Victor Munoz, Honduran migrant in Juarez.

Austin Urban Cultural Fest 2023 will bring live music, ethnic food, clothing, visual arts, spoken word and other aspects of Afrocentric culture to Austin next weekend.

Festival founder/organizer Homer Hill and marketing director Deuce Malone spoke with KXAN News Today anchor Jala Washington about the importance of the festival and what to expect.

Today will be a near-perfect weather day with a sunny sky and low humidity. There will be a little rain mainly east of I-35 tomorrow afternoon.

With just a few months left of school, districts across Central Texas will start holding hiring events to fill any vacant teaching positions that need to be filled. Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/want-to-be-a-teacher-marble-falls-isd-will-pay-for-your-degree/

The Lower Colorado River Authority announced this week that an application on one of two sand and gravel processing plants on Lake LBJ is complete, after hearing from the public the LCRA decide whether to grant access to the lake. Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/lake-lbj-community-divided-on-proposed-sand-dredging-operations/

Late Friday night, the City of Austin announced in a news release Interim City Manager Jesús Garza is reorganizing the city’s top leadership positions “to prioritize the public’s needs and ensure reliability of services for Austinites.” Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austins-interim-city-manager-reorganizes-top-leadership-positions/

Two people are dead, and several others are injured after Uvalde Police said numerous undocumented immigrants were “suffocating” inside a train car, according to a UPD news release. Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/2-dead-at-least-10-hospitalized-after-immigrants-found-suffocating-inside-a-train-car-outside-uvalde/

Low humidity and clear skies Saturday.

More than a million people took to France’s streets Thursday to protest a bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in parliament, according to the Associated Press.

Twenty-one homicides have occurred in Austin so far this year. Six of them have happened in the last 10 days.

An end of an era on West 6th street in Austin, as Z'Tejas will close the original location. The location is going out in style with a celebratory party, including $5 famous house margaritas and a DJ until 10 p.m.

A short bill filed by Texas Rep. Ellen Troxclair, R-Austin, would remove municipal protections for Ashe Juniper trees across Texas, a move that ecologists warn could have a serious impact on Central Texas. Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/bill-would-remove-city-protections-for-ashe-juniper-trees/

The annual March for Meals campaign for Meals on Wheels Central Texas is a way to raise awareness about senior hunger. Local volunteers included Mayor Pro Tem Ellis, Council Member Fuentes, Texas Representative Lulu Flores and County Judge Andy Brown.