Good morning, everybody! It is Thursday in Austin and I am again in your inbox shiny and early to get you caught up on all a very powerful issues taking place on the town.

Settle in whereas we cowl:

• At Austin Bergstrom, a system outage delayed over 235 flights.
• The JCB Gallery is searching for rising and established Austin artists — we have the inside track under.
• Preserve scrolling to study extra a few free, digital yoga session this night!
• Deserted guinea pigs had been found everywhere in the Austin metropolitan space.

However first, right this moment’s climate:

Cooler; breezy within the morning. Excessive: 65 Low: 40.

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Listed below are the highest tales in Austin right this moment:

1) Airline passengers simply can’t appear to catch a break! Yesterday was one other nerve-racking day at Austin-Bergstrom as greater than 235 flights had been delayed and 38 had been canceled, whereas the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly halted all air visitors throughout america. KUT reviews that the FAA hasn’t but supplied a root reason for the system outage, however White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned there was “no proof of a cyberattack at this level,” and that the U.S. Division of Transportation would “conduct a full investigation into the causes.” KUT has extra on this story right here.

2) An audit by the College of Texas Middle for Water and the Atmosphere recognized over 50 potential enhancements for Austin Water. After Austin Water clients had been placed on a three-day boil discover again in February 2022, Austin Metropolis Council referred to as for an exterior audit to look at water high quality, service interruptions and acceptable options. The Statesman reviews: “The exterior assessment makes 53 suggestions for enhancing operations and resiliency on the Ullrich plant, and Austin Water agrees or partially agrees with 49 of these suggestions, metropolis officers mentioned. They mentioned work on 19 of the suggestions has already begun.” Be taught extra in regards to the audit, personnel modifications at Austin Water and subsequent steps right here at The Statesman.

3) Simply while you thought you’d seen and skim all of it: A breeder is accused of dumping guinea pigs alongside I-35 and Mopac! The Austin Guinea Pig rescue mentioned it obtained an inflow of calls reporting stray guinea pigs found in metropolis park bogs and beneath freeway bridges, in determined want of care. CBS Austin reviews the guinea pigs have been discovered as far north as Spherical Rock and as far south as Buda. Head over to CBS Austin to study extra about this heartbreaking story.

4) Tesla is gearing as much as spend greater than $800 million on inside finishes and new building at its campus in Southeast Austin. Filings with the Texas Division of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) present that the digital car titan is planning so as to add roughly 1.7 million sq. toes of further area to its current 10 million sq. toes campus – WOW! Be taught extra about Tesla’s growth plans right here at KVUE.

At this time in Austin:

• “Birds within the Panorama” Class on the Girl Fowl Johnson Wildflower Middle (8 a.m.)
• Cardio and Power hosted by Stronger Austin at digital. (8:30 a.m.)
• (Child-Pleasant) Lego Lab at Austin Public Library, Nice Hill Department. (4 p.m.)
• Lounge Periods with Nick Garza’s Get Alongside at Lodge San José. (5:30 p.m.)
• Jeff Dunham “Nonetheless Not Canceled” Tour at Moody Middle. (7 p.m.)
• (Free) Yoga hosted by Stronger Austin at digital. (7 p.m.)
• Ley Line, Buffalo Hunt at Antone’s. (7 p.m.)
• Alter Ego Comedy Sport Present at The Studio. (8 p.m.)
• The Brokers of Chaos Comedy Present at The Ballroom at Spiderhouse. (8 p.m.)

Group Chatter:

• 🎾 Let’s assist our Longhorn Tennis Crew: “Spring schedule 🤘 Let’s do that. #HookEm” (Texas Girls’s Tennis by way of Fb)
• 🎨 Name for artists! The Julia C. Butridge Gallery on the Dougherty Arts Middle prolonged the deadline to submit exhibit proposals for the 2024 Gallery Season to March 5. (Metropolis of Austin)
• 🎞️ The Texas Movie Awards: Austin Movie Society’s annual gala to have a good time and lift funds for Texas movie—returns March 3, going down at Willie Nelson’s Luck, TX. (CultureMap Austin)

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Alrighty, you are all good for right this moment. See you all tomorrow morning for an additional replace!

— Jessica Collins

About me: Jessica is joyful to name Austin her dwelling for the previous 10+ years. She loves the outside, arts & cinema, eating, and the entire pure magnificence that Central Texas has to supply.