Who says San Antonio is “boring”? Case in point, Alamo resident Johnny Hernandez encountered a peculiar sight around 2 p.m. on Monday while running errands in downtown San Antonio. At the highway overpass at Josephine Street and Avenue B, a VIA bus was stopped with lights flashing and a shirtless gentleman had somehow climbed on […]
Downtown San Antonio soon will have another spot to yuck it up. Houston’s The Riot Comedy Club plans to open a 4,900-square-foot location near the Alamo as part of a planned eight-city expansion, owner Brian Gendron told the Houston Chronicle. The club, located at 400 E. Houston St., will begin hosting comedy acts sometime this fall.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said during a Monday press conference that she doesn’t need support from the rest of City Council to order up an independent economic-impact analysis for Project Marvel, the city’s proposed downtown sports-and-entertainment development. Jones also told journalists the majority of council supports collecting more data on the project. “I think that […]
Actor John Leguizamo visited San Antonio last week to film an episode of his NBC travel show Leguizamo Does America, which highlights U.S. Latino communities. The episode aired on Sunday evening and is available to watch online. During his visit to San Antonio landmarks, Leguizamo visited the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, the cultural corazón […]
Gun vlogger Brandon Herrera — known as the “AK Guy” to fans of his YouTube channel — has launched another primary challenger to take down Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, whom he lost to in 2024. “I’m officially throwing my hat back into the ring to finish what I started and get a turncoat Republican […]
Texas House Democrats said Monday they plan to “kill” Gov. Greg Abbott’s special legislative session by continuing to break quorum — unless the Republican governor prioritizes flood-relief legislation over redistricting. “If Gov. Abbott says, ‘We will take care of the people of the State of Texas first,’ if he makes that commitment today, we’ll be […]
Six months after dreaming up a coffee shop concept on a date night, Page Pressley and Dez Rodriguez turned their vision into reality by opening Broadway’s The Newsstand last summer. Now, the couple is expanding its portfolio with The Dispatch, a second coffee concept scheduled to open in the lobby of the the McCombs Plaza […]
Without offering proof, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accused Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of making frequent racist remarks after she raised concerns that his plan to redraw the state’s political maps would harm minority voters. During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Abbott dismissed Crockett’s objections to his controversial redistricting scheme and even appeared to […]
Texas House Rep. Josey Garcia, whose district includes part of San Antonio, alleged this weekend that plainclothes agents showed up unexpectedly at her home to intimidate her family while she’s out of state breaking quorum. “4 Men NOT in uniform. 4 unmarked vehicles,” Garcia posted cryptically to Facebook on Sunday.
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. With Texas legislators locked in a standoff over Republicans’ push to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, time is running out for election officials to prepare for next year’s primary without major disruption.