Five stories that have North Texas talking: the Spurs beat the Mavs; Toyota is moving to Plano; what did Dallas look like in 1939?; and more:
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 93-89 Monday night during Game 4 of their playoff series. The Mavericks and Spurs wore black socks at American Airlines Center to protest the by Donald Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers owner. 鈥淢avericks owner Mark Cuban believes the NBA would be a better league without Donald Sterling in it, but Cuban called the potential scenario of forcing the Los Angeles Clippers owner to sell the team in wake of the racist comments attributed to him "a slippery slope."鈥� that Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavs star, said on Sunday: 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure if a guy like that is allowed to own a team in 2014.鈥� But he said the league needs to do determine if the remarks were made. But he called the incident 鈥渄isappointing.鈥� Game 5 is Wednesday night in San Antonio.
- Toyota is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Plano. Toyota said Monday that the new headquarters will bring together employees who are now scattered around the country. It will break ground this year. The move consolidates three separate headquarters in California, Kentucky and New York. Small groups will start working in Plano this summer, but the majority of employees won鈥檛 move until headquarters are finished in late 2016 or early 2017. Texas has offered Toyota $40 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund, Gov. Rick Perry鈥檚 office announced.
- Confused about the Dallas home-rule school proposal? On "Think" at noon on Tuesday, 四虎影院's Krys Boyd will talk about the pros and cons of home-rule with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and school board member Bernadette Nutall. Home-rule may be the most controversial education effort since state 19 years ago. If supporters collect 25,000 signatures in the next few weeks, a commission would be chosen to write new rules dictating how the district would operate. That home-rule charter would then appear on November鈥檚 ballot. On Monday, On Tuesday, 鈥淭hink鈥� airs from noon-2 p.m. on 四虎影院 90.1 FM or .
- Arts & Letters Live continues Tuesday with author Timothy Egan, who will talk about his book The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. The Dallas Museum of Art explains: 鈥�Egan will discuss issues from his book, which are also seen in the work of Texas artist Alexandre Hogue in the museum鈥檚 current exhibition Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series.鈥� The event is at 7:30 p.m.
- What did Dallas look like in 1939? showcasing downtown in color. The News has posted the video online, along with comments from Mark Doty, the city of Dallas鈥� historic preservation officer and . Here鈥檚 the super-cool video:
