Car Wash Thieves, Beto O’Rourke: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

San Antonio, don’t you ever stop being weird.

The Current‘s most-read news stories of the week included reports on the usual political stuff, including Texas’ increasingly tight gubernatorial race and revelations made by the Jan. 6 committee.

However, the story that landed the most traffic involved a local carwash owner’s public beef with a pair of people he accused of burglarizing his business. Rather than immediately pursue charges, he instead shared TikTok videos showing the suspects and asking them to make amends.

The owner has since had to follow up with an apology, after his video led some locals to falsely accuse a local dancer of the crime.

“If you enjoy dancing in the bar and your name is a month, we’re on to ya,” the business owner said in a clip that seems like perfect fodder for late-night monologues — if the story ever spreads beyond San Antonio.

And speaking of spreading, monkeypox finally arrived in the Alamo City. We knew it would eventually, right?

10. Beto O’Rourke closing in on Abbott’s lead in Texas governor’s race, according to new poll

9. Elderly San Antonio man shoots wife, himself in apparent murder suicide at local hospital

8. Two indicted former San Antonio police officers slapped with indefinite suspensions

7. San Antonio Trump ally Parscale blamed Jan. 6 death on former boss, said he asked for ‘civil war’

6. Winner of San Antonio Pets Alive! pet photo contest will be featured on Alamo Beer Co. can

5. First two monkeypox cases identified in San Antonio area

4. Texas residents told to cut electricity use Monday or face potential for rolling blackouts

3. Edwards Aquifer Authority warns residents that stage 4 water restrictions are likely by August

2. Beto O’Rourke vows to connect Texas power grid to rest of nation during San Antonio campaign stop

1. Owner of San Antonio car wash offering $5 washes to thank public for help identifying alleged thieves

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Owner of San Antonio car wash offering $5 washes to thank public for help identifying alleged thieves

‘If you enjoy dancing in the bar and your name is a month, we’re on to ya,’ the owner said in a TikTok video. ‘I’d make yourself present.’

Beto O’Rourke vows to connect Texas power grid to rest of nation during San Antonio campaign stop

O’Rourke made the remarks during a roundtable discussion with filmmaker, activist and Texas native Eugene Lee Yang, who’s making a film called ‘This Is Texas.’

Edwards Aquifer Authority warns residents that stage 4 water restrictions are likely by August

The aquifer’s J-17 well level dropped more than 4 feet in the past 10 days.

Monkeypox cases top 100 in Texas, five in San Antonio, but there’s no need to panic

Cases are mild, it’s far less contagious than COVID-19, and there is a vaccine, a local infectious disease expert explained.

This article appears in Jul 13-26, 2022.