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Austin Police found 22-year-old Luis Balderas Garcia, an Austinite who fell asleep in the bed of a truck before it was stolen and driven away. Given the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, police believed he could be in danger, but he was found safe in Round Rock on Sunday.
According to the report, Balderas Garcia had been seen last exiting Club Lobos, 9601 North I-35, at 5:37 a.m. Sunday where he got into the bed of a truck and fell asleep. Police say the truck was stolen while Balderas Garcia slept. He was reported missing around 11 a.m.
Police have not released any more information regarding the stolen truck or if they are still looking for suspects.
Since his disappearance, police were "concerned for his well-being" since they were not been able to get in contact with Balderas Garcia.
Balderas Garcia is described as Hispanic, 5'10", 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black and blue T-shirt, red baseball cap, black jeans and black boots.
The truck was described as a gray 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup, license plate number PNF8971. The truck has chrome wheels and door handles, a front windshield decal that reads "Gonzales" and decals that read "Anthrax" on both sides.
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Giga Texas, the massive Tesla factory in southeast Travis County is getting even bigger.
The company filed with the city of Austin this week to expand its headquarters with a new 500,000-square-foot building. The permit application notes “GA 2 and 3 expansion,” which indicates the company will make two general assembly lines in the building.
More details about the plans for the building are unclear. The gigafactory has been focused on Model Y production since it opened in April, but the company is also aiming for Cybertruck production to kick off in mid-2023.
While there is room for expansion on the 3.3 square miles of land Tesla has, this move comes after CEO Elon Musk’s recent comments about the state of the economy and its impact on Tesla.
In a May interview with Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, Musk said the gigafactories in Berlin and Austin are “gigantic money furnaces” and said Giga Texas had manufactured only a small number of cars.
And in June, Musk sent a company wide email saying Tesla will be reducing salaried headcount by 10%, then later tweeted salaried headcount should be fairly flat.
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(Dullnig Ranch Sales)
You’ll have to leave city limits if you’re looking for a proper ranch property like 417 Acres Shipp Lake Ranch, aptly named for its acreage. The property comes built out with three farmhouses, one of which has bedrooms and two bathrooms and two of which have two bedrooms and one bathroom. The nearly untouched property, which surrounds the 100-plus-acre Shipp Lake, has remained in the same family since the early 1900s and gives you picturesque views for the making of a dream home. In fact, the previous owners ran a water ski camp on the property.
Sitting waterside on Lake Austin, this home gives you the unique opportunity to own a piece of the lush Hill Country with views of Mount Bonnell. The 2,750-square foot, three-bedroom, four-bathroom house allows you to integrate indoor and outdoor life with large windows opening to an outdoor living area. The crown jewel is the .76-acre parcel of land that tapers off to your own lakeside resort, featuring an covered outdoor kitchen, fire pit, stone boat house to store your water sports supplies and veranda sitting at the mouth of the water, perfect for an entertainer.
Got dreams of becoming a real Texas rancher? 7814 Brown Cemetery Rd. is the perfect place to start with 40 rolling acres of land and its very own swimming hole. Just east of Austin in Manor, the modest-on-the-outside home clocks at 4,412 square feet with five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms, but there are an additional two living structures on the property. The horseshoe-shaped pond sits in the heart of the property and comes equipped with a water slide, diving board and a fishing dock.