🍅 Your garden to-do list for February

🔐 City Upping Security at Parks

The city is increasing police patrols, adding security cameras, and stationing more police vehicles in parking lots at Austin parks and greenbelts after recent vehicle break-ins. [KUT]

📱 Why This Top Austin TikTokker Says People Still Want the App

What is going on with TikTok? The app has been at the center of a privacy debate, and after it was briefly banned in the U.S., users are feeling differently about it. Austin TikTokker Lissett Bohannon is breaking down how she used the app to help high school students get into college, and what she thinks the app’s future will be. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🚨 Texas National Guard Can Now Make Immigration Arrests

Gov. Greg Abbott announced over the weekend that Texas National Guard soldiers can now make immigration arrests as part of a partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [The Texas Tribune]

🫨 Could Lockhart Steal Austin’s “Live Music Capital of the World” Title?

Dewy Brooks, Austin Creative Alliance chairman, said Lockhart could give Austin a run for its money as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” as musicians continue to relocate there due to Austin’s high real estate prices. [CultureMap Austin]