From hometown-bred Americana to eerie chillwave to classic jazz, if you can’t find great live music in San Antonio this week, friend, you ain’t trying. Let’s jump right into the options. Wednesday, Feb. 28
San Antonio City Councilman Marc Whyte was intoxicated on the night that he was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated, the Express-News reports, citing blood draw results released Tuesday by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Whyte’s blood alcohol content was .089 when officers executed a warrant in the early hours of Dec. 30, according […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Speaking to a group of East Texas voters in September, state Supreme Court Justice John Devine cast himself as the antidote to his “brainwashed” colleagues on the all-Republican bench.
The chairman of San Antonio-based grocery giant H-E-B has funneled more than $1 million into the campaigns of anti-school voucher Republicans that Gov. Greg Abbott is working to unseat, Hearst Texas government reporter Jasper Scherer found in a new analysis. Between Jan. 26 and Feb. 24, the Charles Butt Public Education PAC flowed a total of […]
Casa Catrina, a new Dia De Los Muertos-themed restaurant is making its way to San Antonio’s historic La Villita district, city filings show. A Jan. 24 application with the Historic and Design Review Commission proposes a new riverside terrace addition for the restaurant, 515 Villita Street, as well as installation of graphics and signage.
Northeast San Antonio burger haven Biff Buzby’s on Tuesday opened its second local outpost, this one near MacArthur Park. The business — known for towering burgers sandwiched between slightly sweetened sourdough buns — shared the news in a Feb. 26 Facebook post, noting that the new location at 2769 Nacogdoches Road will be open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. […]
Vegan and gluten-free restaurant Plantology shared a social media message Monday asking diners to help it stay open as it grapples with rising prices and declining sales. Simultaneously, owner Griselda Munoz launched a GoFundMe campaign with the goal of raising $80,000 to catch up on Plantology’s overhead costs and debts incurred during last year’s slow season. […]
Uvalde Police on Monday arrested the guardian of one of the children slain in the Robb Elementary School shooting and charged the man with disrupting a county commissioners meeting. Brett Cross, guardian of 10-year-old shooting victim Uziyah Garcia, was escorted out of the Uvalde County Courthouse after directing a tirade at former Uvalde police lieutenant […]
The Bang Bang Bar co-owners Phanie Diaz and Jamie Hoppe have set their sights on a second area nightspot, this one called The Rah! Rah! Room, news site MySA reports.
As WrestleMania 40 nears and the competition on the WWE circuit heats up, the fireworks will pass through the Alamo City for Monday Night Raw. The road to this year’s WrestleMania isn’t without controversy, however, primarily centered around earth-shattering allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault against former chairman Vince McMahon. Brock Lesnar, a multiple-time […]