Bexar County will spend $395,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former sheriff's office jail lieutenant who was fired after posting social media pics of herself at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Express-News reports. The county's insurer will foot the bill, reports the daily. Bexar County Sheriff's Office (BSCO) Lt. Roxanne Mathai, who was already on leave over allegations she slept with an inmate — sued the county after she was canned in June 2021 for posting photos of herself alongside...
Welcome to Retirement Mecca 2-1-0! San Antonio ranked as the city with the second-highest net inflow of people 60 and older who relocate here from outside the state, according to a new study by financial site SmartAsset. Only Mesa, Arizona, attracted more older, out-of-state residents.
Austin-based Goodblend, one of three suppliers approved under Texas' limited medical marijuana program, on Tuesday opened its first permanent San Antonio pickup location. The Goodblent storefront at 18720 Stone Oak Parkway will allow qualifying patients who place online orders for the prescriptions to pick them up the following day. Prior to the opening, patients had to schedule pickups around timed deliveries to a partner medical office in the Alamo City.
Government Hill sweet spot Alebrije Panaderia will close from May 15 until June 18 to facilitate a facelift, according to social media posts from its owners. Alebrije partners Cris Mendez and Claudio Navarro on Monday alerted fans to the temporary closure. However, they said the business will still take custom orders and catering gigs while the storefront is shuttered for renovations.
A Bexar County jury last week awarded $81.72 million to the parents of Taylor McCowan, a San Antonio nursing student killed in a 2020 car accident by a deputy U.S. Marshal who was convicted of driving drunk. The verdict in the wrongful death suit, awarded April 29, is the largest for mental anguish in U.S. history, according to Markland LLP, the law firm representing McCowan's family. “Although this verdict does nothing to bring her back, we are now able to properly memorialize...
Whimsical crêpe and coffee shop Kaffeinated expects to open a second San Antonio location later this month, this one near the far North Central community of Rogers Ranch, MySA reports. The new location is under construction at the Village at Blanco shopping center, 1200 W. Loop 1604 North, near the intersection of Blanco and Loop 1604.
After being hit with chants of "overrated" during his first-ever game at Madison Square Garden, the San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama has proven the naysayers wrong by landing the NBA's Rookie of the Year (ROTY) award. Indeed, Wembanyama won the recognition Monday by unanimous vote. ROTY's winner is determined by a global panel of sports journalists.
The downtown hotel that's served for decades as a gateway to the San Antonio River Walk has changed hands and is now owned by an investment firm from Aliso Viejo, California. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. completed its $230 million purchase of the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk hotel from Hyatt, according to the publicly traded company’s first quarter earnings release this week.
Having spurred two Academy Award-winning film adaptations since its Broadway premiere in 1957, West Side Story has emerged as a timeless concoction of love story and cautionary tale. A modern spin on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the musical takes place on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the crosshairs of a power struggle between two rival gangs — the white Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. When Tony (Nick DeGraw Glavac), a former member of the Jets, and Maria (Jillian Juliet...
May marks the 33rd annual Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage month. Alamo City residents eager to celebrate need look no further than the San Antonio Asian Festival.
Brad Parscale — the one-time San Antonio web developer who used his Internet savvy to help Donald Trump win the presidency — is back in action. This time, Parscale is promising to get more right-wing politicians in office by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.
San Antonio Express-News owner Hearst Media has abruptly shuttered its Austin Daily newsletter, officials with the three-month-old online publication told readers Friday. Austin Daily will be on "hiatus" until sometime this summer, according to Friday's message. When it launches again, the publication will be rebranded as the official daily newsletter of Austin Monthly magazine.