▲ 362 r/Austin
What other local businesses were once beloved until they made THAT decision?
u/Time-to-Dine — 10 hours ago
r/Austin
▲ 355 r/Austin
Malin, the Pease Park troll, completely burns down
Wow
u/Extortion187 — 9 hours ago
▲ 106 r/Austin
Pease Park Troll Burnt Down
Walked by just now and the troll is gone? There is rope around the incident but I just chatted to an older man who said that they found out that it was apparently burnt down sometime around 5AM today.
u/1oax — 10 hours ago
▲ 139 r/Austin
Shoal Creek could be such a gem
Just a rant, but the Shoal Creek trail really is a nice little urban creek with trees and regular water. But, oof, it isn't a great place.
It's filled with trash. Just all the time. Trash runoff from the city, and trash from the unhinged folk that live there. I used to carry a trash grabby thing with me and go out and pick up trash at local parks, but I won't spend time here. Don't want to get merked.
The unhinged folk that live there are dangerous. Straight up. Yes, government/society has failed them at large, but empathy for them as individuals ends at the line of violence. I've had multiple encounters myself with violent intoxicated people. As an example, I had an elderly dog that could no longer walk, whom I would push on the trail in a little buggy so she could get some mental stimulation. I had to fight off (verbal only; no contact) a dude from stealing the buggy.
For a while a couple months ago, the portion of the trail under the bridge near La Zona Rosa was just a straight up open air drug market. Not hidden, not subtle. If you have made the mistake of wandering to San Marcos and Caeser Chavez, you know what I am talking about. It was like this for weeks, a magnetic for the most dangerous people. You know that Royal Blue nearby? People are being arrested there multiple times a week for violent encounters. I feel so bad for the employees, because they put up with a lot.
Sorry. Just being an old man here. It's such a sad missed opportunity.
u/PagansPath — 11 hours ago
No AC at hospital - Baylor Scott & White Round Rock
I have a friend in the Round Rock Baylor Scott & White Round Rock hospital. She's telling me they are turning the air conditioner OFF at nights so they can proceed with construction.
This just seems .... wrong. Where can it be reported?
u/gminks — 10 hours ago
▲ 8 r/Austin
Austin voters will choose between Montserrat Garibay, Kathie Tovo to take over House District 49
kut.orgu/wastedhours0 — 10 hours ago
▲ 253 r/Austin
H-E-B to close Spicewood Springs store off Research Boulevard as location's lease ends
kvue.comu/Fluffy_Guarantee_433 — 21 hours ago
▲ 146 r/Austin
Peelander-Z was involved in a bad accident in New Mexico...
This sucks. They're a really cool group of weirdos and they always threw fun shows. Hope they have a speedy and full recovery.
u/FreeterPampton — 20 hours ago
▲ 406 r/Austin
E. Oltorf & Riverside Con-Artists posing as AT&T Reps w/ tablets, fake shirts, all can’t lie well🤡
Just wanted y’all to know there are fake AT&T Door-to-Door “sales people” trying to get your information and/or casing the area. They have tablets, they wear shirts, they have badges but won’t show them and don’t answer / walk away when you ask for their business card.
The older white male drives the car, beautiful young woman rides shotgun with seat down low. Car also has a Siemper Fidalis sticker on back window (driver side).
- 2 males: one white bleach hair piercings, one hispanic brown/black shitty Beatles hairdoo, both 5’10ish
- 1 female: brown hair, hot but looks high and can’t lie at all
- driving a silver Saturn 4-door with expired 2019 tags (not abnormal).
White dude is the leader and knows how to deflect. Younger hispanic kid doesn’t like to make eye contact, can’t lie, follows the dude and other chick. All 3 can’t keep their story straight and will sneak into gated apartments.
They didn’t even know at our location that At&t doesnt work, it’s blackout. They were kicked out twice once at 3pm then came back after management left and then had to be escorted out.
Hope they haven’t annoyed y’alls neighborhood yet. 🤌
u/appxcap — 24 hours ago
▲ 371 r/Austin
Weird thing I saw thrown into Lady Bird Lake near North Lamar today
Today I was kayaking on Lady Bird off North Lamar bridge and saw a homeless guy throw something heavy off the bridge into the water. It made a huge splash and he stood there watching it sink.
At first I didn’t think much of it, but curiosity got the best of me so I paddled closer. As I got closer, the guy started walking toward the end of the bridge and the way he was staring at me honestly creeped me out, so I kayaked away. From a distance it looked like maybe a heavy rock-and-roll style leather boot or something.
I ended up calling 911 just in case it was evidence or something worse. On my way back later, the guy was gone, so I got a closer look. It looked like a pair of spiked boots tied to a skateboard or something similar.
Probably nothing, but definitely one of the weirder things I’ve seen kayaking downtown.
u/Key_Marzipan_6365 — 1 day ago
▲ 699 r/Austin
A roll of armadillos
My friends and family all think they are gross, but I was excited to see living ones for the first time. I had only seen them as roadkill.
u/fairyrun — 1 day ago
▲ 516 r/Austin
City is Voting Tomorrow to ANNEX 2,614 Acres, and let developer's dictate total design and development of Dog's Head for the next 45 years.
How is this not the biggest news story right now? This development of Dog’s Head represents an unprecedented expansion of the city as we know it. This is an unbelievably important chapter for the development of Austin. This is the long awaited opportunity for Austin to grow its close-to-downtown footprint by almost a third! This could be the next Mueller, but 10x times as large!
Tucked into agenda item 38, tomorrow the city council will vote to annex the land, and hand complete creative control and direction of the entire development over to a group of developers.
Item 38 of the agenda:
Full contract: https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=473682
45 Year agreement:
New Special taxing zone that takes a portion of property taxes and reinvests it in the area.
And the developers get to choose half the seats that decide where it’s spent:
No height restrictions, no impervious cover restrictions:
The city is completely giving away its right to have any say in the development of this area FOR 45 YEARS.
I'm seeing almost no coverage of this. Community impact has an article from yesterday,
Chito Vela is quoted saying "I know this has moved very quickly, but it does seem to be well-thought out,". Yeah, no shit, because it gives the developers everything they're asking for and excuses the City from having any input into this monumental expansion of the city footprint.
This contract is like them creating a character with cheat codes on and setting all their stats to maximum. But in this case, no restrictions at all:
Shouldn't we be demanding that we get a say in this? It seems like they're trying to just slide this by without the public noticing.
u/ephedra_wr — 1 day ago
▲ 109 r/Austin
Turtle Lady on Cesar Chavez today
A nice lady stopped her car in the middle of the road on Cesar Chavez over by Austin High around noon today to help save a turtle in the road.
You a real one 🐢
u/praisechuck421 — 22 hours ago
Fancy wild pigeon or potential lost pet?
Saw this guy at the Home Depot of I35 in south austin. He seemed too fancy to be wild. Any birders here have some insight?
u/Sea-Corner-4495 — 1 day ago
▲ 781 r/Austin
Austin Chick-fil-A franchisee sued over worker’s refusal to work Saturday Sabbath
According to the lawsuit, Laurel F. Torode worked as a fleet supervisor at two of the chain’s outlets for six months starting in late 2023. She is a member of the United Church of God, which observes the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
Torode was upfront about her faith in her pre-employment interview, an EEOC investigation found, and was accommodated from September 2023 until February 2024, when she was informed she must work Saturdays or be demoted to a driver, a move that would come with a 50% cut in pay.
When Torode declined the move, she was fired.
u/AustinStatesman — 1 day ago
▲ 152 r/Austin
Man seriously injured at Green Mesquite BBQ after tree falls during storm
kxan.comu/danarchist — 1 day ago