Yellow Stage News Today

The extreme heat in recent weeks has put a strain on Brandon water resources. On June 8, the city moved to the Yellow Stage 2 designation, which limits lawn watering to just one day per week with no lawn watering between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The move to Stage 2 was triggered when the city’s water usage surpassed 1.6 gallons per day for three straight days. The water designations of Stages 1, 2 and 3 were implemented in 2017. Stage 3 means no watering of yards is permitted and would...

Explosions in the Sky at Sound on Sound Fest in 2016 (Photo by David Brendan Hall) During my teenage years in San Antonio, I had a much cooler best friend with a punk dad. As such, his children annually attended Fun Fun Fun Fest, the cultish music and comedy festival held at Austins Auditorium Shores. I joined in at age 16, just months after returning from a 2012 summer mission trip with my church choir. Upon entry, the singer of Chicago shock act the Dwarves dislodged my s...