Geronimo Lopez, chef-owner of recently shuttered Botika at the Pearl, has landed on his feet — and not terribly far from his previous culinary venture. Lopez, a James Beard Award nominee, has joined the Pearl’s Hotel Emma as executive chef, according to officials with the luxury hotel. The announcement comes days after the property won […]
Weston Urban, the developer behind San Antonio’s proposed $160 million minor-league ballpark, is looking to expand its downtown footprint again — this time by bidding on the low-income Robert E. Lee Apartments. In August, San Antonio-based Weston Urban offered $4.35 million to purchase the 72-unit complex, according to a letter the Texas Department of Housing […]
A deadly wrong-way crash in July claimed three lives, including that of 20-year-old Koree Alcoser and an off-duty Bexar County sheriff’s deputy, also 20. Now, Alcoser’s father is suing four San Antonio bars, arguing that they over-served the driver who allegedly caused the fatal collision.
In more than a few respects, Silversun Pickups is very much a 21st century band, formed during 2000 and essentially untouched in membership since the core group coalesced in 2002. Since then, the guitar-driven alt-rock band’s nucleus has remained Brian Aubert on guitar and vocals, original member Nikki Monninger on bass and vocals, Christopher Guanlao […]
Halftime Pizza has shuttered one of its two locations, the locally owned business revealed in a post in the San Antonio Restaurants Facebook group. Halftime’s location at 7531 Bandera Road permanently closed this Monday, according to the statement. The original Halftime Pizza, located at 7126 Tezel Road, remains operational. However, the post noted that the business’ remaining store is […]
The game company Cards Against Humanity has sued SpaceX for $15 million, arguing that billionaire Elon Musk’s private space-exploration company illegally trespassed on private property in South Texas and damaged the land. The petition, filed last week in Cameron County state district court, alleges that SpaceX used land Cards Against Humanity owns three miles from […]
After a 40-year hiatus, foundational Alamo City metal band S.A. Slayer will reunite next spring to perform at Germany’s Keep It True XXV festival and Hell’s Heroes VII in Houston. The reformed act — which was known simply as “Slayer” before a certain California thrash-metal group dropped its debut LP — will feature most of the […]
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. WASHINGTON — The South Texas man at the center of a new ad attacking U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is a self proclaimed “conspiracy theorist” who has […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The rate of Texas women who died because of pregnancy or childbirth rose sharply in 2020 and 2021 to the highest since the state started tracking maternal deaths in 2013. Even excluding deaths […]
The San Antonio couple charged in the grisly dog attack that killed elderly Air Force veteran Ramon Najera Jr. last year received a combined 33 years in prison during the sentencing portion of their trial. State District Judge Velia Meza handed owner Christian Alexander Moreno an 18-year sentence, while his wife, Abilene Schnieder, got 15 years. […]