The Austin Daily News - May 19, 2026

In this week's issue: Three Austin teens with an active warrant for prior gun theft turned 28 hours into 12 shootings, two fire station attacks, and one South Austin shelter-in-place — because the DA already had his shot and didn't take it A 29-year-old Dell heir just raised $1.3 billion, hit a $4 billion valuation, and signed a 40-megawatt deal with Austin Energy to rewire the Texas grid from the living room out Elon Musk confirms Tesla robotaxis are now running in Austin, Dallas, and Houston — with nationwide expansion on the way this year Austin City Council wants to regulate data center water use; the city has 80 facilities and counting, and the people trying to manage the boom have absolutely no idea what's already inside their own service area ACL turns 25 and goes global — Disney+ and Hulu are streaming it live for the first time Let's get into it.