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• What a strong El Niño pattern means for Texas winter weather

  06-11-2023 23:18 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: The above video explains the difference between La Nina and El Nino.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Last February brought Austin's worst ice storm on record. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration after hundreds of pounds of ice accumulated on trees and power lines, knocking out power for more than 250,000 people and damaging one-third of all trees in the city. KXAN First Warning Weather forecastAs this winter approaches, the weather pattern is changing as our three-year La Ni&ntil
  
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• CapMetro to begin installing revamped bus shelters ahead of 2 new Metro Rapid lines

  06-11-2023 23:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — CapMetro announced Monday new Metro Rapid bus shelters will begin being installed this week. It comes as part of the two new Metro Rapid lines in development through Project Connect, the City of Austin's multi-billion-dollar mass transit program.Installation work on two of the 80 new Metro Rapid shelters is set to begin Tuesday, CapMetro officials said in a release. The shelters will service the new Expo Center and Pleasant Valley Metro Rapid lines under development, which
  
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• San Marcos City Council set to vote on vision plan for next 20 years

  06-11-2023 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) --- Tonight, the San Marcos City Council is set to vote on its comprehensive plan called Vision SMTX ++. This plan will serve as a roadmap for the city's next 20 years.
  According to the plan, San Marcos has grown at a faster rate than Hays County over the past two decades.RELATED TOPIC: Demand at San Marcos Airport grows, record number takeoffs and landings"Due to the location of San Marcos at the heart of the Texas Innovation Corridor and presence of Texas State Univers
  
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• San Marcos City Council postpones vote on vision plan

  06-11-2023 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Monday night, the San Marcos City Council decided to move its vote on the comprehensive plan called Vision SMTX ++. This plan will serve as a roadmap for the city's next 20 years.
  Ultimately, council members agreed they needed more time to look through feedback sent to them by residents.
  Council decided to move the vote to Jan. 16, 2024. In the meantime, two council members and the mayor volunteered to create a committee tasked with working with city staff to gat
  
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• San Marcos City Council postpone vote on vision plan

  06-11-2023 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) --- Monday night, the San Marcos City Council decided to move its vote on the comprehensive plan called Vision SMTX ++. This plan will serve as a roadmap for the city's next 20 years.
  Ultimately, council members agreed they needed more time to look through feedback sent to them by residents.
  Council decided to move the vote to January 16. In the meantime, two council members and the mayor volunteered to create a committee tasked with working with city staff to gather mor
  
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• Man arrested, accused of hitting woman with vehicle in northeast Austin

  06-11-2023 22:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department identified the suspect and victim in a deadly vehicle-pedestrian crash that happened in October in northeast Austin. MAP: Where have Austin’s fatal crashes occurred in 2023?Shortly after 5 a.m., Oct. 22, officers responded to the 700 block of East Braker Lane for the crash, police said.Romel A. Diaz George, 24 | Courtesy Austin Police DepartmentThe victim was identified as Jessica Adams, 37. The man accused of hitting Adams was identified as Ro
  
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• East Austin’s Green and White Grocery could get historical protection

  06-11-2023 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A longtime east Austin business could get historical protection soon.
  The Historic Landmark Commission voted Wednesday to initiate the historic zoning. It was brought forward by two commissioners as a committee-initiated process.
  The owner of Green and White Grocery, John Cazares, sent a letter supporting the move. Green and White Grocery is at 1201 E. Seventh St. in east Austin.
  “I believe the historical zoning will greatly benefit the store and property as well
  
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• How the pediatric RSV shot shortage is hitting Austin

  06-11-2023 21:53 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of a new drug aimed at preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants and young children two years and younger. Now, shortages in shot supply levels are leaving many families without access to the drug, as respiratory illnesses spread in the greater Austin region ahead of the colder winter season."I think nationally and even locally, the demand for the RSV [shot] was a lot larger than the manufacturer
  
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• Following a warm start to the week, colder weather blows in Thursday

  06-11-2023 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably warm and humid weather continues Tuesday and Wednesday, but a strong cold front arriving during the day Thursday will bring an extended stretch of colder weather and periods of light to moderate rain.Highs will be in the 80s and lows in the 60s through midweek under a mix of clouds and sun. South winds will keep things noticeably warmer than average for early November.Late week cold frontA storm system trekking east across the Plains will send a cold front our way o
  
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• Gobble, gobble! Wild turkeys gather in Austin backyard

  06-11-2023 20:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — 'Tis the season? An Austin man discovered a flock of 10 turkeys in his backyard late last week near Taterwood Drive and Anderson Mill Road in northwest Austin.Texas is home to three subspecies of turkey: the Eastern, Rio Grande and Merriam turkeys, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. The Rio Grande subspecies is the most popular of the three, with all turkeys tending to reside near rivers and lakes due to their high water intake needs.
  An Austin man discovere
  
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• Here are the 21 routes being cut by American Airlines at Austin's airport

  06-11-2023 20:51 via kxan.com
  
  The above video shows KXAN News Today’s top morning headlines for Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — American Airlines has revealed the list of 21 nonstop flights from Austin that are being cut from its schedule in 2024.The canceled routes include six international destinations and 15 domestic destinations. Service will be cut between January and April.Thirteen of the 21 routes are currently served by other airlines, but the cuts mean eight destinations will no longer have direct s
  
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• Here are the 21 routes being cut by American Airlines at Austin airport

  06-11-2023 20:51 via kxan.com
  
  The above video shows KXAN News Today’s top morning headlines for Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — American Airlines has revealed the list of 21 nonstop flights from Austin that are being cut from its schedule in 2024.The canceled routes include six international destinations and 15 domestic destinations. Service will be cut between January and April.Thirteen of the 21 routes are currently served by other airlines, but the cuts mean eight destinations will no longer have direct s
  
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• Whitney Wolfe Herd stepping down as CEO of Bumble

  06-11-2023 20:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Bumble Inc. co-founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down almost a decade after starting the Austin-based dating app company.Herd will officially step down as CEO on Jan. 2, and she will be succeeded by Lidiane Jones, who is currently CEO at workforce communications company Slack, according to a Nov. 6 announcement. Herd will remain at Bumble as executive chair.Herd founded Bumble in 2014 after being a co-founder and vice president of marketing at Tin
  
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• Why Texas' constitutional amendment elections historically have low voter turnout

  06-11-2023 20:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday is Election Day in Texas, with 14 constitutional amendments on the ballot along with a handful of other local items Austin area voters will weigh in on. There are more than 17.7 million registered in Texas — yet as of the close of early voting on Friday evening, just over 1.2 million ballots were cast, marking a statewide turnout of 6.99%.That turnout volume is slightly lower compared to previous off-year election cycles, yet still on trend for typical voting
  
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• Texas House unveils latest education plan, proposing more money for ESAs and public schools

  06-11-2023 20:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- As the third legislative session lapses without movement to increase public school funding or establish Gov. Greg Abbott's priority of education savings accounts, lawmakers are reviewing a new proposal they plan on debating if and when the governor calls them back for a fourth special session.State Rep. Brad Buckley, the Fort Worth Republican who chairs the powerful Public Education Committee in the House, shared a draft overview of a bill he intends to file in the next speci
  
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• Sarkisian: Ewers throwing in practice, now 'day-to-day' recovering from shoulder injury

  06-11-2023 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: The above video is KXAN Sports' instant analysis following Texas' 33-30 win over Kansas State on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian upgraded Quinn Ewers' injury designation to "day-to-day" during his weekly press conference Monday.Ewers has been out since the fourth quarter of the Oct. 21 game against Houston with an injury to his throwing shoulder, missing games against BYU and Kansas State. The past two weeks, Sarkisian said E
  
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• Using llamas to stabilize the soil

  06-11-2023 19:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Climate change is causing glaciers to melt rapidly around the world. This melting is causing the land left to become dangerous and unstable. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin did research on this topic in partnership with institutions in Peru.It is not only the melting creating dangerous soils but also land rushes for mining and drainage of acid rock that foster a disrespect for local land rights.
  Bring on the llamas. Yes, llamas. Llamas brought onto this land, whe
  
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• Texas gets $43.6M in federal funding for 2021 winter storm recovery

  06-11-2023 18:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly three years after the devastating 2021 winter storm, Texas will get about $43.6 million in federal dollars to help with ongoing storm recovery.
  The money will come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for long-term recovery from the 2021 winter storm, the Texas General Land Office announced Monday. The funding is for community development block grant-disaster recovery, which helps address needs after other help is exhausted. The more than $4
  
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• Study: Drought a key factor in Central American migration to the United States

  06-11-2023 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Despite a focus on crime, poverty, and political unrest in Central America, weather conditions appear to be among the most significant factors when it comes to predicting immigration to the United States' southern border.A study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Utah tracked more than 323,000 migrants traveling with family from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.It found that conditions one standard deviation drier than usual contributed
  
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• Third week of APD officer's murder trial starts Monday

  06-11-2023 15:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Monday, attorneys representing Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor will continue presenting their case after the state rested last week. Taylor is on trial for murder in the death of Michael Ramos.Prosecutors expect to wrap mid-week in APD officer’s murder trialTaylor shot and killed Ramos, 42, during an incident with police back in April 2020 at a south Austin apartment complex parking lot. Taylor is on administrative leave with APD.KXAN's Grace Reader will be in cou
  
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• Psychology professor testifies in APD officer's murder trial

  06-11-2023 15:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Monday, attorneys representing Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor will continue presenting their case after the state rested last week. Taylor is on trial for murder in the death of Michael Ramos.Prosecutors expect to wrap mid-week in APD officer’s murder trialTaylor shot and killed Ramos, 42, during an incident with police back in April 2020 at a south Austin apartment complex's parking lot. Taylor is on administrative leave with APD.KXAN's Grace Reader will be i
  
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• Defense rests case in APD officer's murder trial

  06-11-2023 15:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Monday, attorneys representing Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor finished presenting their case after the state rested last week. Taylor is on trial for murder in the death of Michael Ramos.
  Jurors were released Monday but are expected to return Tuesday for closing arguments. They could begin deliberations shortly after.Prosecutors expect to wrap mid-week in APD officer’s murder trialTaylor shot and killed Ramos, 42, during an incident with police back in April 2
  
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• Colin Strickland to continue testimony Monday at Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial

  06-11-2023 15:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Colin Strickland will return to the witness stand Monday in the murder trial for Kaitlin Armstrong.
  He began his testimony around 2:30 p.m. Friday. The State is still in its first line of questioning.Armstrong is accused of shooting and killing pro Cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson at an east Austin home in May of 2022. Strickland was Armstrong's boyfriend at the time, and spent the day with Wilson before the shooting.
  You can catch up on the Armstrong case here.KXAN's Brianna Hol
  
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• Colin Strickland continues testimony Monday at Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial

  06-11-2023 15:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Colin Strickland returned to the witness stand Monday in the murder trial for Kaitlin Armstrong.
  He began his testimony around 2:30 p.m. Friday. The State is still in its first line of questioning.Armstrong is accused of shooting and killing pro Cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson at an east Austin home on May 11, 2022. Strickland was Armstrong's boyfriend at the time, and spent the day with Wilson before the shooting.
  You can catch up on the Armstrong case here.KXAN's Brianna Holli
  
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• Austin working with Florence, Italy to promote partnership

  06-11-2023 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Florence, Italy is over 5,600 miles away from Austin. Yet, the two cities share more in common than one would think.This fall, Austin and Florence entered into a “historic agreement” to facilitate educational, cultural and business collaborations. Austin enters ‘historic’ agreement with Florence, ItalyCristiano Maggipinto is a diplomatic adviser to the mayor of Florence."There were so many similarities and complementary aspects between our two cities
  
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• Coming soon: Listen to OutLaw podcast

  06-11-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — This standalone season is a companion to our “OutLaw” project – exploring a record number of laws proposed in 2023 impacting LGBTQ+ Texans, including a repeated effort to repeal the state’s ban on homosexual conduct. KXAN’s team of journalists – many, members of that community themselves – share how they work to make fair, objective coverage decisions with this topic and also how their own experiences shape their reporting – inc
  
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• Coming soon: Listen to Catalyst podcast on LGBTQ+ issues

  06-11-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — This standalone season is a companion to our “OutLaw” project – exploring a record number of laws proposed in 2023 impacting LGBTQ+ Texans, including a repeated effort to repeal the state’s ban on homosexual conduct. KXAN’s team of journalists – many, members of that community themselves – share how they work to make fair, objective coverage decisions with this topic and also how their own experiences shape their reporting – inc
  
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• Late week cold front puts an end to warming trend

  06-11-2023 12:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably warm and muggy to start the new work week, but the end is expected to look and feel much different.Today will be similar to Sunday -- warm (low 80s), high clouds, filtered sunshine and dry. South/southwest winds could be gusty at times, with speeds up to 10-15 mph. More of the same can be expected Tuesday and Wednesday before anticipated changes arrive.Late week cold frontA storm system trekking east across the Plains will send a cold front our way on Thursday. Alth
  
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• Austin police officer runs in support of local animal rescue

  06-11-2023 03:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sergeant Ben Mewis with the Austin Police Department is getting ready to run from Goliad, to Gonzales and back to the Capitol in support of Central Texas Pig Rescue.This is now his third running adventure he's taken on as a way to connect with the community.
  "It's just my hobby, but it's helping out organizations too," he said. "So I love the fact that I can do something I enjoy doing and have an adventure with it, and at the same time help out an organization that needs th
  
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