Nina Hernandez

The long-awaited Return and Discover East 12th Street Spring Festival finally happens this Saturday, April 15. The celebration begins at 2 p.m. at the intersection of 12th and Chestnut with a procession led by the Interrobang Brass Band that will end up at 12th and Chicon. The East 12th Street Merchants Association, which is hosting […]

Yesterday, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that the mobile ticketing app, which the agency released in 2014, has sold more than 1 million tickets. The agency raked in $7 million in ticket sales from the CapMetro App in three years, and last year the app accounted for around 23 percent of its sales, or […]

Spring is in the air here in Central Texas, and that can mean only one thing: The Parks and Recreation Department has released its 2017 pool schedule. All the information anyone could ever want on the city’s aquatics facilities, including schedules, can be found on the city’s website. This year three pools, Govalle, Shipe and […]

This weekend, the Austin Animal Center hosts an Easter egg hunt in an effort to both break up the monotony of shelter life for the animals in its care and to place them in a new home. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, shelter pets will be treated to a series […]

At a community meeting in March, the Parks and Recreation Department took suggestions for how to commemorate the unmarked graves found underneath Oakwood Cemetery Chapel. Since then, staff has worked to gather the feedback into a draft report that will be released at a meeting tomorrow, April 11, in the Chestnut Community Center, 1183 Chestnut […]

Two years ago, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization honored Austin as a “City of Media Arts” – the first and only city in the country to earn such a distinction. Later this month, Austin will represent the U.S. at UNSECO’s Data City, a “collective exhibition” of “work likely to confront the city’s […]

Let’s start with the good news. In a growing Travis County, fewer students are using tobacco products, fewer people are dying of lung cancer and the infant mortality rate for African-Americans is dropping. However, according to Austin Public Health’s 2017 Critical Health Indicators Report, there is still work to be done. More Travis County residents […]

The city is putting on a panel of music industry insiders called “I Know What You Should Do This Summer: Skills to Build As An Aspiring Music Professional.” It’s the second discussion to come from a partnership between the Economic Development Department’s Music & Entertainment Division and music promoter Scoremore Shows. The group of panelists, […]

Next week, the Texas Water Conference brings professionals from every sector of the industry – public and private utilities, engineering firms, service providers and equipment manufacturers – to the Austin Convention Center for an exchange of ideas. Starting on Monday, April 10, and running through Friday, the conference boasts a schedule with more than 160 […]

The city’s Transportation Department just announced the 15 winners of its competition to spice up the warning signs on our roadways. In all five categories combined, the #OnTheRoadATX contest drew more than 300 entries this year. Highlights include “Austin Is Striving … For No Drinking and Driving,” “Road Construction Ahead … Please Drive Willie Slow” […]

The Austin Police Department announced last week the April dates for its Coffee with a Cop initiative, where residents can get to know the officers who patrol their neighborhoods – over a cup of coffee. There are five meet-and-greets scheduled for throughout the month, each in a different area of town. Those with questions or […]

Travis County counts among the healthiest counties in Texas. According to this year’s County Health Rankings report from the University of Wisconsin, Travis County ranks fifth out of 243 reporting Texas counties. The list is created using a range of metrics, including access to healthy food, smoking rates, obesity and teen births. “Our goal is […]