By Luz Moreno-Lozano

Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was making about $16 an hour and raising two boys, which meant money was tight. She had to rely on government assistance to help make ends meet.

“Sometimes I didn't know how my kids were going to eat," Cobb said. "I was having eviction notices put on my door. My car almost got repoed a couple of times. I actually had other cars repoed.”

But suddenly she was let go, and that presented an opportunity. Her brother, who is an electrician, had been in her ear about becoming one, talking up the increase in pay and the opportunities to grow.

Before she knew it, she found herself at Skillpoint Alliance, which offers free construction and infrastructure training, including a program to become an electrician in just a few weeks.

Once she completed the training, the school connected her with a job. Six years later, she is still a journeyman electrician with Facility Solutions Group, a commercial electrical contractor.

Skillpoint Alliance is one of many partners the city is working with through the new Austin Infrastructure Academy. As Austin kicks off major construction projects like the I-35 expansion, this new program aims to build up the local workforce by helping Austinites get trained and find jobs in the skilled trades.

By Olivia Aldridge

A visitor to Austin was contagious with measles from April 25 to 27, Austin Public Health said Tuesday.

The sick individual is an El Paso resident. The El Paso Department of Public Health “was able to gather limited details about the individual’s visit to Austin,” APH shared in a news release. However, the department did learn that the person visited Terry Black’s Barbecue on Barton Springs Road on Saturday, April 26. Other locations may be confirmed as the health departments continue to investigate.

APH representatives said anyone who visited Terry Black’s between 8 and 11 p.m. on that date should monitor for possible measles symptoms until May 17. Symptoms can include fever, a spotty rash, cough, runny nose, watery eyes, and small white spots inside the mouth.

People are encouraged to contact a doctor by phone immediately if symptoms for the highly infectious disease do occur. Anyone who is pregnant, unvaccinated or immunocompromised and visited the restaurant during the identified time frame may want to consider calling their doctor to ask about preemptive treatment, according to APH.

Here's the full announcement from Austin Public Health.

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Last night was the Met Gala, a time for great fashion and complaints about celebrities on social media. (No judgment on whether you prefer the former or latter.) Here's A$AP Rocky dressed to the nines on the red carpet. The theme was "Tailored for You," inspired by and honoring the Black Dandyism aesthetic.

NPR put together a gallery of looks from the event, featuring Rihanna, Doechii, Lupita Nyong'o, Jeff Goldblum, Zendaya and more.