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The Youngbloods Music Festival pops off next Saturday, June 29. Grace London , the youngest act booked for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, and I have been planning the event since last winter.a Right now, London's cruising down the I-10 highway moving back to Austin after a year spent in Los Angeles.a a "What's cool about this event ... (more)

A few days ago, BoxingScene.com reported that junior middleweight contender James Kirkland had been arrested for assault in Austin, Texas.

Irreconcilable differences in churches, expulsion revulsion in colleges, and filial disrespect in museums, as your AggreGAYtor soothes the savage beast.

A Houston man is accused of threatening to kidnap, murder and burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his father and also to "blow up" the sun if he wasn't paid $3 million.

Talks that would put Interstate 35 out of sight through Downtown Austin resurfaced at a City Council work session Tuesday.

The Texas Civil Rights Project is helping an Austin woman who claims a neighbor is racially harassing her.

The Alamo Drafthouse is bringing the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog star, The Guild producer, and University of Texas alumna back to town to do a Q&A after a screening of Rock Jocks , a film from Day's production company, Geek & Sundry .

James Franco arrives at the U.S. premiere of "Spring Breakers" at the SXSW Film Festival, on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Austin, Texas.

The man, who was the driver of the motorcycle, was involved in a two-vehicle crash shortly after 6 a.m. in the 3900 block of Guadalupe Street near the Natural Grocers store, the official said.

Travaasa Austin , the spa and resort on the edge of the Balcones Canyonland Preserve, unveiled its 10-acre farm on Saturday at a BBQ Bash hosted by Executive Chef Ben Baker that featured several of the best barbecue restaurants from around the state.

Amid great fanfare two years ago, Barry Smitherman, then the Public Utility Commission chairman, bought a plug-in Chevrolet Volt .

Vinyl record collecting is a vibrant scene in the Live Music Capital of the World, partly because music fans love the thrill of making new discoveries.

From top left, Martha Cotera, Racial Justice Award, Kathryn Krastin, Woman's Economic Empowerment Award and Geraldine Tucker, JD, Lifetime Achievement Award.

In this June 13, 2006 file photo, comedian Dave Chappelle promotes the release of his new DVD "Dave Chappelle's Block Party," at the Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles.

Flames broke out at the home on Ladera Norte near Bull Creek Park just before 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Four Hands Home in Austin will host a book signing luncheon next Thursday followed by an evening fundraiser benefiting the victims of the explosion in West, Texas.

UT faculty who have struggled to continue their cancer research projects because of an ongoing moratorium on the state's cancer research institute may get their promised money in the next few weeks.

This free flowing water is the Colorado River in Southeast Austin, tucked between the city's Roy Guerrero Park on the north and a small business district and the Colorado Wildlife Sanctuary on the south.

It took Austin firefighters just minutes to put out a fire at a home near Fair Oaks Drive and Manchaca Road at about 11 a.m. Sunday.

Larry Singleton Friday night on South Congress. Singleton brought out his flag and stood in place at several locations downtown.