Editor’s Note: CityScrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. Local officials gushed with gusto when a reconstituted DeLorean Motor Co. revealed a little more than a year ago that it was locating its headquarters in San Antonio.
Outside of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s youthful resurgence, Minnesota’s extended run at the top of the Western Conference standings has been the biggest surprise in the NBA this season. The Timberwolves bowed out in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of last year’s playoffs, finishing the season as an eighth seed. […]
San Antonio’s fast-growing fast-food restaurant Burger Boy opened its seventh location Wednesday morning on the city’s South Side. The locally-based burger chain is continuing to expand rapidly, with plans already in motion to open its eighth Alamo City location on the city’s far West Side this fall. Burger Boy’s newest spot is located next to […]
Anthony Jeselnik may be the first stand-up comedian to draw critical comparisons to both deadpan surrealist Steven Wright and legendary insult comic Don Rickles. The key is Jeselnik’s onstage persona, which he likened during a New York Times interview to a “comedy version of a horror movie.”
Michael McWhorter, a self-branded internet detective who goes by the handle @TizzyEnt, has accused the San Antonio Police Department of delaying an assault investigation to protect its suspect, whom he claims is the relative of a veteran officer. A now-viral video posted on X, formerly Twitter, detailing McWhorter’s claims about the now eight-months-old case has racked […]
San Antonio city officials are moving to give the gay nightlife district on North Main Street a special designation recognizing its cultural significance to the LGBTQ+ community, the Express-News reports. The stretch spanning the 1300 through 1900 blocks of North Main is home to landmark nightclubs including Heat, Pegasus and Sparky’s Pub, and it hosts […]
Over the weekend, the Dallas Morning-News, in collaboration with PolitiFact, debunked a viral video that appeared to capture President Joe Biden threatening to wage war with Texas. “We’re going to make sure those cowboys don’t stop the surge of military-age men from entering,” a voice sounding eerily like the president’s said in the clip.
A San Antonio woman is recovering at a local hospital after yet another dog attack, this one on the city’s Southside, according to the Express-News. The latest attack, which occurred Tuesday, follows several high-profile and grisly incidents last year, some of which grabbed national headlines. The woman was walking her “purse-size” dog along the 1000 […]
San Antonio’s recent cold snap made it difficult to lure music fans out to venues, but with that behind us, there’s great music on the horizon and no compelling reason not to check it out. Whether you’re craving jazz takes on Disney tunes, the shoegazy pop of Moving Panoramas or the infectious conjunto of Los […]
Texas oil refineries, petrochemical plants and other industrial sites reported releasing 2.1 million pounds of unauthorized air pollution during last week’s freezing temperatures, newly released data show. Paperwork businesses filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality documents 92 releases of toxic chemicals across 27 counties between Jan. 13 and Jan. 16, according to an analysis released this week […]