Great. Sounds like our "Next Door."

It is completely different from my local Next Door, has 24/7 breaking news all over the Houston/Texas area, with videos sent in by readers of crimes in progress, fights, people actually being shown running out of businesses without paying, people in need, local issues that neighbors need help deciding what to do (a few days ago there was a video of a couple, coupling in a community pool and the neighbors and parents of young children at the pool asking for guidance) with hundreds of comments from Texas and beyond. It really seems to be unique, or at least something I haven't seen. Griselda has arranged a lot of help and given opportunities to readers to contribute to some sad situations. Hands on news.

I book marked it. I'm from Texas. Thx.

Not familiar with it. Thought you might be about to mention the Texas Tribune.

Is there any kind of fact checking or oversight? Or is it just an unregulated free for all?

Gathered from some of the posts, the videos sent in are delayed until checked, the owner appears to be careful, but you would have to judge that for yourself as we all do when deciding how much credence to place on a particular news organization.

I took a look at the site and saw that among the new additions was mention of a natural gas leak and the theft of rebar, estimated value of which is $9,000.

I personally don't consider such things to be "news" but I guess some do. Many don't.

The gas leak certainly could be -- all depends on where it's located and the impact it's having on people and places.

Hood News has nearing a million followers and from what I have seen from my brief time reading, does more than local news, it helps people help each other and daily there is a lot of that going on, as well as videos of bad guys caught on camera and of course much commented stories like the pool video. It is still fairly new, a few years old, but I think, praiseworthy effort started and run by a Latina community activist, Griselda Castillo.

She does a lot of good for the community...... definitely an asset.

" Hood News has nearing a million followers "

When the National Enquirer was at its peak, I think its circulation was greater than all (or most) newspapers in the US. So it was quite popular. Was that a reason to read it?

Such choices are about content, no? Not popularity. If the content is of interest to you, why should it matter if many others or few others feel the same as you do?

My comment was about the content.

Not catching this ball.

There's no ball to catch.