Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain.
San Antonio’s quick-expanding La Panadería Bakery Café will open its first Southtown location next year. The three-store chain is taking over the former site of Brown Coffee Co., 812 S. Alamo St., which closed this spring, according to company officials.
Bexar County deputies arrested San Antonio Airport Police Officer Rubi Tovar Monday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Tovar, 36, was taken into custody just after 10 p.m. on the Class B misdemeanor, according to a San Antonio Police Department statement. She was off duty at the time.
West Side outdoor bar and music venue Jaime’s Place has invited pop-up food business Burger Foos to permanently take over its kitchen starting this Thursday. The Burger Foos menu will totally replace the existing food options offered at the nightspot “built for the barrio and beyond,” according to owner Jaime Macias.
A lawsuit accusing Texas of cooking inmates in its sweltering prisons got underway Tuesday with plaintiffs’ attorneys armed with autopsy reports reportedly showing the core body temperatures of at least two deceased inmates topped 100 degrees. The reports, recently uncovered by public radio collaborative the Texas Newsroom, mention heat as a possible factor in the […]
Grammy-nominated metalcore band As I Lay Dying is playing Vibes Live in the Rock Box this Saturday with Salt Lake City deathcore rockers Chelsea Grin and progressive death metal act Entheos rounding out the bill. As I Lay Dying is touring in support of its first new single in five years, “Burden,” released by Napalm Records. […]
The San Antonio Police Department provided administrative leave for officers who participated in a controversial competition in Dubai and even ponied up nearly $28,000 in salaries during the trip, according to records obtained by Texas Public Radio. In February, SAPD officers took part in Dubai’s UAE SWAT Challenge, an event that drew police units from […]
Warning that the nation risks sliding into dictatorship without new checks and balances, Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert threw his support behind President Joe Biden’s plan to impose sweeping changes on the U.S. Supreme Court. “Whenever those seeking a dictatorship are looking to gain more control over governmental decisions, it has everything to do with that leader […]
After less than two years in operation, Government Hill’s uber-eclectic Snake Hill Social Club is shutting down Monday, Aug. 5. The bar, popular with a Gen Z crowd, announced the impending closure in a Monday Instagram post, stating, “We know this is sudden but that’s only because we were trying to exhaust every option we […]
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. President Joe Biden on Monday called the U.S. Supreme Court “extreme” as he detailed his proposal for sweeping changes, including limiting justices to 18-year terms, during […]