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Austin City Council to prioritize backlogged Land Development Code adjustments

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's something the University of Texas researchers say is a top solution for making our city -- and major cities around Texas -- more affordable: Incentivizing development by adjusting land development codes. Austin City Council has passed several amendments to its code to do that over the past year. Many of those adjustments you've seen right here on KXAN, including making it easier to open and operate a daycare in childcare deserts and eliminating parking minimums city-wide. But just because the council signs off on an amendment doesn't mean it's a done deal. City of Austin leadership said they were working through staffing shortages which makes it more challenging to get the amendments finalized. Austin could get rid of minimum parking requirements city-wide this year "There are amendments that seem like they would be really straightforward but they're hard and parking is one of them," Brent Lloyd, who works on Austin's Land Development Code revision team, s...

Pedestrian killed after crash in northeast Austin

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person died after a vehicle reportedly struck them Monday in northeast Austin, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. Paramedics said the crash happened at about 6:13 a.m. near the intersection of Johnny Morris Road and Johnny Morris Cove, which is east of the U.S. 183 tollway and north of Loyola Lane. According to a tweet, ACTEMS reported that its paramedics "obtained a deceased on scene pronouncement for an adult patient after resuscitation effort were unsuccessful." Paramedics did not plan on releasing any more information about the death as of early Monday afternoon. KXAN will work to gather more information about this investigation and will update this story as soon as those details are released.

Talk to teens about the 100 deadliest days of the driving year

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As we head into the “100 deadliest days” for teen drivers, which fall between Memorial Day and Labor Day every year, it is important to know what you can do to help your teenager understand fatal crashes are a reality that can happen to them.Teens were involved in 955,913 auto crashes, 4,000 of which were fatal, and suffered 359,268 serious injuries in the year 2018. And teens are two and a half times more likely to have reckless behavior when another teen is riding with them.2020 statistics show male teens between 16 and 19 had three times the risk of becoming a fatality in a crash than female teens in the same age group. The steering wheel and partial dashboard of an automobile. (File/Getty)The likelihood of a teen dying or being seriously injured increases three times when teens have more than one passenger. More crashes involving teens happen on Friday than on another day of the week.Fifty-five percent of fatal accident victims from 2019-2021 were 2...

Body of 26-year-old man found in Mississippi River

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

The body of a 26-year-old man who jumped off the Robert Street Bridge a week ago was pulled from the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul on Monday morning, officials said.Someone called 911 around 9 a.m. Monday to report that they had spotted a body in the river just east of the Robert Street bridge. Deputies with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol unit recovered the body shortly after, said Steve Linders, public information officer for the sheriff’s office.The man jumped off the bridge around 4:30 p.m. May 22. St. Paul police officers could see the man in the water after he jumped off the bridge, and Water Patrol deputies were called to the scene, Linders said.“Unfortunately, the man went under before deputies arrived,” he said. “We attempted to locate him using sonar equipment, but the search was unsuccessful.”The man’s name was not released Monday pending family notification.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Road construction near Rosedale mal...

Late-night fire extinguished in Gloversville

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Gloversville and Johnstown Fire Departments extinguished a structure fire in the early hours of May 29. Neither the occupants nor the firefighters on scene sustained injuries during the operation. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! At 12:44 a.m., both departments were dispatched to 12 Fifth Street in Gloversville. Upon arrival, Battalion Chief Mike Putnam reported a developed fire on the second floor in a two story house and immediately requested all hands to respond for assistance. Before firefighters arrived, the flames had engulfed the second floor, extended into the attic, and had started to descend into the first floor. Both crews attempted to attack the fire from the interior stairs, but were unable to make progress and eventually had to withdraw, the fire having too much of a head start against their efforts. Troy police investigating shooting near Ridge Drive Everyone was then cal...

I-70 Rivalry: Cardinals host the Royals for two-game series

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals (24-31) are hosting the Kansas City Royals (16-38) for a two-game series as the teams renew the I-70 rivalry.First pitch is at 1:15 p.m. Through the first six weeks of the season, the Cardinals were 14 games below .500. Since that time, they've gone 14-7. They're still 7 games under, but the team has shown great promise over the last three weeks.The Cardinals are 11-15 at home, but the visiting Royals are equally dismal on the road, with an 8-17 record in away games. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Cardinals (Seasonal) SIGN UP NOW Starting outfielders Dylan Carlson (ankle) and Tyler O'Neill (back) are on the 10-day injured list. Lars Nootbaar will move to center field to fill in for Carlson, while Alec Burleson comes off the b...

Bolder Boulder: Schneiderman wins men’s citizen race title at 43rd Bolder Boulder

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

Leading up to the 43rd running of the Bolder Boulder, Ben Schneiderman didn’t feel great about a lot of his workouts.He felt great on race day, however.On Monday, Schneiderman won the men’s citizen’s race at the Bolder Boulder, using a strong final push to finish in 31 minutes, 1.88 seconds.“It’s pretty exciting,” Schneiderman said. “I qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon in December at the California International Marathon, so I kind of decided to take a break from the full marathon and run a couple of shorter races after that before the fall. So I kind of picked out Bolder Boulder because it’s local and it’s a great race. It feels good.”Josh Romine was second, in 31:06.98, while Max Sannes was third, in 31:17.50.Schneiderman was in third for much of the race, but surged past Romine and Sannes on the final uphill stretch.“I wanted to kind of go after those front two,” he said. “They were ahead of me for most of the race, but I thought I could maybe get them on the...

Opinion: Brough and Johnston and the civility this nation needs in politics

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

What kind of political debate lacks sarcastic one-liners, rhetorical fallacies, eye rolls, obvious lies, outrageous accusations, and faux outrage? The one I recently witnessed between Denver mayoral candidates Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston at the Denver Botanic Gardens.The debate for Denver mayor candidates in the June 6 runoff election, sponsored by Denver PBS Channel 12, engaged candidates and experts from Urban Peak, Colorado Village Collaborative, ULI Colorado, and BOMA Denver in a conversation about homelessness.Watching a thoughtful exchange between political rivals was refreshing. In contrast to the unending abrasion of national politics, it was anodyne. They actually focused on their own extensive experience in public policy and positive campaign promises rather than hurling invective. From what I hear, Johnston and Brough are always like this: intelligent, winsome, and respectful to each other and the audience. The June 6 runoff election is just around the corner. It’s clo...

Experts share tips on how to avoid foodborne sickness on Memorial Day

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer season and many Californians will be firing up the grill to celebrate the upcoming warm weather, vacations and beach getaways.While the holiday is a great time to hang out with friends and family while sharing a meal, it’s also a prime opportunity to get sick, especially from foodborne illnesses.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 48 million people get sick from foodborne illnesses while 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die.To help curb the spread of germs this Memorial Day, experts have compiled a list of tips to help ensure Memorial Day meals are cooked correctly and won’t get anyone sick. Memorial Day events around Southern California Thaw SafelyMeat and poultry food items should be thawed out thoroughly before being placed on the grill, according to experts with the Food Safety and Inspection Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. When food is completely thawed out, it can cook more evenl...

Meet Transcorporeal Artifice Artist Huntrezz Janos

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

“Afrohungarian transcorporeal artificer” is the curiosity-fanning Instagram bio of new media artist Huntrezz Janos (she/her), and contains within its poetic brevity a universe of helpful evocation. Huntrezz operates at the exuberant and boundary-blurring intersection of technology, gaming, experimentation, community, identity, social justice, literature, generative aesthetics, adornment, mutual care, intentional embodiment, and post-body consciousness. Across video-based and augmented/mixed reality, 3-D printing, performance, robotics, digital assets including but not limited to NFTs, and most importantly all the unexplored places in between, Huntrezz hasn’t met a notion she isn’t up for challenging—including the soon to be obsolete digital/analog binary in both art and society.Art by Huntrezz JanosL.A. WEEKLY: What is your short answer to people who ask what your work is about? HUNTREZZ: My hustle revolves around experiments with contemporary technologies. I construct real and virt...