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Austin Italian Restaurant Intero Opens New Gelato Truck Soon
Nadia Chaudhury is the editor of Eater Austin covering food and pop culture, as well as a photographer, writer, and frequent panel moderator and podcast guest. Austin Italian restaurant Intero is opening a gelato truck this summer. Piccola Gelateria will be parked outside of Intero’s other Italian restaurant, Poeta at the Frances Modern Inn, in Central East Austin at 1123 East 11th Street, starting on Wednesday, July 24.
Austin to receive nearly $48M in federal funds for projects aimed at reducing climate pollution
AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin is getting millions in federal funding to reduce climate pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding roughly $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce pollution. As part of that, Austin is receiving a $47.9 million grant to improve transportation.
Man allegedly recorded himself threatening to kill neighbor in East Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A man was arrested in East Austin after allegedly recording himself while threatening to kill a neighbor. Austin police were called out to a neighborhood on Craigwood Drive on July 17 after two people said they were being threatened with a gun. Officers arrived and found...
Austinites likely to face 13 ballot measures on government, election rules this November
Austinites will likely be voting on more than a dozen changes to various city rules this fall. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact) In addition to the races for mayor and five City Council seats, Austinites will likely consider more than a dozen ballot measures to adjust city election and government processes this November.
Man arrested for allegedly stealing DPS vehicle, firearms in Austin
A man was arrested last week after allegedly stealing a Texas Department of Public Safety vehicle and two firearms from a DPS special agent in Austin, according to court documents. Randy Ellias Villafranca, 21, faces charges of burglary of a vehicle, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of marijuana...
Support helps first ACC Architecture Graduate Successfully Transfer
“I have been doing arts and crafts for a LONG time. Since I’m so art-focused, I struggled to find a major that I felt would teach me what I wanted to learn while still opening me up for jobs in the future. I was afraid to fall into the starving artist stereotype. As a result, I had a rough time trying to find a college and a major. It’s taken me two years, two colleges, and three majors to find what’s right for me. Finally.”
HAAM Music Monday Powered by FVF Law: Catch Dave Scher LIVE at Saxon Pub!
It is HAAM Music Monday powered by FVF Lawand we're kicking your week off with some tunes from a truly talented local musician. Dave Scherdoes it all, from composing and arranging, to singing and playing guitar, mandolin, bass, piano, or any number of other instruments. His talent and versatility shine through.
Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin
It was nineteen ago that I got a desperate early morning call. A group of young women living downtown were on deadline to finish a short film about a band trying to make it at South by Southwest and their Avid editing program had frozen. I called David Hartstein, then...
CBS Austin and Telemundo Austin hosts annual Backpack Giveaway July 27th
Mark your calendars! Our CBS Austin Telemundo Austin Annual Backpack Giveaway is back. This is one our favorite community events every year. If you aren't familiar, our station gives out thousands of backpacks and school supplies to central Texas students for free!. We'll be out at Circuit of the Americas...
Austin’s New Chief of Police will Be One of Two Finalists
With Interim Chief of Police Henderson choosing to retire, that means the search for Austin Police Department’s next Chief of Police continues (though being the interim Chief doesn’t automatically guarantee the permanent appointment). After recently being elected himself, Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax made it one of his top priorities to appoint Austin’s new chief.
He Took on the “World’s Toughest Canoe Race.” It Won.
Bret Biggart thought he knew what he was getting into. The forty-eight-year-old founder and CEO of the Austin, Texas–based Freedom Solar Power had plenty of experience in punishing endurance races. He’d twice completed the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, a one-hundred-mile mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. He’d raced the grueling Baja 1000 off-road race. Triathlons were a lark.
TxDOT supports Austin bat habitats
HOUSTON (KIAH) – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to install an additional 18 artificial roosts or “bat boxes” at the Walnut Creek Bridge along I-35 in Austin to offset the impact of construction on a pair of bridges that once offered cozy crevices to the Brazilian free-tailed bat – one of the 32 bat species found in Texas.
Former Texas basketball star Max Abmas makes his NBA case during Summer League play
Former Texas guard Max Abmas might lack size, and he might lack the clout that comes with being selected in last month’s NBA draft. But one of the premier shooters in college basketball history certainly has NBA range, as he showed during the recently completed NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Abmas, a...
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