Adela Uchida

6 days ago | cbsaustin.com | Adela Uchida

An Austin police detective was laid to rest Friday. Friends and family of Detective Israel Garcia gathered for his funeral-- preceded by a procession of officers escorting Garcia's body to the Bannockburn Church in South Austin. "Not once did he complain about being forced to switch his schedule. He always showed up with a smile on his face," Officer Tessa Lantsberger told the crowd.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Adela Uchida

The Texas House took up a controversial bill that would ban citizens of certain countries, as well as government entities or businesses from those countries, from buying property in Texas. Those countries include Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China. Senate Bill 17 has already passed t he Senate, but it is getting pushback from opponents who say it echoes a law from a century ago, which excluded some Asian immigrants from owning property.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Adela Uchida

You will want to make sure there is a gold star on your driver's license before the next time you try to board a plane. Real ID enforcement began Wednesday, decades after being approved by Congress. There is one line in the main terminal for people who do not have a Real ID, so they can go through extra screening during this grace period. but it was not very busy on the first day. "We do have signs up indicating which lane travelers that are non-Real ID compliant should go to.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Adela Uchida

People in Burnet County are assessing the damage left behind by as many as two tornadoes Thursday afternoon. "The minute we shut the door I blacked out I don't remember anything." Stephani Mikeska was called inside off the front porch where she was watching the storm by her husband, just minutes before the tornado hit their home. Mikeska doesn't remember those moments, but now she's dealing with the significant damage the tornados - one confirmed - left behind.

2 weeks ago | cbsaustin.com | Adela Uchida

Four University of Texas students are suing the university, the board of regents, former UT president Jay Hartzell, Governor Greg Abbott, and UTPD and DPS, a little more than a year after they were arrested in the pro-Palestine protests on campus. The lawsuit centers on arrests made in the protest on April 24th of last year, saying the four students named were arrested and then faced academic discipline and retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights.