Bettie Cross
Reporter at KEYE-TV (Austin, TX)
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1 day ago |
cbsaustin.com | Bettie Cross
The fight to save an Austin affordable apartment complex was put to a vote on Thursday. The Austin City Council approved rezoning Acacia Cliffs in Northwest Austin and allowing the redevelopment project to move forward. But changes were made to help protect residents from escalating rents that might force them to move. Eric Gomez came to Austin City Hall to fight to save his apartment and keep it affordable.
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2 days ago |
cbsaustin.com | Bettie Cross
The recent heavy rains in Central Texas have not just raised lake levels. Bacteria levels are also going up in some favorite swimming holes, such as Hamilton Pool. The storms that muddied the water in Hamilton Pool forced Travis County parks officials to temporarily close the natural spring-fed pool to swimmers. "I thought we were going swimming, and I had to change clothes a lot of times because I thought we were going swimming. You started with a swimsuit on, right?
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3 days ago |
cbsaustin.com | Bettie Cross
A free education and vocational training program in San Marcos is closing after 60 years in operation. Gary Job Corps currently has about 800 students who are working to get their GEDs or technical training. The US Department of Labor says the decision was made to pause operations at several Job Corps centers across the country, including San Marcos, because students are not getting the results they deserve. "My support structure was gone," said Michael Sanchez.
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1 week ago |
cbsaustin.com | Bettie Cross
Austin's ongoing power outage has 6,296 Austin Energy customers waiting for their electricity to be restored on Friday evening. Lindsey Schoenfeld and her mom have been without lights and air conditioning for two days. "We have lived here about 8 years and we have never seen anything like this," said Schoenfeld. "They were moving furniture out of the living room.
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1 week ago |
cbsaustin.com | Bettie Cross
Austin leaders gathered on Thursday to break down the impact of Wednesday night's supercell thunderstorm. 9-1-1 calls shot up 35%. 72,000 Austin Energy customers lost power. Massive oak trees were uprooted across the city. The latest numbers from Austin Energy show that as of Thursday afternoon, 19,000 customers continue to be without electricity. Crews are working around the clock to restore the remaining outages.
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UPDATE: Construction of a unique wishbone bridge over Lady Bird Lake is halfway to completion. The eastern end of Austin’s most popular hike and bike trail is getting a $25-million-dollar makeover. The pedestrian bridge will be complete this time next year. @cbsaustin https://t.co/9kOmrvuJ0O
Check out the view from the largest hotel suite in Austin! W Austin just finished a multi-million-dollar transformation and now boasts the largest suite in the city - 1,798 sq ft! The views are also stellar from the “standard” rooms. @WHotels https://t.co/ZnUzj1LkQi
UPDATE: Austin police have identified 2 suspects in connection with an abuse of corpse investigation. Police allege 15 bodies were “experimented on” at Capital Mortuary Services in North Austin. @cbsaustin https://t.co/WkXesJvGjz
