/tags/east-austin East Austin en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 12 May 2025 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2025-05-12/east-austin-tx-tank-farms-springdale-polluted-oil-companies-atxplained Modern new developments are opening on the site of former tank farms, one of the city's most notorious environmental controversies. Mon, 12 May 2025 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2025-05-12/east-austin-tx-tank-farms-springdale-polluted-oil-companies-atxplained Mose Buchele /transportation/2024-10-22/austin-tx-train-derailment-traffic-disruptions The Austin Fire Department said no one was injured and no hazardous materials are involved when seven train cars derailed early Tuesday . Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:09:52 GMT /transportation/2024-10-22/austin-tx-train-derailment-traffic-disruptions Greta Díaz González Vázquez, Mose Buchele /austin/2024-10-10/east-austin-brush-fire-fm-969 The fire started around midday Thursday and quickly grew to 55 acres. It was fully contained by 4:37 p.m., according to the Austin Fire Department. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:12:40 GMT /austin/2024-10-10/east-austin-brush-fire-fm-969 Chelsey Zhu /energy-environment/2024-08-22/east-austin-tx-energy-power-outage-record-heat-temperature About 15,000 people were without power for several hours in East Austin on Wednesday evening. Austin Energy said high demand caused the outage. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:45:12 GMT /energy-environment/2024-08-22/east-austin-tx-energy-power-outage-record-heat-temperature Mose Buchele, Maya Fawaz, Luz Moreno-Lozano /health/2024-08-05/central-health-opens-rosewood-zaragosa-clinic-expanding-specialty-care-in-east-austin The renovated historic clinic originally served as a neighborhood health center in the 1980s. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:38:21 GMT /health/2024-08-05/central-health-opens-rosewood-zaragosa-clinic-expanding-specialty-care-in-east-austin Olivia Aldridge /austin/2024-02-14/green-and-white-grocery-east-austin-history The store became a locus of Chicano organizing in the 1970s, welcoming Latino politicians like former state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos to conduct campaign events. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:51:52 GMT /austin/2024-02-14/green-and-white-grocery-east-austin-history Kali Bramble /austin/2023-11-10/austin-creative-space-bipoc-artists-dawa DAWA HQ will offer an event space, free studio time and a community base for BIPOC creatives. It will open to the public this weekend. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:29:14 GMT /austin/2023-11-10/austin-creative-space-bipoc-artists-dawa Chelsey Zhu /energy-environment/2023-08-14/why-east-austin-suffers-more-from-this-extreme-heat-than-other-neighborhoods East Austin is home to the hottest temperatures in the city. Its residents also call EMS for heat-related health concerns more often than people in other neighborhoods. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:45:24 GMT /energy-environment/2023-08-14/why-east-austin-suffers-more-from-this-extreme-heat-than-other-neighborhoods Olivia Aldridge /austin/2023-06-22/two-paragraphs-forced-black-residents-to-east-austin-exploding-real-estate-prices-forced-them-out Austin has grown a lot in recent years � and the East Side has been impacted the most. To understand the city's pattern of displacement, we have to go back to 1928. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-06-22/two-paragraphs-forced-black-residents-to-east-austin-exploding-real-estate-prices-forced-them-out Marisa Charpentier, Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2023-01-05/fiesta-gardens-venue-town-lake-atxplained Decades ago, the public event space was full of life. Now it's rundown, like an old relic. Thu, 05 Jan 2023 11:02:00 GMT /austin/2023-01-05/fiesta-gardens-venue-town-lake-atxplained Juan Garcia