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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

Compiled by Matt Mackowiak

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TODAY’S WEATHER

H: 80° / L: 52°. Temperatures start to warm up, per Fox 7 Austin.

TOP NEWS

“Austin Police Department shares updates on response times, staffing” KVUE

“Driver in deadly I-35 pileup requests bond reduction to $7 following clean toxicology” CBS Austin

“Austin short-term rentals hit with 11% tax, leaving guests to pay more” KVUE

“Atomic age goes smaller: Austin company unveils next-generation nuclear power plant” KXAN

THE BLOTTER

“Man dead after downtown Austin shooting; person of interest in custody” Fox 7 Austin

“South Austin drug bust uncovers almost 100 grams of narcotics; 3 arrested” Fox 7 Austin

“Man with 7th DWI offense sentenced to 17 years for killing 2 people in crash” Fox 7 Austin

“Georgetown woman killed after camper shell flies off truck, hits her car” Fox 7 Austin

“Suspects arrested, charged in fatal shooting of teen at Manor apartment complex” CBS Austin

“APD Bomb Squad works to safely remove 'degraded explosives' from vacant NE Austin home” CBS Austin

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

“Austin Energy GM Bob Kahn retiring after 2 years leading utility” Community Impact Austin

“Austin owed $7.4 million in unpaid parking tickets” KVUE

BUSINESS NEWS

“Tesla reveals plans for eco-park in southeast Austin” KVUE

TEXAS SPORTS

TEXAS BASEBALL: “Texas baseball moves near the top of latest Top 25 poll” KXAN

TEXAS MEN’S BASKETBALL: “Lithuanian big man Matas Vokietaitis pledges to Longhorns in portal” AAS ($)

QUICK LINKS

~ Mixed-use, 65-acre Crystal Village project taking shape in Leander - Austin American-Statesman

~ UT ends Flags courses requirements, including diversity; plans new model. Here's why. - Austin American-Statesman

~ Public Health Commission looks at curbing heat illnesses, promoting drug counselor training - Austin Monitor

~ Urban Transportation Commission discusses, makes recommendations on CAMPO’s draft regional plan for 2050 - Austin Monitor

~ City looking to fill in gaps after spending or encumbering all ARPA funds - Austin Monitor

~ 1 dead after shooting in Downtown Austin Monday evening - KVUE

~ 'Certainly have a developing crisis' | Texas beekeepers report record bee deaths, raising alarm for agriculture - KVUE

~ Austin TxDOT employees report lack of parking options as department ends remote work - KVUE

~ Journal Profile: Nicole Klepadlo is helping keep Austin, Austin - ABJ

~ Amplify Credit Union CEO calls tariffs 'terrible' but views Austin as resilient - ABJ

~ APD Bomb Squad responding to degraded explosives found in north Austin home - KXAN

~ Austin could approve another 'missing middle' housing type - ABJ

~ Here's the reason some retail projects in Austin's fastest-growing suburb have stalled - ABJ

~ Police investigating homicide near 3rd and Nueces streets in downtown Austin - KEYE

~ Man killed in downtown Austin shooting: APD - FOX 7 Austin

~ Can Austin's roads keep up with its growth? - Spectrum News

~ Popular Austin mall to add Abercrombie & Fitch women's-only store - MySA

~ Buda City Council brainstorms dog park relocation, suggests Stagecoach Park - Community Impact

AUSTIN CULTURE

~ BREAKFAST TACOS: “Small Plates: 5 restaurants and expanding franchises to check out” ABJ ($)

~ BREAKFAST TACOS: “The 13 Best Breakfast Tacos in Austin”” Eater Austin

~ BRUNCH: “The 17 Essential Brunches in Austin” Eater Austin

~ BOWLING: “New bowling alley transforms long-neglected South Congress warehouse” Culture Map Austin

~ COMEDY: “Need a laugh? Moontower Comedy brings Aziz Ansari, Tiffany Haddish and many more to Austin” AAS ($)

~ STAYCATION: “This shipping container treehouse is Texas' most wishlisted Airbnb stay” Culture Map Austin

WHAT TO DO TONIGHT

~ TEXAS BASEBALL: Houston Christian at #2 Texas. Disch-Falk Field. 6:30pm. Tix $5 and up here.

~ LIVE MUSIC: Paul Simon. Bass Concert Hall. 6:30pm. $69 and up here.