Beth Bond

In honor of Voter Registration Day, an event where eligible voters may drive thru or walk up to register to vote in English or Spanish will be hosted by People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER) and the Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC). It’s planned for noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, […]

The 30th annual Lake Travis Cleanup – the largest scuba diving, shoreline and waterway litter pickup in Texas – is set for 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Travis County parks surrounding Lake Travis as well as several other dive sites and shoreline neighborhoods. Volunteers will remove trash from the shoreline, creeks and […]

Two major leaks in the infrastructure of Barton Springs Pool are keeping the pool closed for several weeks. While they’re being repaired, the city will open Deep Eddy Pool at 6 a.m. daily. Holes in an abandoned skimmer pipe, estimated to be from the 1940s, were pulling water into an abandoned pipe below the pool’s […]

Plans are in place for where and when local folks can vote. Forty-one early-voting sites and 171 Election Day sites for the Nov. 5 election have been approved by Travis County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado, the Elections Division and the Commissioners Court. There will be a few changes to voting sites on the University of Texas […]

In observance of Labor Day, city administrative offices and other municipal facilities will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, and business hours will resume Tuesday, Sept. 3. Closures include City Council offices, all recreation and senior centers, cultural centers, museums and libraries. Austin Public Libraries All locations will be closed Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1 and […]

Creek Show, the annual light-based art exhibition that sets Waller Creek aglow, is coming back this November for its 10th anniversary celebration, honoring a decade of what it calls “high spectacle creativity, innovation, and community.” Creek Show alumni artists and designers are creating a new series of light-based immersive spectacles along the creek that will […]

The Labor Day holiday comes with public safety concerns, so the Austin Parks and Recreation Department will limit vehicle capacity at Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park during the weekend so that emergency and staff vehicles can come and go as needed. Parking will be limited to specified areas within Commons Ford starting Friday, Aug. 30, […]

Austin ISD has been picked as the only Texas school district to receive a federal grant to fund solar panels at 14 campuses in historically underserved communities. Those rooftop panels produce 2 megawatts of energy, the equivalent of powering 230 homes in Austin, and the district anticipates an additional 5 megawatts with money from the […]

An online information session on the Mueller Affordable Homes Program, created for families earning less than the area’s median income who might not otherwise be able to afford a home or rent an apartment in Central Austin, is set for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26. The session on affordable housing options will cover […]

For the second year in a row, the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center’s ¡Viva México! celebration will take place at another location while the ESB-MACC is closed for renovations. The Oswaldo A.B. Cantu/Pan American Recreation Center, at 2100 East 3rd St., will host this Austin tradition that pays tribute to both Mexico’s Independence Day […]

Applications are open for the city Equity Office’s 2024-25 Equity Mini Grant Fund, offering support for local grassroots organizations that prioritize immigrant advocacy (meaning refugees, asylees, undocumented people, parolees, etc.), solidarity with unhoused people and anti-displacement/displacement prevention. The mini grants of $10,000, $20,000 and $30,000 are intended to reduce challenges for smaller organizations to help […]

Hours are changing at Austin Municipal Court’s main location, and its North Customer Service Center is moving across the street from its past location. Beginning on Aug. 12, Austin Municipal Court’s main location at the Bergstrom Tech Center at 6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, Suite 175 will operate 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through […]