🚙 Tesla under investigation

🌈 Cheer Up Charlies To Stay Open

Owners of popular downtown bar Cheer Up Charlies announced they raised enough money to stay open, just days after saying they would lose the Red River Street venue on Sept. 1 if they didn't pay the landlord a couple of months of owed rent. [Cheer Up Charlies]

🦇 TxDOT Building Bat Roosts During I-35 Construction

The Texas Department of Transportation is building alternative spots for roosting for the bats who will be affected by construction on Interstate 35. Some bats live in the bridges the department is tearing apart. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🚙 Feds Investigating Tesla Over Autonomous Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into why Tesla has submitted late reports on incidents involving the company’s recently rolled out self-driving vehicles. Reports are supposed to be made five days after an incident and Tesla has been taking months. [The Associated Press]

🗑️ Austin Could Soon Have a Trash Hub

Right now, Austin’s waste collection truckers have to drive sometimes more than 30 miles to unload trash at landfills and composting sites. A new plan from Austin Resource Recovery would change that by creating a hub for trash and composting in town. [KUT]

Congratulations to Jennifer H. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This statue of Angelina Eberly is on Congress Avenue downtown between Sixth and Seventh streets.

Eberly alerted Austinites in 1842 that a militia party was stealing archives of the Texas Republic, which would have taken the city’s status as Texas’ capital away. Eberly fired a cannon in the middle of the night, kicking off the Archives Wars.

This week’s photo is less historical, but still iconic:

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