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Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
Tesla revs up plan for new $2.5 million showroom in South Austin
Tesla revs up plan for new $2.5 million showroom in South Austin Tesla s heading south for its third Austin showroom.
Photo courtesy of Santana Row Tesla, the high-flying maker of electric vehicles, is driving into South Austin with its third local showroom. A filing with the State of Texas shows Tesla plans a $2.5 million project to convert a structure at 500 E. St. Elmo Rd. into a nearly 30,000-square-foot showroom. Work is expected to start June 15 and be completed September 15. Tesla already operates showrooms at the Domain in North Austin and at Pond Springs Road and Research Boulevard in Northwest Austin.
7 things to know in Austin food: Local pizzeria folds after 27 years Austin Pizza Garden is closing. The city’s most Instagramable Mexican eatery,
Gabriela’s Downtown, is planning a South Austin expansion. Founded by siblings and Michoacán natives Gabby and Arturo Bucio, Gabriela’s Downtown opened in early 2018 and has since garnered a great deal of social media attention for its DJ-scored brunches, house-made choriquesos, and hearty mole enchiladas (and who could forget their colorful array of alcoholic options including fruity margarita flights and chamoy-rimmed Modelos). A baby-blue banner announcing the Bucio family’s expansion currently hangs over the Gabriela’s forthcoming south location at 9600 S. IH-35, Unit B-500, which is on track to open in spring/summer.
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The forecast for Sunday s winter storm was spot on and resulted in record-breaking snow for parts of Texas.
What You Need To Know
Sunday s winter storm brought heavy snow between Dallas and Austin
Austin and Waco had record snowfall totals
Some areas received more than half a foot of snow
Sunday, January 10, 2021, will go down in history for record snowfall for Central and North Texas. This winter storm was the second in just over a week to blanket the Lone Star State with wintry weather.
The forecast called for the heaviest snow from the Panhandle to Central Texas, and it was verified by Sunday evening with record snowfall for Austin and Waco.