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Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza, seen here in 2017, announced Wednesday that his prosecutors will now ask judges to require high-risk offenders to surrender any weapons as a condition of their bond.
Prosecutors with the Travis County District Attorney’s office on Wednesday will begin asking judges to require that some offenders release and surrender firearms as a condition of their bond.
District Attorney José Garza said prosecutors will make the request for people at high-risk of reoffending to ensure they “don t have access to a firearm while their case is pending, or while they are on community supervision.”
More than 600 vaccines distributed at Travis Co. drive-thru vaccine clinic
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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AUSTIN, Texas - On Saturday, January 9, 2021, 638 COVID-19 vaccines were distributed at Travis County’s first drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the southeastern part of the county.
The clinic came together through a partnership with CommUnityCare, Ascension Seton and Dell Children’s Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics - Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Public Health, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, Travis County Constable Precinct 4 George Morales III, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler.
Officials say the purpose of the clinic is to equitably distribute the vaccine to people above the age of 65 from the communities and people hardest hit by COVID-19. As a result, the drive-thru clinic was able to administer 638 COVID-19 vaccines to CommunityCare patients, teachers and staff from Austin ISD