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11 San Antonio chefs named semifinalists for 2025 James Beard Awards
Chefs at Leche de Tigre, Stixs & Stone, Best Quality Daughter, Shiro and more are up for the prestigious recognitions.
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Tuesday’s ICE raids in San Antonio appear to have been called off
The agency isn’t saying why the raids didn’t happen.
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Soap Factory tenants say they’re weighing legal action over unpaid relocation stipends
Residents at the downtown San Antonio complex were promised funds by Jan. 1 and haven’t seen them yet.
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Gov. Greg Abbott fights effort to obtain price tag for controversial border billboards
The billboards, meant to deter illegal border crossings, include messages such as ‘How much did you pay to have your daughter raped?’
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Texas cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse has laid off corporate and theater employees
It’s unclear how many staffers at its two San Antonio theaters received pink slips.
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San Antonio’s Wicked Wich serving up sandwich in giant pickle instead of bread
Pickle people rejoice! Everyone else — let us have this.
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Abbott orders Texas Capitol flags at full-staff for Trump inauguration. Because of course he does.
Abbott issued the order after Trump whined that Jimmy Carter’s death meant flags would be at half-mast for his big day.
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Firefighters from San Antonio area deploy to fight California wildfires
The Texas Strike Team, composed of firefighters from all over the state, has deployed to tame the West Coast blaze.
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San Antonio TikTok influencers warn ban would harm local businesses, free speech
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday morning on the ban, which is scheduled to take effect Jan. 19.
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Again emulating Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott proposes calling Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of Texas’
Abbott’s comments come a day after Trump said he wants to rename the body of water the ‘Gulf of America.’
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Former Bexar County jail inmate files federal suit alleging guards allowed him to be beaten
The man alleges guards left the door to his holding cell open so a group of other inmates could assault him.
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Tumultuous 2024: These 10 stories dominated San Antonio’s news cycle last year
SA’s big news ranged from ‘Project Marvel’ and affordable housing to charter amendments and a wide-open mayoral race.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New Orleans terror attack suspect was Texas native with Houston-area ties
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he’s ordered state police to investigate.
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Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump sues San Antonio, county over jail inmate’s death
The federal lawsuit blames Daniel Pentkowski’s death on excessive force and the denial of medical care.
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San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh gets 23% pay raise
With a newly approved annual salary of $461,000, Walsh is now Texas’ second-highest paid city manager.
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TV reporter honors late San Antonio street performer ‘Hispanic Elvis’ with short film
Jose Arredondo will premiere his movie this Friday at Barrio Barista.
