🚗 Tesla launching paid service

🖼️ Convention Center Art To Be Destroyed

Austin City Council members last month approved a plan to destroy four murals and art installations at the Austin Convention Center ahead of the building’s coming demolition. [The Austin Monitor]

🍿 The Movies You Should Watch Before the Oscars

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, AKA the Oscars, is barely a month away. Austin Chronicle editor and film critic Kimberley Jones is breaking down the best movies of 2024 ahead of Hollywood’s big night. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🚗 Tesla To Launch Paid Self-Driving Service in Austin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an earnings call that the company plans to launch a paid, self-driving service in Austin in June. [KXAN]

🚒 Could an L.A.-Like Wildfire Happen in Austin?

Experts say that a wildfire event similar to California recently could happen in Austin if a tropical storm out of the Gulf swept into the city. [Texas Monthly]

• Four contracts for vegetation management at natural areas managed by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department were approved during an Austin City Council meeting last week to help mitigate wildfires. [City of Austin]

Congratulations to Tisha V. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly. This photo was taken at the Moody Center at the University of Texas at Austin campus during a Longhorn women’s basketball game.

This month’s photos for my “Where Is This?” segment will be related to Black history in Austin to celebrate Black History Month! If you can guess where the photo was taken and what its significance is, you get bonus points! (We are playing by “Whose Line Is It Anyway” rules because the points don’t actually matter. 😉)

OK! Let’s get going.

Do you know where this photo was taken? Do you know who this is and why she’s important? Respond to this email with your best guess to be featured in next Monday’s newsletter!