Antone’s and Waterloo Greenway revive the Austin Blues Festival April 25–26 at Moody Amphitheater with Parliament Funkadelic, Jimmie Vaughan and brass bands.

Family-run Bear King Brewing in Marble Falls closed after owners blamed rising costs, weeks after its guava IPA won a statewide gold medal.

Federal prosecutors filed 187 immigration-related cases in the Western District of Texas from Feb. 27–Mar. 5, naming several repeat deportees and defendants with prior convictions.

A new trailer in North Austin pairs jaggery-sweet chai with Mumbai street classics. Owner Ramya Patel left tech to make scratch-made chaat and South Indian coffee.

Dense fog and patchy drizzle are reducing visibility across Austin this morning; NWS has an advisory until 10 AM CDT.

A new statewide hotline links low-income Texas families to child-welfare attorneys when CPS opens an investigation, funded by a $14M TAJF grant.

Junior cooks aged 8–17 flipped pork chops and vied for Grand Champion at BBQ Austin's weekend cookoff. The family-focused event also raised money for youth programs.

Muggy Sunday with spotty morning showers; a stronger storm threat arrives late Tuesday into Wednesday with gusty winds and locally heavy rain.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly carjacking a delivery driver on W. 7th and crashing the stolen vehicle downtown; the delivery worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Texas PUC cleared interim Aqua Texas rates that take effect Monday, March 9 — a change residents say will drive higher monthly bills across Austin’s suburbs. Protest filings and advocacy groups are lining up for contested hearings in April.

Plans filed show Mackey’s Pizza will convert a 915‑sq‑ft former yoga studio at 719 US‑183 into a small pizzeria; construction is slated for April–June.

Texas will let businesses use federal bonus‑depreciation rules to write off eligible equipment faster, lowering franchise‑taxable margins on the 2026 report.

A cold front will move through Austin around midday. Showers and thunderstorms are likely with heavy downpours and an isolated large-hail threat.