Abigail Velez

3 days ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

After more than five hours of public comment and deliberation, the San Marcos City Council voted early Wednesday morning to reject a controversial proposal that would have doubled the city's network of automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras. The 5-2 vote to deny the expansion came around 12:50 a.m. following a marathon meeting that saw passionate testimony from residents, civil rights advocates and city leaders alike.

4 days ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

Austin Independent School District is racing to finalize a turnaround plan for three failing campuses, without the extra time district leaders had hoped would come from the Texas Legislature. House Bill 4, which promised to overhaul the state's standardized testing system and extend deadlines for improvement plans, failed to pass before the legislative session ended last week.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

As state lawmakers tout new investments in public education, Leander ISD leaders say it's still not enough to prevent school closures and deep staffing cuts. During a packed school board meeting Thursday night, families, students, and educators pleaded with trustees to save their neighborhood campuses from possible consolidation.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

Some Austinites had never heard the word "microburst" until Wednesday night, but they definitely felt one. A sudden, violent storm system swept across Central Texas, uprooting trees, knocking down power lines, and causing deadly flash flooding. Now, cleanup efforts are underway across East and Central Austin, and weather experts are explaining the rare force behind the damage.

1 week ago | news4sanantonio.com | Abigail Velez

Hundreds filled Toyota Rattler Stadium Tuesday night in a powerful show of grief and solidarity to honor 18-year-old Andrew Noel Farias, a recent San Marcos High School graduate shot and killed at a graduation party over the weekend. The field was a sea of purple, lit by candlelight and heartbreak, as classmates, coaches, teachers, and family members gathered to remember the life of a young man described as courageous, selfless, and full of potential.