🚌 AISD v. Waymo

🚌 AISD Wants Waymos Gone

Austin Independent School District has asked Waymo to stop operating its autonomous vehicles during school pick-up after cameras caught them illegally passing buses 19 times since August. The district is also looking into what legal action it can take. [Austin American-Statesman]

💰 How To Have Fun in Austin on $50

It’s the holiday season, which means you’re probably spending all your hard earned cash on gifts and the like. But you don’t need too much to have a great time in Austin. This guide to doing the city on $50 is great! [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🥞 Downtown IHOP Saved

Real estate investor Nate Paul has stopped the downtown IHOP from being sold by keeping it in his holding company’s portfolio. The property the IHOP is on was going to be foreclosed on before Paul’s company filed for bankruptcy. [Austin Business Journal]

🏠 Richard Overton’s House Now a Landmark

The East Austin house of Richard Overton, who was the country’s oldest World War II veteran when he died in 2018 at the age of 112, has been given a landmark marker. The house is now a permanent tribute to Overton, Huston-Tillotson University says. [CBS Austin]