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Austin Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit a girl in Southeast Austin Sunday evening and fled the scene.

Police say the accident occurred in the 6300 block of Tupelo Drive around 5:45 p.m.

A 10-year-old girl was hit by the vehicle that has since been recovered.

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With apartment occupancy rates soaring to 96%, developers are working overtime to meet demand. The Statesman listed sixteen new complexes expected to be completed in 18-24 months.

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Ed Note: We're pleased to introduce guest contributor Robin Sinhababu, a North Carolina native and current East Austinite.

Each week, Robin will be interviewing folks who, as he puts it, "create Austin's food, music, events, and sense of overwhelming and unavoidable fun."

Start: 06/04/2009 - 5:30pm End: 06/04/2009 - 5:30pm

Earlier this afternoon the Fast Folks people posted the following event notice to Craigslist:

What : Fixie ride
Where Fast Folks bike shop, 2513 E. 6th, Austin, Tx.
When : Thursday , 4 June 2009 5:30 pm.
Why: To ride your fixie fast, have fun with friends , make new ones, and have a blasted good time afterwards!

Hello fello fixe riders !

Fast Folks is hositng an afternoon fixie ride.!

Ahhh, summer. A time to “soak up the sun,” “catch some rays,” and “swim around in water.”

For residents of Las Palmas Apartments, any and all plans of swimming this summer are officially ruined because the pool is now officially haunted.

Austin police are investigating a suspicious death at an apartment complex in southeast Austin. The victim's name has not been released, but police describe her as a white woman in her early twenties.

Councilmember McCracken wrote back to my email referenced in the last post and said some things which made me more optimistic again, which I will cover in my next crackplog, but probably not until Monday.

In the meantime, here's something I wrote up today on the #27 bus (transit field trip time!)