOUSTON – Firefighters were battling a large fire Monday at an apartment in the Gulfton neighborhood in southwest Houston. The fire was reported around 2 p.m. at the Pelican Pointe Apartments, where smoke billowed into the air until around 5 p.m.Houston firefighters said they reported to a call of an apartment fire. They said the fourth alarm was called after the roof of the apartment partially collapsed, trapping one firefighter. Officials warned other residents to be cautious with the current weather conditions. That is a very dangerous way to heat your home, especially concerns for carbon monoxide,” Mire warned.

She said the clinic has not received the COVID-19 vaccine after being approved by the Department of State Health Services several weeks ago. Farizani said a lot of her patients work at grocery stores, restaurants, they drive school buses and work in cafeterias. The clinic has been working hard since the start of the pandemic and now they’re faced with a difficult roadblock. She said she can’t understand why the Department of State Health Services has not provided them with the vaccine after she says they were approved many weeks ago. Farizani said the community needs the vaccine to protect themselves and their families from the deadly virus.

HOUSTON – Families need food, affordable housing, safe neighborhoods and access to health care in order to survive. But many families in southwest Houston are facing the harsh realities from the COVID-19 pandemic and our economy. In the past five years, CHAT has been helping the community and focusing on the social determinants of health. And that’s why I said we cannot leave anybody behind if we want the success in Houston,” Dr. Siddiqui added. Siddiqui said there could be big improvements to the area and people’s health if elected officials stepped up.

Two firefighters were injured Saturday morning while battling an apartment fire in Houston’s Gulfton neighborhood, officials said. The fire was first reported around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex in the 5700 block of Glenmont Drive, near Alder Drive. Two firefighters were injured while searching for civilians in the building, Wells said. “It was covered in smoke,” Wells said. Everybody worked really really really hard.

Demonstrators rallied against evictions Friday outside of a Harris County justice of the peace precinct in Houston. The two justices of the peace for Harris Precinct 5, unlike some of their counterparts elsewhere in the county, resumed eviction proceedings as soon as they were allowed, in mid-May. In Houston, the first round of a rental assistance program ran out in 90 minutes, according to the Houston Chronicle. Although both judges are hearing eviction cases, protesters said that Ridgways court has more evictions scheduled and handles cases for immigrant neighborhoods like Gulfton. According to January Advisors, the precinct also had the most evictions compared with other parts of the county before the pandemic.

HOUSTON The coronavirus pandemic has revealed wide income and health care disparities between two neighboring Houston-area communities Gulfton and Bellaire. Many Gulfton residents are struggling to make ends meet, but the community is looking at ways to curb this disparity. The Gulfton neighborhood is made up of mostly minorities with the latest demographic data revealing 69% of residents are Hispanic. But for Gulfton residents like Guillermina, she isnt so sure. In our series Stronger Houston, we examine issues impacting people inequitably by race, gender, income, age, geography, religion, and other factors.