San Antonio’s Alamo Colleges District has set a new enrollment record even as other community colleges face declining student numbers, officials said Monday. The total of 66,703 students signed up for the spring semester represents a 9.72% jump from last year, according to officials with the district, which operates five community college campuses, including Northwest Vista, […]
As the NBA trade deadline approaches on Thursday, Feb. 8, the rebuilding Spurs host Jarrett Allen and the Cavaliers in their last home game before this season’s nine-game Rodeo Road Trip. Allen led the way for the Cavs in a close 115-117 win against the Spurs in Cleveland in early January, during which he posted […]
Born in San Antonio and raised in a Transcendental Meditation community in Fairfield, Iowa, artist Joey Fauerso creates captivating paintings, drawings, videos and installations, many of which draw from personal experiences — from the everyday to the extraordinary. “I went to the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and that was a very seminal […]
Nuevo Leon Bakery, a longtime fixture of its East Side neighborhood, has permanently closed, KSAT 12 News reports. The 28-year-old business, known equally well for its tacos and its sweets, shut down so owner Marlena Araujo can spent time with her family, especially her grandchildren, according to the TV station.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The vice chair of the Texas Republican Party, Dana Myers, announced Friday she was challenging the chair, Matt Rinaldi. Myers confirmed in a text message that she was running and said that a […]
San Antonio-founded restaurant chain Church’s Texas Chicken is featured in a new documentary series about people who are crazy for capsaicin. Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People debuted Jan. 22 as a 10-episode series on streaming service Hulu.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting medical records of Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care from a Georgia telehealth clinic, marking at least the second time he’s sought such records from […]
Thanks to in no small part to its ground-in-house masa, San Antonio eatery Lala’s Gorditas is a local Tex-Mex favorite, but the winter months have been tough. Owner Steven Pizzini took to social media last weekend to ask Lala’s 10,000 Facebook followers to help out by placing walk-up or curbside pickup orders because business was desperately […]
Butthole Surfers, the San Antonio-born band that continues to reign as one of Texas’ weirdest musical exports, will reissue key recordings on vinyl through Matador Records. The reissue series will include material recorded during the Surfers’ “strange, grotesque and ultimately unparalleled first decade,” according to Matador’s online announcement.
The San Antonio Report has voluntarily recognized its employee union, workers and management at the nonprofit news organization confirmed Friday. The San Antonio Report Union’s 15 members met with management Thursday in what staffers described as an open and productive dialogue. During the discussion, management recognized the union, while staffers said they’ll continue to demand […]