Local COVID numbers drop to Stage 2 range at 14.4, as Austin Public Health gives the green light to boosters including mix-and-match vaccine products. F1 racing over the weekend leads to what Austin Bergstrom International Airport expects to be their busiest day ever - a three-hour advance arrival is advised. Max Verstaffen was the U.S. Grand Prix winner, and Billy Joel performed in Austin for the first time in three decades. Another race in Kerrville ended tragically with a crash and the deaths of two children. A Martindale man suspected of shooting another man for sitting in his driveway turns himself in to Caldwell County officials. Anti-Semitic demonstrations and graffiti in the heavily-Jewish Northwest Austin area over the weekend draw rebuke from city leaders. Houston Astros begin World Series play vs the Atlanta Braves tomorrow night, the third Series appearance for Houston in five years. Austin FC beats the Houston Dynamo at Q2 Stadium and are now within reach of being crowned the best MLS team in Texas. SXSW settles a lawsuit over their no-refund policy from the cancelled 2020 festival. Austin is ranked the #3 strongest labor market in the USA. Early voting concludes on Friday, and we could see record heat this afternoon in the low 90's - a cool-down is coming.
