Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas child welfare officials are reassigning staff to focus on monitoring the unlicensed motels and rental homes that house some of the most vulnerable children in the foster-care system — a move officials […]
Gov. Greg Abbott insinuated Monday on social media that he’ll ignore a U.S. Supreme Court order clearing federal agents to cut concertina wire the state deployed along the Rio Grande as part of the his Operation Lone Star border crackdown. After the high court’s 5-4 vote, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Chris Olivarez announced […]
Beloved San Antonio hole-in-the-wall Gino’s Deli grabbed the No. 9 spot on Yelp’s annual Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. This marks at least the third time owner Aleem Chaudhry’s Brooklyn-style deli — located inside a Shavano Park-area convenience store, no less — has landed on the list. The deli, known as much […]
Last week, MovieMaker magazine for its sixth consecutive year named San Antonio one of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker. In describing the advantages of filming in San Antonio, the publication noted its access to production facilities and equipment rental houses along with state and supplemental local film incentives, which can […]
Freetail Brewing Co., San Antonio’s second-largest brewery, is up for sale by the ownership group that’s controlled the company since 2016. The 15-year-old business, which launched at North Loop 1604 and Northwest Military Highway with used brewing equipment and a wood-fired brick pizza oven, now includes two restaurant brewpubs, a production brewery and retail distribution […]
San Antonio got nearly 4 inches of rain Sunday and Monday, setting a record along the way, according to the Express-News, citing data from the National Weather Service (NWS). On Sunday, 1.16 inches of rain fell in the Alamo City, according to the daily’s compilation of NWS data. Another 2.41 inches fell Monday, bringing total rainfall […]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents can cut through concertina wire deployed along the banks of the Rio Grande as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star immigration crackdown. The decision fell along ideological lines with the court’s most conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nearly 20 months after Texas’ deadliest school shooting, where 19 students and two teachers were killed, multiple investigations into the delayed police and medical response have yet to be released to the public.
The Alamo Colleges rescheduled its sold-out 2024 National Day of Collective Healing event with poet activist and educator Nikki Giovanni, according to officials with the campuses. The event, originally scheduled for this Tuesday as part of San Antonio DreamWeek, now will take place Wednesday, Jan. 31, from noon-2 p.m. at San Antonio College’s McAllister Auditorium.
The San Antonio Film Commission has opened its annual #FilmSA Contest for entries from moviemakers between the ages of 14 and 21. As with previous iterations of the contest, the purpose is to inspire young San Antonians to explore the craft of filmmaking while learning more about their city, according to commission officials. This year’s contest […]