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🌱 Weather Warnings ⛈️ + Wanted Murder Suspect + Longhorn Giveaway 🏈

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Hello, all! It's Jessica Collins, your host of the Austin Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening locally. In today's issue, you'll find news about these stories and more:

  • Stay alert – storms are headed to the metroplex today!
  • Meta decides against downtown office expansion.
  • New Austin flight alert (you'll have to keep reading for the full scoop 👀)
  • Comedy shows, Longhorn football giveaway, major awards show coming to town, and more

But first, today's weather:

A severe p.m. t-storm; humid. High: 82 Low: 51.

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Here are the top stories today in Austin:

1) Severe storms are expected in the Greater Austin area this evening. Neighbors, please keep your eyes and ears peeled for weather updates. Heavy rain, damaging winds, tornadoes and hail are all possible. Stay off the roads if you can. Head over to KXAN for the full weather report.

2) Friday's events at the Austin Food & Wine Festival are canceled due to the incoming storm. The Statesman reports: "The Austin Food and Wine Festival was set to open with a new look Friday night, with a sausage-centric event called Wurst Weekend Kickoff for people who had what the fest calls 'All-In' tickets." Impacted ticketholders will receive an email from Front Gate Tickets, and the festival will reconvene on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Statesman has the full scoop.

3) Meta, the parent company of Facebook, decided not to move into the 589,000-square-foot office space at Sixth and Guadalupe. The company signed the lease in January but decided instead to sublet the 33-floor high-rise building. KVUE reports: "During Meta's Quarter 3 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said moving forward, the company is planning to shrink its office footprint through 2023 after being behind on revenue and due to the lack of stability in the economy." Head over to KVUE for the full scoop.

4) Wanted: a 21-year-old man connected to a shooting in Downtown Austin over Halloween weekend. APD has an arrest warrant for first-degree murder out for Ja Vaughn Katrell Clarke, the suspect allegedly connected with the shooting. Anyone with information or video of the incident should call APD Homicide at 512-974-TIPS. KXAN has more on this developing story.

5) New flight alert: American Airlines added a seasonal flight from Austin Bergstrom Airport to Panama City Beach, Florida! The new route will start in spring 2023, so you have time to get your beach bags packed, neighbors. CBS Austin has the full scoop on this announcement.

Today in Austin:

  • Community Cinema Presents: Top Gun: Maverick at Community First! Village. (6:30 p.m.)
  • Lee Fields, Lucius, Shamir at Emo's. (7 p.m.)
  • Faouzia at Parish. (7 p.m.)
  • Ed Maverick at Empire Garage. (7 p.m.)
  • Wine Rack Soundtrack Featuring Angélica Rahe at Pershing Hall. (7 p.m.)
  • (Comedy Show) Roast Battle at Vulcan Gas Company. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers with Próxima Parada at Empire Control Room. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Broadway In Austin Presents: Chicago at Bass Concert Hall. (8 p.m.)
  • CLIFFDIVER with Ben Quad and Mint Green at Mohawk Indoors. (8 p.m.)
  • Surf Curse with Toner at Mohawk. (8 p.m.)
  • (Comedy Show) What's The Worst That Can Happen: A Crowd Work Show at Vulcan Gas Company. (10 p.m.)

Community Chatter:

  • 🤠 Big news: the CMT Music Awards are coming to Austin in 2023! The awards show will be held at the Moody Center and hosted by Kelsea Ballerini. (Austin360 via Facebook)
  • 🎵 Broken Spoke is officially becoming a historical landmark: "Austin City Council voted in favor of the Broken Spoke's historical designation in a meeting on November 3." (CultureMap Austin via Facebook)
  • 🎟️ Ticket On-sale Alert: "Don't miss Brené Brown and Bono discussing the U2 front man's memoir next week at Paramount Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday." (Austin360 via Facebook)
  • 🤘 Longhorn Giveaway: "Luck Happens on Longhorn Weekly with Coach Sark, presented by Texas Lottery. Don't miss your chance to win FREE Texas football game tickets, Texas Lottery scratch tickets, an autographed hat, and more! Enter now @ bit.ly/LuckHappens2022" (Texas Longhorns via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday! I'll see you around.

— Jessica Collins

About me: Jessica is happy to call Austin her home for the past 10+ years. She loves the outdoors, arts & cinema, dining, and all of the natural beauty that Central Texas has to offer.

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