Travis County ranks eighth among Texas counties in COVID deaths as the statewide total reaches 70,000. Election Day is today - polls are open until 7pm - you're voting on Props A and B, and eight state constitutional amendments. Early voting got off to a slow start, but has hit a new high for off-year November turnout. Jewish leaders rally for unity in the face of recent anti-Semitic activity - the fire at Congregation Beth Israel may have involved a Molotov cocktail. Halloween weekend shootings: one in West Campus leads to confusion over police response time, and another at a north Austin H-E-B was the result of an employee intervening in a robbery in the parking lot. Also over Halloween, a Buda woman is arrested for threatening a 7-year-old trick-or-treater with a gun. Austin Energy announces failure to coordinate with LCRA to shut down the coal-fired Fayette power plant, drawing rebuke from environmentalists. The Mexican national men's soccer team will play in Austin for the first time vs. Chile at Q2 Stadium in December. La Colombe Coffee is set to make its Austin in-person debut with a shop inside the downtown Whole Foods next month. The McGuire-Moorman-Lambert Group has acquired Ski Shores Cafe and will make modifications to both locations. Austin ranks in the top 10 commercial real estate markets in the U.S. And a wet cold front arrives overnight tonight, bringing rain and much cooler temps.
