As part of January’s designation as Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Texas officials and the state’s restaurant industry are hosting a free seminar to help. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Texas Restaurant Association will conduct a free webinar at 2 p.m. this Thursday to help bartenders and food-service workers spot the warning signs of […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Texas Education Agency on Wednesday from enforcing a state law requiring booksellers to rate the explicitness and relevance of sexual references in materials they […]
San Antonio’s premiere brunch event, United We Brunch, will return Saturday, Feb. 10, for its seventh installment, boasting a new venue and the fierce competition of the Tito’s Vodka Bloody Mary Challenge. This year, attendees will savor cocktails, bubbles and mimosas while sampling brunch bites at the Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway. Participating restaurants include Postino, […]
The landlord of Paramour, the San Antonio rooftop bar known for its drag brunches and River Walk views, is pressuring it to pay up or move out, legal filings show. CDC Enterprises L.P., the owner of downtown’s Phipps Building, early this month sued the entity that does business as Paramour in Bexar County District Court, alleging […]
Grocery giant H-E-B on Wednesday launched two more commercials featuring No. 1 NBA draft pick Victor Wembanyama and other members of the San Antonio Spurs. This round of TV spots from the San Antonio-based chain focuses on its Creamy Creations ice cream brand. In addition to Wemby, the ads feature Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan and Devin […]
Prominent civil-rights attorney Lee Merritt filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the San Antonio Police Department violated the rights of 13-year-old Andre “AJ” Hernandez when officers shot and killed the youth during a June 2022 stolen vehicle call. The suit, filed in San Antonio, argues that SAPD officer Stephen Ramos violated Hernandez’s Fourth Amendment […]
Brazilian Steakhouse Fogo de Chão will open a second San Antonio location sometime in the next two years, according to expansion details released by the Dallas-based company. The new restaurant is part of an aggressive expansion that will include additional stores stateside and in cities including Manila, Philippines; Brasilia, Brazil; Istanbul, Turkey; and São Paulo, […]
Drake has pushed back the next leg of his It’s All a Blur Tour — Big as the What? tour, which means the rap superstar is rescheduling next week’s two sold-out San Antonio shows for later this spring. The Drake and J. Cole concerts originally scheduled for Monday, Jan. 22, and Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Frost […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. San Antonio will become the latest Texas city to leverage a public health framework in a bid to prevent violence.
Staff at nonprofit news organization San Antonio Report have voted to unionize, according to a Tuesday social media post. Reporters, editors, business staffers and photojournalists at the 12-year-old outlet moved to join the Media Guild of the West after witnessing staffing- and budget-related issues at other nonprofit publications, the San Antonio Report Union wrote in […]