On a stifling August day, hundreds turned up to an event at the San Antonio Food Bank’s pavilion, a place usually associated with feeding the community. Instead, it was full of people hungry for information on getting health insurance coverage on paychecks that rarely even cover their basic needs.
Texas’ recent “unwinding” of Medicaid enrollment after three years of automatically renewing individuals’ coverage during the pandemic has widened the cracks in the system into a chasm. As a result, the state’s children have become especially vulnerable to losing health coverage.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), viewers join Miles Morales, an Afro Latinx teen from Brooklyn, as a bite from a radioactive spider empowers him to explores the possibilities and mysteries of the Spider-Verse. The animated film’s composer, Daniel Pemberton, received plenty of accolades prior to his work on the soundtrack for Into the Spider-Verse […]
This year marks Celtic-punk heavyweights Flogging Molly’s 25th year as a band. At least that was when singer-guitarist Dave King and fiddle player Bridget Regan — also King’s future wife — began putting the pieces together.
East Side staple Tucker’s Cozy Corner — a 75-year-old nightspot known for soulful eats, neighborhood vibes and a diverse music-booking policy — appears to have closed, although it’s unclear whether that’s a temporary or permanent development. The business’ owner hasn’t publicly comment on how long it will remain shuttered, but internet chatter suggests that it’s […]
San Antonio is home to six of Texas’ top employers, according to Forbes’ annual list of America’s Best Employers by State. H-E-B, the largest private employer in the Lone Star State, took second place — a climb of seven spots since last year.
United Airlines on Tuesday issued a nationwide ground stop due to a systemwide technology issue, company officials said in a social media post. The stop lasted a total of about 15 minutes. “We are experiencing a systemwide technology issue and are holding all aircraft at their departure airports,” the airline said in a statement on X, […]
Fans Eastern European cuisine and Transylvanian lore may want to mark their calendars for this year’s Romanian food celebration, called Dracula Fest. It’s scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 14, at Rosedale Park in San Antonio’s Prospect Hill neighborhood. The west-of-downtown park, located at 303 Dartmouth St., will host Romanian food vendors from 11 a.m.-8 […]
The Texas Senate on Tuesday swatted down all of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to throw out the 20 articles of impeachment against him, the Texas Tribune reports. The rejection of the pretrial motions on the first day of Paxton’s Senate trial sets the stage for him to be tried on articles of impeachment that […]
Former San Antonio Spurs shooting guard and Hall of Fame inductee Manu Ginobili recently took to social media to share video of an odd-looking animal roaming his neighborhood. The 14-second clip shows what appears to be a large-eared, hairless canine scampering around a brushy area.