The Todd and Oz Show

Congress has passed the mystic alerts act named after Camp Mystic where 25 campers and two counselors were killed in the horrific July fourth flooding, requiring the FFC to encourage mobile service providers to adopt satellite technology to reach those that don't have cell service, girl scouts in central Texas can now earn a new patch designed to help them recognize and protect themselves from online predators, following the launch of a first-of-its-kind online safety curriculum unveiled this week in Austin, and an Austin woman is telling her story after chasing a strange man out of her house in the middle of the night Shayla Worley tells KXAN she was in her home on Nueces street when she realized she was not alone as Worley says she confronted the guy with a gun, once the man was gone, she says she called 9-1-1, because the crime was no longer in progress, she was told to call 3-1-1 instead, and to eventually file a report online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Travis County judge has reissued a temporary injunction blocking camp Mystic from reopening its Guadalupe River grounds anytime soon after a 3 day hearing where judge Maya Guerra Gamble decided to keep the injunction and restraining order in place over camp mystic that she issued back in March, Senator John Cornyn joins the show to discuss his position in the Texas state primaries coming this summer, and a new report out by the transportation and public works department shows two large bridges and 20 smaller bridges are in need of repair across the city over the next five years as city staff says more than $90-million-dollars will need to be spent on bridge replacement and repair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening up an investigation into the city of Austin following changes that were made to the Austin police department's policy on immigration enforcement looking into whether the city has violated senate bill 4, which allows local cooperation with ice agents, and bans local policies from interfering with federal immigration operations.More details are surfacing in the case of ten Lehman high school baseball players who have been suspended over allegations of bullying as law enforcement has reportedly obtained at least two videos of separate incidents across several weeks that indicate a pattern of behavior, players are allegedly seen slapping the student, hitting him with a belt and imitating a sex act and athletic apparel retailer Lululemon is the latest target of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, who believes they're using toxic 'forever chemicals' in their activewear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The City of Austin has fired multiple high-ranking I.T. employees after learning that they were working for the City of Dallas at the same time, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says she expects to have an update from the FBI on the mass shooting on Sixth Street and ERCOT is set to begin using artificial intelligence to track data points and find patterns that could warn of an outage as well as track weather and make recommendations about power generation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reaction is mixed around Central Texas to President Trump's handling of the situation in Iran. Trump now says he's open to a two-week pause in fighting if Iran allows ships to move freely through the Strait of Hormuz, Tesla has smashed through the benchmarks that were set forth when the company entered into an incentive agreement with Travis county in 2020. Even so, the Travis county commissioners court this week has decided to only give Tesla a portion of the incentives that it has earned, and yet another homeless camp is causing big problems for people who live in the Southwood neighborhood of South Austin, many people are speaking out about multiple homeless camps that continue to pop back up even after they've been cleared out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump has issued a new deadline of Tuesday evening for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike power plants and bridges if the waterway remains unlocked, new data shows that over 274,000 students have applied for Texas' new taxpayer funded school choice program as the initial deadline closed and The City of Austin is getting set to move ahead with plans to change the name of Cesar Chavez Street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas has become a national leader for data centers, warehouses full of computers, needed for ai research, use a ton of electricity and here in Texas, it's cheap, according to Williamson county state senator Charles Schwertner, The Austin school district continues to struggle with enrollment with enrollment numbers plunge by more than 3000 students this year and two years after causing a bus crash that killed a 5-year-old Hays school district student and another driver, and less than a year behind bars, Jerry Hernandez will soon be up for parole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Recent strikes have hit an oil refinery in Israel and a US air base in Saudi Arabia, injuring service members, after a 44-day wait during a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, TSA officers have finally begun receiving retroactive paychecks and the Austin ISD has sent a letter to families this week informing them that Blackshear Elementary school will be closing for good.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.