Nina Hernandez

Due to a mechanical problem, the Parks and Recreation Department has temporarily closed the Chestnut Splash Pad on East 16th Street. The department assures residents that the necessary parts have been ordered and will be installed promptly upon arrival. Check out other nearby aquatics options on the city’s website.

Learn more about the candidates in the running to fill the District 6 spot on the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees at three separate meetings later this month. The vacancy was created in April when Paul Saldaña left suddenly due to “a culmination of things,” as he later told the Austin Monitor, including to […]

The Austin Community College, the Austin Independent School District, Travis County and the city all want to work with the owners of small, minority and women-owned businesses. The Central Texas Small Business Partnership Conference next Wednesday, May 24, is a chance for those business owners to get to know the ins and outs of working […]

City Council members, county commissioners, state legislators and organizations from across Texas will meet on Tuesday, May 16, at the south steps of the Texas State Capitol to announce they support litigation in response to Senate Bill 4. The law, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed on May 7, targets “sanctuary” communities whose authorities do not […]

A local firefighter earned superhero status and an award from PETA recognizing his dedication to animal rescue. Austin Fire Department firefighter Alex Baumeister saved five animals in the first week of May. From May 1 through May 5, Baumeister was involved in several different animal rescues. He saved a cat in one incident, a six-foot […]

On Wednesday, the Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors gave the OK to its business and capital plans for Fiscal Year 2017-18. Operations and maintenance, as well the utility’s annual debt service payment, comes from the utility’s $885 million business plan. In addition, LCRA approved $383 million in capital spending this year in energy, […]

The city has won the Award for Excellence in Sustainability from the American Planning Association’s Sustainable Communities Division for its work on the South Central Waterfront Vision Framework Plan. Enacted last summer, the South Central Waterfront Initiative is a vision for the development of the area along Lady Bird Lake in the next two decades. […]

The Barton Springs Lamppost Restoration Project kicked off yesterday and will go on for the next three weeks. The project to restore historic lampposts and lanterns around the entrance to Barton Springs, which is funded by the Barton Conservancy, also includes a clean-up of the Zilker Park entry columns. The Austin Parks Foundation provided the […]

In this month’s District 2 newsletter, City Council Member Delia Garza announced a change in her office. Her policy aide Brian McGiverin has decided to return to practicing law. Taking over the role is Kate Garza, an attorney with more than 10 years of public policy experience. Garza (no relation to the Council member) was […]

The city continues its string of Code Talks with a May 8 edition on affordability. Residents can engage with the people rewriting the Land Development Code to hear how the new rules will make an impact, express their ideas and concerns and hear from their neighbors on the subject. The talk starts at 6 p.m. […]

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport released its passenger and cargo traffic statistics this week. The numbers show – big surprise – that the numbers have increased over the last five years. Last month, 1.1 million passengers made their way through the airport. That’s an 8.5 percent uptick from March 2016 alone. In March of 2013, fewer than […]