San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama has clearly impressed the NBA’s general managers, who gave the No. 1 draft pick top marks in a survey published Tuesday. The annual survey asks the NBA’s 30 general managers to respond to 50 questions ranking the league’s best teams, players and coaches. It also seeks their opinions on which franchises […]
Food truck operator El Cevichero will open its first brick-and-mortar location at Southeast San Antonio’s Brooks development, its owners revealed Tuesday in a social media post. The new El Cevichero Restaurant y Cantina, located at 2603 SE Military Drive, will specialize in the ceviche and birria tacos served by the business’ three mobile kitchens.
San Antonio International Airport this week began an expansion project that will add three new ground gates. The addition, which officials called a significant step towards the airport’s longterm development, is funded by a $20 million federal grant.
This Saturday, Oct. 14, San Antonio will be in the path of totality for an annular solar eclipse that will start around 10:23 a.m., making it a solid reason for weekend day-drinking (as if we needed one). Also dubbed a “ring of fire” eclipse, the event will span a little over three hours, with the […]
As a new Texas law further restricting what books students can check out of school libraries takes effect, local bans are gaining steam in districts across the state — in some cases going in startling directions. In Katy, a growing Houston suburb, school officials recently bought $93,000 worth of new library books and promptly put […]
This week, San Antonio music lovers can watch veteran rock and hip-hop performers show off their craft or witness up-and-comers from those two genres rethink old notions. On the veteran front, longtime East LA band Los Lobos will bring its rootsy sound to Gruene Hall, while a package tour of old-school rappers including Doug E. Fresh, […]
After Southtown businesses voiced concerns about construction cutting into their bottom lines, the intersection of South Alamo Street and East Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard reopened around noon Tuesday, allowing two-way traffic in all four directions, according to city officials. This reopening of the busy south-of-downtown interchange arrived earlier than expected.
Online video of a group of men dressed in Nazi attire — swastika armbands and all — dining at Torchy’s Tacos in Fort Worth has gone viral, prompting a response from the Austin-based chain. In the clip shared Sunday on TikTok, one man can be seen in a tan uniform and a red, white and […]
The Texas Legislature has taken a dim view of school vouchers for the past two decades. Multiple attempts by GOP leaders to gain traction on the idea have sputtered out amid strong opposition by Democrats and rural Republicans. The concerns that fed that resistance — namely, that vouchers siphon money away from public schools to […]
The executive director of the Alamo Area Council of Governments, Diane Rath, is on administrative leave a week into an internal investigation of an employee complaint that she created a hostile work environment, the Express-News reports. San Antonio-based AACOG temporarily relieved Rath of duty Friday, according to the daily. The organization’s probe is reportedly looking […]