Nina Hernandez

Next Wednesday, a group of local organizations is hosting a community health forum at the AISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd. Those groups include Austin Public Health, Travis County Health and Human Services, Central Health, St. David’s Foundation and Seton Healthcare Family. Stephanie Hayden, interim director of Austin Public Health, will give the […]

A free emergency alert system called WarnCentralTexas is available for residents in Travis, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano and Williamson counties. Participants register their cell phone number and email address so that they can begin to receive disaster alerts. In the event of a natural disaster, these alerts will transmit evacuation information […]

The People’s Gallery is currently taking applications for its 2018 exhibition. The period opened last week and doesn’t close until Oct. 5. Artists from throughout the region are invited to submit their work. All you’ve got to be is 18 and older, and based in Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis or Williamson counties. Here’s […]

Human papillomavirus affects nearly 300,000 people in Travis County, causing more than 100 cancer cases per year. It costs the county around $26 million per year to treat and prevent the virus and associated diseases. Though it’s commonly associated with cervical cancer, HPV can also cause various throat cancers. A Tuesday press release from the […]

Who doesn’t enjoy hanging out in parking lots? The joy of teenagers and loiterers everywhere, now you too can partake. There’s a worldwide event in September where communities reimagine their drab parking spaces as mini parks, or “parklets,” and Austin is yet again taking part. The deadline for submitting parklet applications is Tuesday, Sept. 12. […]

The Austin Police Department announced another Labor Day No-Refusal DWI Enforcement Initiative last week. It started Friday night and goes all the way until the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 5. Essentially, during this time police will conduct blood search warrants in cases when a driver suspected of being intoxicated refuses field sobriety or […]

Council Member Delia Garza is hosting a town hall event this evening at Con Mi Madre, 4175 Freidrich Lane. On the agenda is a discussion on how the district can cultivate diverse economic opportunities. Residents will also hear district updates and can ask questions about available community resources. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and […]

Yesterday, we reported that the zebra mussel was making its way to Austin lakes and what that could mean for the city’s waterways. Early Thursday, Texas Parks and Wildlife announced that Lake Austin “is now classified as positive” for the invasive species. Officials don’t know whether the mussels came into the lake from Lake Travis […]

On Saturday, Aug. 19, Austin Resource Recovery and Recycled Reads, the Austin Public Library’s nonprofit bookstore, are hosting one of their Fix-It Clinics. The idea is to help locals of all ages (anyone younger than 13 will need to be accompanied by a parent!) learn how to fix their broken items. It’s a way for […]

Keep an eye out at today’s City Council meeting for a proposal that would give Habitat for Humanity permission to build a cluster of affordable housing in East Austin. Council Member Pio Renteria sponsored the resolution making changes to the Plaza Saltillo Transit-Oriented Development Area Regulating Plan, which clears the way for the project. Council […]

In order to keep the donors churning in through the summer months, local blood bank We Are Blood is offering a promotion, starting yesterday, that will net donors a free P. Terry’s milkshake voucher. That offer is good at the group’s three centers or at its mobile drive. According to We Are Blood, donors must […]