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Grammy-nominated comedian, actor and TV host George Lopez will bring the laughs to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Aug. 10. The funnyman’s Alamo City stop is part of his Allriiiighhttt, Texas!
One of the two men San Antonio police identified as suspects in last weekend’s Market Square shooting was released on bond for other felony charges roughly two weeks before the incident, court records show. Police identified Mikey Valdez, 18, as one of the two men suspected of opening fire at each other as Fiesta celebrations […]
San Antonio craft-beer fans were shocked and saddened last month when award-winning Second Pitch Beer Co. abruptly announced its closure. Now, a new brewery is set to open in Second Pitch’s former space. Alamo City entrepreneur Carlos D. Valadez revealed on his social media channels that a new concept called Silver Lining Brewing Co. will begin […]
On Monday, CBS Mornings aired a segment where the show dispatched its lead national correspondent, David Begnaud, on a surprise trip to San Antonio. His mission? Dig up a story.
A consortium based at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at San Antonio has landed a $17 million Defense Department contract to launch eight new research projects dealing with traumatic brain injury and psychological health, according to officials with the school. The STRONG STAR consortium — the name is an acronym for the […]
The San Antonio Police Department on Monday afternoon released the names of the two individuals they said instigated a shooting in Market Square early Sunday as Fiesta revelries wound down. Shortly after midnight, police saw 18-year-old Mikey Valdez fire a gun, striking Albert Cisneros, 20, SAPD officials said in a press statement.
San Antonio-based specialty foods company Texas Black Gold Garlic has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Texas Garlic Inc., which does business as Texas Black Gold, listed no assets and $362,000 in liabilities in a petition submitted late last week to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Antonio. San Antonio chef Stephen Paprocki, founder of the […]
NBA commentator Charles Barkley was so disgusted with the New Orleans Pelican’s playoff performance that he said the team doesn’t deserve a trip to Cancun but rather to Galveston. “We’re not even going to send them to Cancun,” Barkley quipped Saturday on TNT after the team’s 106-85 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. “We’re going to send […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Arrests resumed Monday at the University of Texas at Austin amid ongoing demonstrations in support of Palestinians.