Monterrey, Mexico’s Tigres and Rayados soccer teams will compete Oct. 12 at the Alamodome as part of the annual Clásico Regio match, San Antonio city officials revealed Tuesday. Pre-sale tickets for the highly anticipated game go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, and are available to those who sign up online. General ticket sales […]
Utah-based customizable-beverage chain FiiZ Drinks has closed its first San Antonio outpost after just a year in business, a recent visit to the spot revealed. The Broadway corridor location opened in February 2023 and was followed by a satellite in Converse. The business confirmed the closure in a social media post, citing “situations beyond our control” […]
Select San Antonio-area Chick-fil-A locations are saying, “Viva Fiesta!” with free nuggets while the city-wide celebration lasts. Through April 27, Chick-Fil-A app users can claim a free five-count box of nuggets at participating locations in honor of Fiesta San Antonio. The chain shared the news Monday via social media.
The operator of Texas’ power grid — you know, the one GOP politicians keep assuring us is completely reliable — is warning that CPS Energy’s plan to shut down some of its older, gas-fired power units could have a “material impact” on the grid’s ability to deliver electricity. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) […]
Fiesta may be going full swing, but there’s no letup in San Antonio’s live music scene. This week, fans will be able to check out the resurrection of the La Semana Alegre festival, have their ears punished by high-volume experimental rock band Swans or take in Saint Motel’s more sedate indie-pop at Stable Hall.
Four nonprofit prisoner-rights groups filed a complaint Monday in an Austin federal court alleging that Texas prisons’ widespread lack of air conditioning violates the constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The organizations joined a lawsuit filed last summer by Bernie Tiede, an inmate who argues he suffered an acute medical crisis after being housed in […]
San Antonio-based Santikos Theaters is bringing back free family movies this summer, trotting out two months of screenings of animated favorites including How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek 2 and Minions: The Rise of Gru. Beginning in June, the theater chain will offer its Free Summer Movies Series across all 26 of its locations, excluding […]
Over the weekend, three members of San Antonio’s congressional delegation voted against the U.S. House’s $95 billion foreign aid bill, which will help fund Ukraine’s war against Russia and Israel’s continued ground offensive in Gaza. The bill also allocates more than $8 billion for Taiwan. Two Democrats and one Republican representing San Antonio voted against the […]
The owner of downtown’s Gunter Hotel is bringing the first Paris Baguette location to San Antonio later this year. Gunter owner Jiwon Choi Song will open a unit of the South Korea-based bakery-cafe chain in a now-vacant space inside the hotel, located at 205 E. Houston St., officials with the hospitality enterprise said. Song moved […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, ripped into his party’s right flank for voting against billions in foreign aid for U.S. allies last week, castigating his ultraconservative peers as “scumbags” and […]