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04/26/2019
By Nataly Keomoungkhoun and Carla Solórzano
Good morning!
Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day.
🌞 Weather: Mostly sunny and pleasant. High of 80 degrees.
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Fourteen men in Collin, Dallas and Denton counties have been arrested on charges of online solicitation of a minor. (Collin County Sheriff's Office)
CRIME
[14 arrested on child exploitation charges in multi-agency sting in Collin, Dallas, Denton counties](
After an operation that included 14 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, 14 people were arrested [on charges of online solicitation of a minor]( — 11 of those in Collin County, according to a release from the Collin County Sheriff's Office.
An arrest warrant has been put out for another suspect. Authorities rescued a child victim in Arkansas in connection with the sting, according to the release.
The sting, known as "Operation Atlas," targeted online predators in Collin, Dallas and Denton counties. Investigators suspect the child who was recovered was used to produce pornography, according to the release.
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Outdated medication: Dallas-Fort Worth area will participate in Saturday's [National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.](
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DART rescue: Firefighters rescued [a man who was trapped under a DART train]( Wednesday night in downtown Dallas.
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BUSINESS
[Ka-ching! Tenet’s CEO gets $30 million in stock with few strings attached](
Two years ago, Tenet Healthcare told investors that 87.7% of the CEO’s pay was at risk. That meant the big payday was contingent on meeting performance goals and increasing the value of the Dallas-based hospital company.
Turns out that such policies can bite. Over the past three years, when Tenet’s shareholder returns were down by double digits, the CEO realized less than half the money that was granted.
That’s how pay for performance is supposed to work.
Fast forward to 2019, and Tenet’s latest proxy statement no longer includes a pie chart detailing at-risk pay. [Maybe that’s because the successor CEO doesn’t have much of it.](
Ron Rittenmeyer, who joined the Tenet board in 2010 and became CEO in late 2017, agreed to a contract extension in February. It includes $16 million in restricted shares, similar to the $14 million in restricted shares and cash he’s receiving under his current contract.
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Hospital expansion: Dallas-based Children's Health is [headed to Prosper with a new medical campus.](
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Also: Most Dallas neighborhoods see a [home sales slump in the first three months of 2019](.
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COMMENTARY
[Here's why no one can agree on a desperately needed face-lift for Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Dallas theater](
From city columnist Robert Wilonsky:
This is an update, of sorts, about plans to restore to its glory architect Frank Lloyd Wright's 60-year-old theater nestled in Oak Lawn. Of sorts, because at this moment I can't tell you what those plans are. Or who will oversee their execution. Or pay for them. Or how.
This shouldn't be this hard, a revamp of a decaying Official City Landmark designed by a national treasure. This city has neglected the venue for decades: The structure hasn't had a major capital investment since 1989, which is as unfathomable as it is inexcusable. In a missive sent to the city's cultural arts office, architect William Kelly Oliver, the Wright apprentice who supervised the theater's construction, writes, "I am beginning to wonder if Dallas is aware of the rare thing they have in the Kalita Humphreys Theater."
Yet here we are, almost a decade after completion of a master plan never adopted or executed, and we still see no resolution or restoration. Instead the theater's defenders and the city are mired in [disagreements over what the redo should look like, who should oversee it, who will fund it.]( For years I've heard of progress, of disagreements dashed. Instead, I see only more wrestling and fretting while the Kalita crumbles.
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And: Dallas needs more police officers, but even more, [we need citizens to step up for public safety]( writes Reid Porter.
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EDITORS' PICKS
- Immigration: [A 3-year-old boy found in a cornfield]( near Brownsville and believed to be part of a group entering the U.S. illegally was rescued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.
- Who ya gonna call? Do Texans have a right to know if [a house is ‘haunted’ before buying?]( Curious Texas investigates.
- Texas Legislature: The House voted resoundingly in favor of a measure [letting retail stores sell beer and wine starting at 10 a.m. Sundays rather than noon](.
The loroco pizza at San MartÃÂn. (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer)
FINALLY...
[At San MartÃÂn, Dallas' new cathedral of carbs, lofty ambitions and cold huevos](
From restaurant critic Michalene Busico:
As opening gambits go, the first U.S. location of this successful Guatemalan bakery and restaurant announces serious intentions. This is no boutique operation. There are 41 San MartÃÂns in Guatemala and 18 in El Salvador. Despite the wheaten aroma of baking bread in the air, this operation is fueled by a commissary a few miles away in the Design District. More San MartÃÂns are on the way for Dallas and, if all goes well, the rest of the United States. More than brunch is in play here. [This is a real-time experiment in determining American tastes.](
As we slip into our seats, I'm hoping to order Guatemalan dishes, perhaps tamales wrapped in banana leaves or that incredibly tender chicken stewed in roasted tomato salsa. The servers are as welcoming as those keeping the lobby crowd happy, and they're quick to deliver wire baskets filled with sweet breads: crescents brushed with golden egg wash, tiny pan dulce, delicious tablet-shaped cookies dusted with sparkling sugar, made for dunking into the good coffee brewed from San MartÃÂn's proprietary Guatemalan roasts.
Then the menu lands with a thunk: a 2-inch-high stack of ringed binders and color brochures filled with photos of hundreds of dishes and drinks. We're talking pasta, pizza and burgers, chilaquiles and Tex-Mex burritos, pancakes, Belgian omelets and eggs Florentine in a bread bowl. There are a few Latin American dishes too, but mostly it reads like the Cheesecake Factory.
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