Uber's Dallas plans, Sunday storms cause outages: Your Monday morning roundup

 [Morning roundup]( 06/17/2019 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌩️ Weather: Spring isn't going away quietly. The chance of thunderstorms is 40% to 60% and a high of 86 is expected. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Resident Peggy Pierson (right) wipes away tears as she and her roommate Penny Ruiz cleanup parts the the trees that fell on their rental house on Andrews St. in North Arlington, Sunday, June 16, 2019. High winds from a thunderstorm toppled trees in the neighborhood near Globe Life Park. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) WEATHER [Storms in Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday bring strong winds, more outages]( One week after a powerful windstorm knocked out electricity to more than 320,000 customers in the Dallas-area, another fast-moving front cut service to about 95,000 on Sunday. Tarrant County was hit hardest this time, with about 60,000 customers affected. In Dallas County, more than 30,000 were left without power when the storm blew through about 3 p.m. By 9:15 p.m., the number of affected customers had dropped to about 48,000 in the two counties. Gusts as high as 70 mph were recorded in Tarrant County along the Interstate 35 corridor from Fort Worth to Keller, National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Stalley said. A 66-mph gust was recorded at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, and DFW International Airport reported one that reached 49 mph. [There were unconfirmed reports that a tornado caused some of the damage]( in Tarrant County, Stalley said. Also: What [a lingering El Niño weather pattern]( means for Dallas-Fort Worth this summer.   Curious Texas: Is the food in your fridge still safe to eat [after a power outage](  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Uber wants to fast-forward to 'cities of the future,' starting in Dallas]( When Uber envisions the future, it not only wants to put urban air taxis and drones in the skies. It also wants to transform how people navigate cities and how they live in them. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the San Francisco-based tech company wants to turn today's cities that are getting denser and more polluted into "cities of the future that are fundamentally green and built for people." To do that, he said, cities need transportation options that range from cruising down the street on an electric scooter to commuting through the skies. "We want not just to be the Amazon of transportation but also the Google of transportation," he said. [One of the first places Uber wants that to play out is Dallas-Fort Worth]( It's one of the first three markets for Uber Elevate, an initiative to launch the aerial ride-sharing service.  Also: [How one gay Dallas couple's surrogacy journey]( convinced PwC to change its benefits.   Commentary: "When I started my energy investment firm, I didn't see the importance of paternity leave," writes Kenneth Hersh. "[Now I get it.](  POLITICS [In a Dallas area long represented by black council members, something completely different]( When a Joppa resident called Adam Bazaldua last week to ask for ice and water after a powerful storm, the newly elected council member packed a car full of supplies and headed to the long impoverished area. Bazaldua, a 32-year-old teacher, also called the North Texas Food Bank to bring food to Joppa and Parkdale, neighborhoods where many households remained without power well into Wednesday night. Bazaldua, who will take office Monday, believes such a community presence will earn him trust among the South Dallas voters who heavily backed his opponent, former council member Tiffinni Young. In the June 8 runoff in District 7, [Bazaldua eked out a victory by 91 votes]( out of 4,189 cast thanks to strong turnout in Far East Dallas. With the victory, Bazaldua became the first Latino to represent the changing council district, which was essentially drawn to have black representatives.  Also: [The final vetoes by Gov. Greg Abbott]( erase a bill to make parents keep kids in rear-facing car seats.   Commentary: [The former ambassador to Mexico]( says the U.S. is talking about the border all wrong.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Pence out: [Hunter Pence]( one of the Rangers' hotter hitters, left Sunday's game in Cincinnati with an injury. - Commentary: UTEP's president made the school a national research institute and [a model for educating first-generation students]( writes Alfredo Corchardo. - Fruitcake, the movie: Will Ferrell and Laura Dern are set to star in a new Hollywood movie based on noted Corsicana sweets shop [Collin Street Bakery](. The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel in Dallas on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Once completed, the 5-mile tunnel will sit 70 to 100 feet below ground to provide flood relief. (Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer) FINALLY [120 feet below the surface, Dallas' most important, most spectacular project begins]( City columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: Twenty-six-foot-tall sound barriers surround the construction site between White Rock Creek and the Stonewood Terrace Apartments on Scyene Road, near Dixon Avenue. An armed guard secures the entrance. You would never know from the outside that behind those walls, and deep beneath our feet, lies the starting line of one of the most expensive projects in this city's recent history. This project, the Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel, is also one of Dallas' most important projects. And, easily, its most breathtaking. By the time the clock strikes 2023, City Hall will have spent more than $300 million in bond dollars to protect billions of dollars' worth of properties — some of them the city's most expensive, most essential. The tunnel will run for 5 miles. It will be 35 feet in diameter. It is being dug 120 feet below this city's surface. [The Mill Creek project has also given us a rare glimpse at Dallas' prehistory]( in the wall, 40 feet tall and wide, of millions-year-old rock serving as the project's starting line.  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletters@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Tumblr]( [Reddit]( [OTHER FREE NEWSLETTERS]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Dallasnews.com]() | [Subscriber login]() | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( You received this message because you signed up for this Dallas Morning News newsletter or it was forwarded to you. 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