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San Antonio’s Animal Care Services department is seeking another big funding boost this budget cycle, despite falling short on the majority of the self-imposed goals it set a year ago to improve performance. Even though ACS landed a 33% budget increase last year — the largest of any city department — it failed to meet […]
Four top voting-rights groups sent a letter to Texas officials blasting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recently opened investigation into whether noncitizens in the state are being registered to vote. Paxton, a Republican, launched the probe this week based on a claim tweeted out by Fox News TV personality Maria Bartiromo, who claimed migrants were registering to […]
Girl in a Coma is back. For real this time. And the storied San Antonio alt-rock trio has plans for new shows and music to prove it.
North Side Japanese staple Wild Goji Restaurant and Bar is reopening Thursday after nearly two months of renovation work that includes the addition of a conveyor-belt sushi bar. After announcing a temporary closure July 1 to conduct the upgrades, the eatery’s owners in a Monday Instagram post revealed a rebrand as Wild Goji Revolving Sushi […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. If Texas wants to rein in its high housing costs, it needs more homes, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office said Tuesday — the latest sign that the state’s high home prices and rents […]
San Antonio luxury hotel Kimpton Santo is offering huge dining discounts to celebrate its opening this Thursday. From Thursdays through Sundays from Aug. 29 until Sept. 30, diners at Dean’s Steak and Seafood inside the downtown hotel will receive half off their entire bill during every dining service. The two-level, 207-seat restaurant features an oyster […]
A San Antonio couple whose pit bulls killed an 81-year-old Air Force veteran and triggered a contentious community debate over the city’s loose-dog problem have struck a plea deal to avoid a trial, the Express-News reports. Husband and wife Christian Alexander Moreno and Abilene Schnieder plead guilty Tuesday to the charge of dangerous dog attack […]
Drag world supernova Alyssa Edwards is performing at the Rock Box this Saturday — and San Antonio is about to be thoroughly entertained. Edwards is slated to perform her Glitz & Giggles show supported by a full roster of Alamo City drag performers, the venue’s Facebook event states. The DFW Metroplex-based headliner will deliver a “gag-worthy” opening […]
The Medical Center’s Biryani Express Indian Cuisine will reopen this Thursday with an updated interior space and a new menu, according to its owners. From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. that day, the family-run restaurant, 9390 Huebner Road, Suite 104, will celebrate its grand reopening with a DJ and samples of its food items.