Nationally lauded Mexican-food restaurant Carnitas Lonja has become the latest in a string of high-profile San Antonio eateries to announce closure plans. The James Beard Award-nominated taco spot said in a Tuesday social media post that Dec. 31 will be its last day of operation.
Authorities arrested a suspect Tuesday whom they allege killed six people and injured three others in a shooting spree spanning San Antonio and Austin. Shane James, 34, was booked into the Travis County Jail at 1:32 a.m. Wednesday, records show.
A Texas woman has filed an emergency lawsuit, asking a Travis County judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. This is the first time since before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973 that an adult woman has asked a court to intervene to allow her to terminate a pregnancy, and the first lawsuit […]
Name: Rico Torres Birthplace: El Paso, Texas
The gooey goodness the Dirty Dough Cookies chain brought to San Antonio turned out to be short lived. Jalon Miyasaki — owner of the Tempe, Arizona-based company’s Alamo City franchise — confirmed the closure of his sole shop in a post on the San Antonio Restaurants Facebook group. It had been open just six months.
Texas’ Republican leadership frequently paints itself as a champion of a hands-off leadership approach that prizes personal freedoms and a libertarian mindset. However, a report published last week by the Washington, D.C.-based Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank co-founded by billionaire businessman and conservative political donor Charles Koch, ranks Texas at the bottom of U.S. states […]
CPS Energy is that much closer to another rate increase. On a 5-0 vote Monday, the city-owned utility’s board of trustees approved a 4.25% increase over its base rates. That would raise the average customer’s monthly bill by an estimated $4.45, according to CPS officials.
Chrisanthy “Chrissy” Anthony, co-founder of San Antonio’s Sea Island Shrimp House chain, has died at 89 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Officials with longtime casual-dining institution announced Anthony’s death Monday in an Instagram post. She passed on Nov. 30, according to her online obituary.
A federal appeals court on Monday issued a stay prohibiting federal border agents from cutting razor wire deployed along the Texas-Mexico border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star immigration crackdown, according to the Texas Tribune. The 5th Circuit of Appeals — recognized as the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court — ruled […]
A San Antonio woman lost an ear last week as she was attacked by three pit bulls on the East Side, the Express-News reports. The mauling is the latest in a string that’s sparked a community debate about whether San Antonio is doing enough to address its dangerous dog problem. Indeed, it’s the sixth such attack […]