Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying to have his cake and eat it too when it comes to staking out his position on in vitro fertilization, or IVF. Paxton, who’s locked in a tight U.S. Senate race, recently distanced himself from the Texas GOP’s controversial decision to adopt anti-IVF language as part of […]
KERR COUNTY — Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the flood last Fourth of July. A year later, the […]
The San Antonio businessman behind the CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bistro chain is facing federal criminal charges over a North Texas real-estate deal, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office indicted Jorge Herrero, who owns both CommonWealth and the Soccer Central sports facility, on one count of bank fraud and one count of […]
A day before the NBA started its free agency period, the Spurs’ front office signed Julian Champagnie to new contract ESPN hoops contributor Shams Charania, citing unnamed sources, reported will be worth $45 million over three years. The Spurs declined Champagnie’s $3 million team option and reached an agreement keeping him with the team through […]
At a joint press conference, Democratic U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, Gil Cisneros and Chrissy Houlahan introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would reinstate the mandate requiring service members to get the flu vaccine. San Antonio’s Castro and Houlahan, who represents a district near Philadelphia, also condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth […]
A Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate known for his frequent xenophobic and racially charged comments is egging on a constitutional crisis by urging Texas officials to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling upholding birthright citizenship. In a Tuesday rant on social media platform X, former Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French called the high […]
Austin-based burger chain P. Terry’s is shifting to an Employee Ownership Trust, or EOT, and rolling out profit sharing, in a move its leaders say will improve worker retention and support plans to expand beyond its five existing stores in San Antonio. The EOT structure — rare in the United States — makes employees beneficiaries […]
From pogo-worthy pop-punk and a free outdoor gig showcasing two of the city’s best the folk-rock show of the year, this week holds plenty of potential Tuesday, June 30 Smoking Popes, Lauren Lakis Pop-rock institution Smoking Popes will transport you back to the ’90s, when they signed to Capitol, graced the Clueless soundtrack, and toured […]
A pair of San Antonio politicos are getting into the tattoo business. District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Melissa Cabello Havrda, who represented District 6 on council until 2025, released a video revealing they’re launching a new tattoo shop in the Pride Cultural District, which they called San Antonio’s “gayest neighborhood.” The shop’s handle, Zorra […]
The St. Anthony Hotel’s Madrid Room served as a downtown dining staple for San Antonio’s business and social set for nearly 50 years before being radically reimagined as Rebelle in all its louche, low-light glamor. Now that the same space has morphed into Esencia, echoes of the old Madrid — blind balconies, tinkling fountain and all […]