Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...form that will be integral to the January implementation of the state's cite-and-release law, which allows officers to issue..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Point Austin: The Process, Part II

After some procedural and PR bumps, City Council moves to name a new city manager

"...forum. Having first vowed to be the sole arbiters of their primary employee, the council apparently flinched under the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Texas Activists Rattle Cages Over Shabby Jails

Austin-based inmates' rights group hopes to shine daylight on inhumane conditions and mismanagement in county jails

"...damning U.S. Justice Department inquiry into the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, state prison and residential facilities..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Shakespeare Festival: Playing in a theatrical mecca

A dream comes true for the Austin Shakespeare Festival when it gets to perform the Bard's As You Like It in Richard Garriott's replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

"...never traveled outside the continental United States, but I've often said, being the lifelong thespian I am, that if..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Close to Outrage

A letter sent to city leadership by Sarah Campbell, who recently retired from a 20-year career with the city's Parks & Recreation Department, where she was a senior planner.

"...the mayor, City Council, city manager and assistant city managers, as well as all members of the Parks Board..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Taxi Lotto No Go?

Urban Transportation Commission searching for new system for approving taxi franchises

"..."Look at Miss America," says Mariam Nwoko, president of the United Cab Drivers Association. It's Tuesday evening, and..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Fresh Plus -- Minus Dave

Hyde Parkers mourn Dave Rackel's departure from the Fresh Plus grocery store.

"...Last week Dave Rackel, the popular store manager of the Hyde Park Fresh Plus and for many regulars..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women

"...Conforte, the sex broker largely responsible for the legalization of brothel prostitution, was forced to close the state's largest..."

July 6, 2001 Books Review by Dale Smith

Public Notice

Volunteer Some More

"...it for the volunteers. Whooooooo Hooooooo! Here's a list of our local opportunities for you to show your stuff..."

March 26, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

"...The beginning of the end is as good a vestibule as any..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin Desperately Needs Lifeguards but Has Resisted Calls for a Wage Increase

Lifeguards in limbo

"...With the city of Austin facing a lifeguard shortage that has prevented it..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

What Will Local Shows Look Like in the Future?

What will shows look like in the live music capital? That's all local club owners can think about.

"...something that's hard to prepare for because the impact of the virus and the information around it changes week..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Working Overtime to Provide for Unhoused Neighbors During the Coronavirus Pandemic

All shall be fed

"...Downtown Austin is home, most of the time, to about 500 people living without shelter...."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...fear was that someone was hurt, maybe even one of the kids at St. George's."..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...That was the question Dan Gillotte, general manager of Wheatsville Co-op, asked himself two years ago at the..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Playback: Upholding the Code

Keeping SXSW safe selectively?

"...disaster-free convergence Downtown for South by Southwest, a handful of live music venue owners have been pulling their hair..."

April 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...the culture, and you'll change the world. The genius of Ronald Reagan and the fossil fuel right was to..."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...sessions at Helping Autism Through Learning and Outreach, a nonprofit started by Soma Mukhopadh­yay to spread the gospel of..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Family Style

The Threadgill's secret to longevity

"...and had arrived in Austin on the previous Fourth of July. A friend of my then-boyfriend had worked there,..."

July 8, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Not Quite Fleet

City management is still trying to catch up with the mess at Fleet Services

"...More than seven months after city officials first told the Chronicle, and the City Council, that..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The First Earth Day, 1970

Austan Librach remembers

"...first Earth Day was a radical uprising – born of anger over unregulated air and water pollution and directly..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Finding a Way Back Home

Who's looking out for Austin's returning veterans?

"...Afghanistan end tomorrow or continue for years, the number of military veterans returning to civilian life is certain to..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...political question has emerged in Gov. Rick Perry's endorsement of legislation that would divest the state's holdings in companies..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Walsh has been allowed to besmirch the outstanding reputation of The Austin Chronicle's Food section with his uninformed reporting..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...that's unconfirmed. The photo came from the personal archives of Atlantic Records pioneer Jerry Wexler for a story the..."

July 21, 2006 Column

Playing 'House' (and 'Garden')

At Austin Playhouse, running Alan Ayckbourn's paired comedies side-by-side is double the pleasure, double the fun

"...the audience, this whole paired-comedies-performed-simultaneously-in-adjacent-theatres thing, watching actors dash off stage in one play, then dash on in another;..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...from Dolores Leyba and Jim McDermitt claims, "The formation of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, as a new..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column

News 8 at 5

Can Austin's little news station that could survive the grim reapers at Time Warner?

"...Sitting in his office, shortly after first coffee, News 8 Austin news director..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall

The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans

"...a throwback to another era, with Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce leaders blaming environmentalists for wiping out the prospect..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

A2K Meets 'ACL'

The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.

"...is perhaps why Charlie Jones has instilled a slice of predictability into his work: a stage-side shot of tequila..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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