Major food chains expanding into San Antonio tend to draw a crowd, but Canadian institution Tim Hortons managed to open its first location here without much fuss. Practically synonymous with our neighbor to the North, Tim Hortons is a famous coffee and breakfast chain founded in the 1960s by hockey player Tim Horton. Combining Canada’s […]
Two early backers of the San Antonio Philharmonic said they have settled a two-year-old lawsuit with the orchestra over allegations its management didn’t honor terms of $180,000 in loans the pair extended to fund its operations. The Philharmonic — which formed in 2022 from the ashes of the defunct San Antonio Symphony — agreed to pay all […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to jalapeño peppers that’s affecting 27 states, including Texas. So far, authorities have confirmed 345 cases of the outbreak, including 36 hospitalizations. However, no deaths have been recorded. The most affected states include Colorado, Minnesota and Illinois, according […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. As thousands of people from all over the United States came to the Laguna Madre area this past weekend to watch SpaceX’s latest launch in South Texas, many who live […]
Three San Antonio City Council members issued a memo this week calling for a temporary halt on new data center construction within city limits. The document signed by District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo, District 6 Councilman Ric Galvan and District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez requests a special meeting on the issue no later than […]
Last year, Mark McDonald learned just how tight-knit San Antonio’s pickleball community could be when his then-fiancé suffered pregnancy complications that ended the pregnancy. The same day, McDonald, who coaches the sport, was scheduled to participate in a tournament and intended to cancel. Although he originally planned to remain quiet about the reason, emotion got […]
San Antonio Independent School District will continue to provide free lunches and breakfasts to all students, district officials said this week. The word that SAISD will continue to participate in the federal program comes after other San Antonio-area districts, including North East Independent School District (NEISD), said they would opt out, leaving students without access […]
During a Tuesday night town hall, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar tried to quell public fears about his department’s use of the controversial Flock surveillance camera system. Salazar told the crowd of TK that deputies in the department’s Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) use Flock cameras to track down people responsible for gang-related activity. He added that […]
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Texas state Rep. James Talarico voted in five elections using his parents’ address after purchasing a home for himself nearby, a practice that […]
File this one somewhere between “What in the actual fuck?” and “Huh, I might actually want to do that.” Rather than urging people to create a typical wedding visualization or material-driven dream board, San Antonio’s Pan American Branch Library will hold a contemplative workshop this Saturday inviting participants to choose experiences, conversations and locations they’d […]