For Kalani Streicher, the good old days are here again.Streicher's development studio of about a dozen people in West Austin is hard at work on "Tiki Gods: Ancient Times," a new title for iOS devices. And Kalani Games is a small operation, where Streic... »
Police have arrested a 55-year-old Austin man in connection with a March 17 stabbing death in a Central Austin parking lot.Pedro Ancira, who police said is a documented member of the Texas Syndicate prison gang, remained jailed Saturday on $100,000 bai... »
March showers brought April flowers to Austin, where swaths of wildflowers have bloomed after one of the wettest Marches on record.Meteorologists measured 5.11 inches of rainfall at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, about 2 1/2 inches more than n... »
AustinACC carnival to celebrate the arts, local heritageThe Arts and Humanities Division of Austin Community College invites the public to celebrate the arts at the fourth annual Carnival ah! — a festival featuring live performances, art installations,... »
Style meets chemistry meets biology: We're talking hair coloring.When done well, hair is shiny, silky smooth, just like on the commercials. No one has to know your secret. When done wrong — and it can go very wrong — hair can be brittle and wispy like ... »
‘We cannot detach ourselves from the past," Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel said. "But we do not live in the past."The great man spoke of many wise and puzzling things during the Anti-Defamation League dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. He linked memory, cul... »
NORTHWEST AUSTIN Fire Department aware of construction blasts Austin Fire Department officials say they are being inundated with 911 calls because of blasting at a construction site in Northwest Austin. The blasting will occur three times a day for the... »
Spanish Oaks is a place where neighbors stop to visit one another on the hike and bike trail. It's a community where residents know each other's kids and look out for them. They have fun together during Halloween hay rides, gatherings at Pecan Grove Pa... »
From the moment you arrive at the Bluffs at Balcones, a new private enclave of 27 richly appointed "city style," green, custom-built townhomes developed atop a hillside near MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) and RM 2222 by local Austin developer/builder Spicewo... »
Belvedere on Hamilton Pool continues to see a surge of custom home construction and activity during 2012. Included in this activity is the completion of a new market-ready custom home built by CasaBella Development that will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Su... »
Austin Council hopefuls to face off at council luncheon Candidates running for City Council will meet at a forum Tuesday during the 12th annual Power Luncheon hosted by the Real Estate Council of Austin. All candidates, except Place 5 candidate John Ru... »
By the time the first runner crossed the finish line just less than 30 minutes after the 35th annual Statesman Capitol 10,000 began Sunday morning, a crowd of the families and friends of the more than 22,000 participants had formed along the race's las... »
The Austin school board today plans to pick a name for a new early childhood center and to create a new citizens' bond advisory committee.The committee would be responsible for developing facility recommendations and a scope of work for a future bond p... »
Many years ago while serving in the Texas Legislature, I got a call from a South Austinite who told me that she worked at night, slept during the day and had neighbors whose dogs barked incessantly. She wanted to know what I was going to do about it. I... »
Two years after the trains began running, and more than seven years after voters approved the 32-mile line, transit-oriented development has been sparse at MetroRail's nine stations. A stop-by-stop summary:LeanderNo transit-oriented development here, o... »
