Billed as “the biggest free New Year’s Eve celebration and fireworks extravaganza in Texas,” the San Antonio Parks Foundation’s annual blowout in Hemisfair and La Villita combines carnival games and rides, festival food, live music on three stages and an epic fireworks finale sponsored by Valero. This year’s featured entertainers include Marie Bueno, the Hermann Sons Polka dancers, Johnny Love, Briana Nicole and Italie Flores (on the Arneson River Stage), Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso and Ricardo Castillion y La Diferencia (on the Maverick Plaza Stage) and Piñata Protest, Carlton Zeus and Frankie J (on the Main Stage).
A nearly 6,000-square-foot Monte Vista mansion that blends historic details with modern elegance underwent a steep, $200,000 price cut late last month.…