In a sense, San Antonio chef and restauranteur Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin owes her rise to culinary fame to an early morning fight with her mother. When she was 22 and a recent college grad, she stumbled through the front door of the family home at 4 a.m. following a night on the St. Mary’s Strip.
Earlier this month, North central nightspot Bentley’s on Broadway announced it was closed for remodeling. Now, it looks like there’s more to the story. The City of San Antonio has ordered both Bentley’s locations — the bar on Broadway and a beer garden on Alamo Street — to shut their doors due to code violations […]
A video of a man swimming laps in the San Antonio River has gone viral on social media, leaving many commenters on the clip expressing revulsion and disgust. In the footage, a man with a bowl-style haircut style many in South Texas refer to as the “Edgar” swims freestyle along the San Pedro Creek extension of the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block Texas’ Republican-championed law requiring porn websites to verify the age of their users, the Associated Press reports. Adult-entertainment industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition filed an emergency appeal asking the high court put Texas House Bill 1181 on hold while the justices weigh whether to hear […]
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Grammy-nominated comedian, actor and TV host George Lopez will bring the laughs to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Aug. 10. The funnyman’s Alamo City stop is part of his Allriiiighhttt, Texas!
One of the two men San Antonio police identified as suspects in last weekend’s Market Square shooting was released on bond for other felony charges roughly two weeks before the incident, court records show. Police identified Mikey Valdez, 18, as one of the two men suspected of opening fire at each other as Fiesta celebrations […]
San Antonio craft-beer fans were shocked and saddened last month when award-winning Second Pitch Beer Co. abruptly announced its closure. Now, a new brewery is set to open in Second Pitch’s former space. Alamo City entrepreneur Carlos D. Valadez revealed on his social media channels that a new concept called Silver Lining Brewing Co. will begin […]
On Monday, CBS Mornings aired a segment where the show dispatched its lead national correspondent, David Begnaud, on a surprise trip to San Antonio. His mission? Dig up a story.
A consortium based at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at San Antonio has landed a $17 million Defense Department contract to launch eight new research projects dealing with traumatic brain injury and psychological health, according to officials with the school. The STRONG STAR consortium — the name is an acronym for the […]