East Austin

Modern new developments are opening on the site of former tank farms, one of the city's most notorious environmental controversies.

The Austin Fire Department said no one was injured and no hazardous materials are involved when seven train cars derailed early Tuesday .

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.

About 15,000 people were without power for several hours in East Austin on Wednesday evening. Austin Energy said high demand caused the outage.

The renovated historic clinic originally served as a neighborhood health center in the 1980s.

The store became a locus of Chicano organizing in the 1970s, welcoming Latino politicians like former state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos to conduct campaign events.

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.

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.

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.

Decades ago, the public event space was full of life. Now it's rundown, like an old relic.