DOJ Russia probe now criminal investigation; Wind whipped fires burn Southern California; ACLU tally of children split at the border

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 1. DOJ REVIEW OF RUSSIA PROBE NOW A CRIMINAL INQUIRY

The move is likely to raise concerns that Trump and his allies may be using the powers of the government to go after their opponents.


2. WIND-WHIPPED BLAZES BREAK OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Winds that pushed fires into Los Angeles area neighborhoods, prompting orders for as many as 50,000 people to evacuate, could lead to power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands more.


3. ACLU: TALLY OF CHILDREN SPLIT AT BORDER RISES

U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, bringing the total number of separations to more than 5,400.


 4. CRITICS OF THE NEW AUSTIN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE SAY IT’S CHOCK FULL OF ENTITLEMENTS FOR DEVELOPERS

Zoning & Platting Vice-Chair and longtime Austin planner Jim Duncan says the new code is not a professional document but a political document.
Duncan says neighborhood compatibility protections that were in the old code have been eliminated, meaning developers can buy a property and put up anything they want.


 5. THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO ADD PARKING METERS TO MORE OF AUSTIN’S PARKS, BELIEVING IT WILL INVENTIVIZE FOLKS TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, BUT THAT IDEA IS GETTING SOME PUSH BACK FROM THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

Boardmember Laura Cottam-Sajbel says this a problem created by higher-ups. She believes adding parking meters to public parks is ethically and equitably wrong.
 

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