Listen to This: Song Confessional Season 2

FOOD ACCESS RESOURCES FROM SFC The Sustainable Food Center has put together a thorough compilation of food access resources for Central Texans, ranging from farmers' markets to CSAs to delivery options and everything in between, so you can ensure that healthy food stays on your table. And if you're able to contribute they're accepting online donations, which support farmers and low-income families facing food insecurity. Get all the details on their website. Citywide. sustainablefoodcenter.org.

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering. Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings. Yes, it’s your Food News Buffet for the third week of...

In 2011, the most destructive wildfire in Texas' recent history burned over 34,000 acres of land and killed two people, right down Highway 71 in Bastrop. Wildfires are undeniably increasing in number and magnitude, yet most of us associate the fires with Colorado and California. However, Texas A&M Forest Service reported 348,403 acres of land in Texas burned in March 2022 alone. Although Texas has historically been subject to tornadoes and hurricanes, fires are the latest manifestations of climate change.

Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors. Brace yourselves for a long one, Council members, because you've got a lot on your plate today. Aside from a typical agenda – that is, packed with 95 items that are either critically important, or mundane, or usually both at once – you have set for yourselves not one but two emotionally fraught "Council discussions" on the Land Development Code, complete with public comment sessions on each that are sure to be impassioned and sharply divided, as you at long last dig into the hard work that's stood seemingly at a standstill since the wreckage of CodeNext just about two years ago.

A program to provide free legal representation to poor people at the Travis County Jail was recently put on pause by Sheriff Sally Hernandez over staffing concerns. Now, the sheriff’s office, the county and district attorneys, and criminal defense groups are scrambling to save it. The $500,000 program is...