SAN ANTONIO - (April 26, 2024) – More than 100 Sailors within Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) took part in the Battle of Flowers Parade held during Fiesta San Antonio. The Battle of Flowers Parade is the oldest event and largest parade of Fiesta San Antonio attracting crowds of more than 350,000. Leading the Sailors in the parade was Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC).
The brother of iconic Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez had some harsh
Taylor Swift is continuing to shatter records with latest album The Tortured Poets Department as she landed the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100.
Animal welfare groups have criticised the use of puppies for yoga classes, slamming the idea as a “marketing tool” that is not ethical.
The Vice President of Fundraising for the Battle of Flowers Association took KENS 5 inside 'the den', which houses some of the festive floats.
The opening riffs of Seattle-based rock band Heart's "Barracuda," "Crazy on You" and "What About Love" are among the most recognizable on classic-rock radio. Appropriately, the group, formed in 1973, hit up San Antonio‘s Frost Bank Center Wednesday for nearly three hours of rock that was as familiar as it was energizing. Show openers Cheap Trick kicked the evening off with a sampling of its big hits, including "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender."
New homegrown burger spot Smash'd has begun serving inside the former home of Pearl-area casual concepts Hello Paradise and Summer Camp, the business' owners revealed in social media posts. Smash'd opened quietly at 520 E. Grayson St. about two weeks ago under the leadership of Brandon Peterson, known for his work at now-shuttered south-of-downtown barbecue joint Bandit BBQ. Tiki-inspired Hello Paradise and casual burger-and-coney Summer...
San Antonio craft-beer fans were shocked and saddened last month when award-winning Second Pitch Beer Co. abruptly announced its closure. Now, a new brewery is set to open in Second Pitch's former space. Alamo City entrepreneur Carlos D. Valadez revealed on his social media channels that a new concept called Silver Lining Brewing Co. will begin producing suds in the Northeast San Antonio brewing facility.
A Bexar County judge on Thursday swatted down a suit anti-abortion activists filed to block San Antonio from using its newly created Reproductive Justice Fund to cover travel expenses for women seeking out-of-state abortions, City Attorney Andy Segovia said. Groups including Texas Right to Life and the San Antonio Family Association filed suit last fall in Bexar County District Court, alleging the use of taxpayer money to cover abortion-related expenses violates state law. Attorneys for...
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, held a news conference this week to offer support to Odessa Animal Services to help increase the save rate at the local animal shelter. This call to action came on the heels of data released showing that in 2023, 62% of all dogs []
Shafaqna English- Joe Biden’s reelection campaign’s refusal to engage ‘reveals the disconnect’ between Biden and voters, as Muslims hear from third-party candidates, Muslim voters said. US President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign team refused an invitation to address a symposium regarding the voter engagement of more than one million Muslim Americans
Jo Boaler is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education with a devoted following of teachers who cheer her call to make math education more exciting. But despite all her fans, she has sparked controversy at nearly every stage of her career. Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her […]