Austin Urban Post

  • Taye Diggs ask about neighborhood Karen in Austin HBCU parking dispute

    Actor Taye Diggs is talking about historically Black college and university Huston-Tillotson University, located in Austin, Texas, following a dispute that is getting the attention of other passersby and neighborhood residents as a white couple has been caught leaving notes on cars and injustice towards students parking legally near their home located on nineth street of East Austin, a historical black neighborhood.

    In a video posted last week by Bri, Instagram @briii.likethecheese, a student at Tillotson, who also parks in the area is confronting the issue, “Ya’ll know it’s legal to park here, right,” the HBCU student is heard telling the couple, who are standing on their property. What follows is the residents yelling out, “We paid 1.5 million for our house, Ya’ll graduation rate is 25 percent.” In addition, before the video ends the white woman threatens to call the cops, along with shouting out,” This is our neighborhood.”

    Diggs called out the woman, referring to her in a inquiry as Karen — a term that describes a woman, usually white who is seen as rude – a same name addressed to her in the video. Bri refers to the woman as Karen who replied angrily to her arrival and in a response to the couple’s attitude towards the undergraduates parking near their home.

    Prior to Diggs response to the Fox 7 Austin video, students and community residents have been scene protesting the couple with posters for days reading such as, “My Black is Beautiful…Black Education Matters,” along with chanting “You bought a house, not our history.”

  • Elizabeth Holmes in theatres before Austin halfway house transfer

    Theranos Founder Fraud Trial (ABC )

    Elizabeth Holmes, 42, Ex-CEO and founder of Theranos, a blood-testing company, who was convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison will be transferring from Federal Prison Camp Bryan to a halfway house in Del Valle, Texas.

    Focusing further away from years of legal drama, a new documentary, “You Can See Everything, “places the disgraced Holmes and her husband Billy Evans in the limelight as she prepares for life behind bars a month and days ahead of time, with additional footage that spans three years following.

    Prior to her sentencing, Evans and Holmes considered themselves normal people – in addition to two kids born before her serving her sentence in May 2023, they traveled in an RV for six months, sleeping on campgrounds and in Walmart parking lots before Evans would find a settled home in Austin, Texas.

    For years, Holmes was known as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, according to Forbes, and; however, in 2016, following the company’s release of president and chief operating officer, Ramesh Sunny Balawi, Theranos was uncovered as fraudulent, with valid issues arriving among the company’s core valued Edison machine, a technological tool that could provide multiple tests from a single drop of blood.

    With a copied, black turtleneck look that followed Steve Jobs, Holmes would already have a 140 million deal with Walgreens for testing placement, along with billions in investment funds from Rupert Murdoch, Tim Draper, The Walton Family, Robert Kraft and the Betsy DeVos Family.

    Holmes life as dropout is also chronicled in “The Dropout,” a series that follows Holmes and her exit from Stanford University to continue on with her failed company, Theranos. Holmes’ prison sentence was reduced to 10 years and 3 months and she, along with Balawi, was ordered to pay $452 million in restitution.

    “You Can See Everything” was released on October 16, 2026 in limited theatres including Austin’s Violet Crown and Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas.

  • Man shot, bullet not recovered, officer reasons ICE arrest

    Bystanders awaited what could have happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, after his arrest, caught on camera in North Austin, showed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shoot the DoorDash driver in his upper back region during his arrest last Sunday.

    Garcés Pérez, a Venezuelan man, had no weapon on him, during his stop and upon his entrance into Austin Hospital, Dell Seton, where he was discharged within a few hours with the bullet still lodged in his back. ICE agents transported him to a customs detention center in Pearsall Texas, where he is awaiting a surgery for the removal of the bullet.

    Within days passed and a block,” His federal case is pending, and a hearing is scheduled for next week.”  said Kate Lincoln-Goldfish, Garcés Pérez’s lawyer, who said she will continue to hold onto efforts regarding the well-being of her client through what she said should be prioritized. “Continue demands are clear: restore Wilber’s communication privileges and take him back to the hospital. He needs access to appropriate medical care.” Lincoln Goldfish continued proceeding her client.

  • Hayden Panettierre dead at 36

    Hayden Panettiere who was known for her roles as Claire Bennet in “Heroes” and Juliette Barnes “Nashville” is dead at 36, according to ABC.

    People Hayden Panettiere

    One of the last sightings of Panettiere was traveling through LaGuardia Airport in May with a friend. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” said Skip Panettiere, the late actress’ father, said in a statement to CNN.

    Panettiere became a notable child star in the 90s appearing on daytime stories One Life to Live and Guiding Light. She gained notary acting aside Denzel Washington in the 2000 film Remember the Titans and lending her voice in Pixar’s A Bug’s Life. The late actress had recently spoken about her upbringing and journey in her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, which published in May.

  • Nipsey Hussle estate release album, clothing line

    MSN: Nipsey Hussle

    Late rapper Nipsey Hussle estate will release his upcoming posthumous album, “Prolific”, at 9 p.m. today, following the accompanied clothing brand of the same name that released on July 27.

    The widespread delivery of the streetwear clothing brand, Prolific, was launched under Hussle’s Marathon Clothing Line, helming photographic archives, while the album was recorded in 2017.

    Alongside collaborator South Central rapper Bino Rideaux , Prolific, is a 15-track joint album, with “Reckless” as the leading single, and other songs featuring artists such as, Ty Dolla $ign, Cardi B, Leon Thomas, Buddy, James Fauntleroy, and Static Major, which is set to be released on digital August 14.

    Hard copy for the much-awaited album will follow the digital release. The album arrives one day before Hussle’s 41st birthday.

  • Delta 8 drug ban, lawsuits take aim at decision

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    A new law that has banned Delta 8, Delta 10, THCa flower and THCP in Texas that effectively began on July 31 and has police monitoring for any persons carrying and if caught could face a felony charge with a punishment of 180 days to two years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

    Smoke shops citywide where informed that the only exception to the ban is Delta 9 with a “Tetrahydrocannabinols” or THC level of 0.3% cannabis for purchase with the age limit being 21 or older.

    With the new law standing under Section 481.035 of the Texas Health & Safety Code, many Cannabidiol CBD, a “substance derived from the cannabis plant,” shops, according to the Texas State Law Library, are going to court for the ban on the psychedelic, derived drug, stating that the illegalization of the drugs goes against 2018 Farm Bill, an earlier bill that gave rights and legalized the sale of hemp and hemp programs.

    In addition, the state of the hemp-derived industry is taking another turn on November 12 with CHPs, consumable hemp products, consisting of smokable products, CBD oils, gummies and edibles, body products and infused food and  drinks, which will review THC content as a defined stricter substance in “hemp” for a consumer’s usage.