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).
Members of San Antonio City Council have filed paperwork necessary to bring new protections for the city's wild bird population before the whole body. District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito on Tuesday filed a Council Consideration Request (CCR) to begin discussing new protections for birds including wild peacocks. CCRs, which must be approved by five members, are a significant first step in getting a measure to a vote before the whole council.
This week, the annual Texas Travel Awards named the San Antonio Zoo the best in the state for a third consecutive year. The award comes after 12 months of big announcements and the completion of large-scale projects at the zoo. Among those, the facility completely redesigned its main park entrance, dubbed H-E-B Plaza, inspired by the city's unique cultural heritage. The zoo also received several multimillion-dollar donations this year with most of the money going towards its ambitious...
Governor Murphy announced that $11 million in funding was allocated to increase preschool access in 16 NJ school districts, aimed at transforming early childhood education. Latest Educational Funding Initiative On March 12, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy, alongside Acting Commissioner of Education Kevin Dehmer, made an important announcement from Millridge School in Secaucus, New Jersey. They […]
Former top candidate Steve Carrigan says city officials interfered with his former employer and cost him his job.
San Antonio Public Works became a punch line on social media after the city department shared a video explaining how those attending NIOSA, one of Fiesta's busiest events, should navigate ongoing construction on South Alamo Street. The video, shot from a first-person POV and tweeted out Wednesday, tells viewers via instructions flashed onscreen to "Start at E. Market and head South towards (sic) E. Nueva St." Pedestrians should then "cross at the SOUTH side of E. Nueva" and "Safely...
The San Antonio teenager shot multiple times by a San Antonio police officer in Oct. 22, 2022, in a McDonald's parking lot has filed federal civil rights lawsuit against both the city and the former officer involved in the incident. High-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed the suit Friday on behalf of Erik Cantu and Cantu's girlfriend, Emily Proulx, in U.S. District Court in San Antonio. The petition alleges San Antonio Police Chief William McManus “adopted formal and...
The City of San Antonio’s Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate Earth Day by giving away free trees and plants at Woodlawn Lake Park. The giveaway will run 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. during the city’s Earth Day 2024 Celebration, scheduled for Saturday, April 20. The free vegetation will include both ornamental and shade trees, according to details on the city's website.
THE UK’s best hotel in the UK has been revealed – and people have called it a “hidden gem” despite just 57 rooms inside. The hotel was named the best in the 2024 TripAdvisor
New analysis suggests Aberdeen is the least expensive city in Britain to get on the property ladder – but it’s a different story entirely for those looking to buy their first home in Edinburgh. Rightmove found that the average asking price for a first-time buyer-type property with two bedrooms or fewer in Aberdeen is £102,601. Assuming a 20% deposit, a typical first-time buyer in Aberdeen could pay around £406 per month in mortgage costs, Rightmove calculated. The research looked at more than 50...
YouTube vlogger-turned-congressional candidate Brandon Herrera's controversial remarks don't appear to have paid fundraising dividends, according to first-quarter campaign finance data reported on Tuesday by the Texas Tribune. Herrera, known as the "AK Guy" because of his gun manufacturing business, raised $401,000 between Jan. 1 and March 31 — or less than half the $949,000 that his rival, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, raised during that same period, the Tribune reports. Gonzales and...
Sciver-Brunt finally places an English name on the women’s gong, which has been won five times by Australians in the 10 years since its inception.