Centro San Antonio unveils new downtown mural honoring veterans
The mural overlooks VFW Post 76, the state’s oldest and largest such post.
San Antonio music school to host master class by Stephane Wrembel in Django Reinhardt’s guitar style
Wrembel, a French jazz guitarist, will teach the class Jan. 17 before he takes the stage at Jazz, TX.
Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Paper Tiger Free Week, Wayne Hancock, Max Diaz
Moonshine Bandits also will bring their mix of country and hip-hop to Sam’s Burger Joint.
SeaWorld San Antonio offering free one-year admission to Texas teachers, preschoolers
Registration for the promotion is available through March 31.
Trump vows to rename Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’
No Texas politicians have endorsed changing the name of the only oceanic body bordering the Lone Star State … at least, not yet.
Another Texas family sues San Antonio Zoo over branch that fell on visitors
The plaintiffs are seeking $1 million for ‘severe and permanent injuries’ related to the March 2023 incident.
Gina Ortiz Jones comes at San Antonio mayoral race with strong resume, no City Hall experience
Jones, who has two near-miss congressional races under her belt, said she’s raised more than $100,000 to back her mayoral bid.
San Antonio’s Clamp Light Gallery launches GoFundMe to keep the lights on
The gallery also welcomed two new directors after the departure of former head Raul Rene Gonzalez.
Assclown Alert: Making false claims based on a ‘gut feeling’ with incoming ‘border czar’ Tom Homan
Homan claimed without proof on Fox News that the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks were directly connected.
Weather Service issues Hazardous Weather Outlook for San Antonio area amid cold snap
Even so, the odds of snowy and icy conditions are slim to none in the Alamo City.
With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills
More than 2,800 Texans are getting abortion pills through the mail from out-of-state every month, prompting a lawsuit and legislation seeking to end the practice.
City of San Antonio opens up preliminary application window for 2026 artist grants
San Antonio-based artists can receive $7,500 or $15,000 to support the creation of new work.
SAWS accidentally releases sewage into San Antonio River
The release took place at a South Side treatment plant and was ‘quickly’ contained, according to the utility.
San Antonio’s Toyota Field to undergo $1 million in renovations
The upgrades will be completed before the start of San Antonio FC’s 10th anniversary season opener in March.
San Antonio’s unhoused population faces limited resources as temps drop below freezing
The city also added 230 beds of temporary shelter and postponed camp abatements for the city’s nearly 900 unsheltered people.
San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye to appear Wednesday in local conversation series
The gathering will take place at Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex.
Japanese low-cost retailer Teso Life to open first San Antonio store
Teso Life’s San Antonio lease comes months after Japanese bargain store Daiso opened its first Alamo City location.
San Antonio Spurs legend Patty Mills becomes first Aussie to play 1,000 NBA career games
Mills has long been a fan favorite and is often the subject or trade rumors among those who want him back in the Alamo City.
Spurs want to ask San Antonio voters billion-dollar arena question during May election
Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert will host town halls to ask residents what they want to see happen to the Frost Bank Center.
New arcade opening in South San Antonio totally dedicated to claw machines
Players have the chance to win plushies, Nintendo Switches and e-bikes.
Texas power grid operator issues winter weather warning
The power grid, which failed during a 2021 winter storm, is expected to remain stable through the current cold front, ERCOT said.
Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly
The state’s 988 suicide had the nation’s fifth highest rate of abandoned calls in August, the latest data available, amid a multi-million funding deficit that could worsen as federal dollars expire this year.
Texas has a housing affordability crisis. Here’s how state lawmakers may tackle it in 2025.
A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate.
San Antonio artist creates new work for Wemby’s 21st birthday, urges him not to ‘get all necio’
Printmaker Ray ‘Tattooed Boy’ Scarborough shared a new image of Victor Wembanyama holding stacks of red Solo cups.
San Antonio artist Raul Rene Gonzalez bids farewell to Clamp Light gallery
Gonzalez has stepped away from his position as resident artist and director.
The Sunbelt’s growing population faces increasing climate hazards
New research identified the counties in the U.S. with large and vulnerable populations exposed to heat stress, water shortages or wildfire, with most found in the southern half of the country.
San Antonio chef Johnny Hernandez closing The Frutería, teasing new concept
This Saturday will be the Southtown eatery’s last day in operation.
San Antonio-based Whataburger bringing back discontinued menu items for 75th anniversary
The chain’s Monterey Melt and Chicken Fajita Taco will return to menus this month.
Joint Base San Antonio tightens security after Army vet, Green Beret suspected in unrelated New Year’s attacks
After separate attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, officials ordered the suspension of the Trusted Traveler policy.
San Antonio pub Lion & Rose could reopen later this month, owner says
The British-style drinking spot closed its doors at The Rim during the COVID-19 pandemic and is ready to relaunch in a new spot.
San Antonio toddler injured in car accident at Montessori school playground has died
Year-old Mkaya Amrani was one of several children struck when a car rammed through the preschool’s playground last month.
YWCA opening new women’s housing and resource center in San Antonio
The new campus will also offer affordable childcare to working families.
Texan uses pollution settlement to help coastal community
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, she’s directing the money toward reviving ‘the bay and the fishermen.’
Despite rise in respiratory illnesses, Gov. Greg Abbott vows Texas will never return to mask mandates
Despite Abbott’s post, no state government has reimplemented COVID-era mask mandates.
San Antonio’s ‘shit sandwich’ cop hired again as South Texas police officer
Mathew Luckhurst, who was fired from SAPD in 2020, has worked as an officer in the town of Benavides for about a year.
Clip of fireworks mortars launched from rolling pickup in South San Antonio goes viral
Bexar County suffered around $100,000 in property damage from illegal fireworks this holiday season, officials said.
San Antonio Zoo’s Valentine fundraiser again offering chance to name cockroach after your ex
The ‘world-famous’ promotion allows participants to name a roach, rat or vegetable after an ex and watch it get eaten.
Bad Takes: Texas’ right-wing extremism is driving away smart folks the state needs
Expect the brain drain to continue as the Lone Star State leans further to the right.
New San Antonio ordinance bans indoor vaping
Anyone caught sneaking a puff inside a bar or restaurant faces fines of up to $2,000.
San Antonio’s FL!GHT Gallery holding first U.S. display of Lunatics in the Garden
The exhibition of Lubbock artist James W. Johnson’s work opens this Friday and will remain on display until Feb. 2.
Convicted Selena killer Yolanda Saldivar officially starts parole hearing process
Inmates warned this week that Saldivar is safer behind bars than if she were to be released back into society.
New wine shop with playground opening in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill
The bar’s grand opening is Friday, January 3.
San Antonio Philharmonic and singer Isabel Marie Sánchez to present Selena tribute
The ‘¡Selena Vive!’ concerts will take place this weekend at the Majestic Theatre.
City of San Antonio offers free drop-off locations to recycle live Christmas trees
Here’s where you can drop off your live Christmas tree — and maybe even pick up some mulch in the process.
La Madeleine on San Antonio’s Broadway corridor has closed
The Alamo Heights fixture, opened more than three decades ago, was the chain’s first SA location.
New Orleans terror attack suspect was Texas native with Houston-area ties
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he’s ordered state police to investigate.
Mental health advocates ask Texas lawmakers to replace expiring COVID-19 relief funding
Texas received $203.4 million in 2021 to help build community mental health programs at libraries and churches, among other efforts. Those funds expired Dec. 31.
Lawsuit accuses San Antonio’s Visionworks chain of failure in major data breach
The federal suit, which seeks class-action status, alleges a data breach exposed 40,000 customers’ private data.
UT scientist to give free San Antonio talk about Ice Age finds in Texas water caves
Paleontologist John Moretti will give the presentation Saturday at Phil Hardberger Park.
Texas congressmen cleared in ethics investigation over campaign finance spending
The ethics committee said existing law and guidance from the Federal Election Commission is ‘often ambiguous’ and provides gray areas of spending.
10 places offering New Year’s Day brunch in San Antonio
These dining spots can help you get 2025 off to a great start.
San Antonio Spurs look to replay last season’s triumph over the Denver Nuggets
The teams’ matchup will take place Saturday at the Frost Bank Center.
Comedian Sam Morrill bringing his dark, dry wit to San Antonio this weekend
Morril will play the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club on Friday and Saturday.
Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Pat Green, Lowdown Drifters, The Fixations
Pavel Demon & the Revenant, The Babylonz and The Genzales round out the Fixations’ bill.
San Antonio is the nation’s best city for getting a tattoo, new study finds
The online ratings for SA’s tattoo shops blew away those in Las Vegas, New York and Miami.
San Antonio Spurs taking on Los Angeles Clippers in New Year’s Eve home game
Injuries remain a recurring theme for the Spurs, with Zach Collins, Keldon Johnson and Tre Jones recently sitting out with assorted ailments.
Texans remember Jimmy Carter, the last Democrat to take the state’s presidential election
The Georgia peanut farmer turned politician won Texas’ 26 electoral votes in 1976 but couldn’t repeat the feat four years later against Ronald Reagan.
Revealed: The operators behind four major neo-Nazi X accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
Texas regulators shelve an electricity market reform proposal they say does too little to shore up grid
The Public Utility Commission found that the performance credit mechanism, a financial tool the Legislature capped at $1 billion, would only marginally improve reliability of the state power grid.
