A SAHA public housing project will replace the YMCA on Labor Street. SAN ANTONIO – The YMCA Labor Child Care Center is closing after 12 years due to a public housing project planned for the downtown area in the Lavaca district. In a letter to parents, the YMCA said ‘With the City of San Antonio’s … Read more
click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Texas Attorney General’s Office Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed a district judge’s decision to block state law while a legal challenge continues against it. A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users over their political viewpoints. … Read more
click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / James Heilman, MD When taken within three to five days of COVID-19 symptoms starting, antiviral drugs like Paxlovid may keep people out of the hospital. But the medications aren’t perfect and might be hard to find. Maybe you’ve heard that the pandemic is over in the United States. (It’s … Read more
In 2020 alone, a wave of subdivisions behind Alamo Ranch Marketplace and beyond led to population growth rates of 325% and 298%. Nowadays, we know Alamo Ranch as the place where you can find Target, Chick-fil-A, Mama Margie’s, and one of Santikos’ biggest movie theaters, Casa Blanca. This is the Culebra Road as we know … Read more
click to enlarge ProPublica / The Texas Tribune / Verónica G. Cárdenas Department of Public Safety Special Operations agents escort a group of migrants through private property as part of Operation Lone Star after encountering them in Kinney County near Brackettville on Nov. 9, 2021. WASHINGTON – Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of COVID-19 relief dollars … Read more
With the state grid operator asking residents to conserve power and high temperatures along the way, San Antonio is opening its libraries as cooling centers this weekend. The announcement comes as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged people to conserve power by setting thermostats at 78 degrees or higher and by avoiding using large … Read more
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texans are building a 100-mile trail between Austin and San Antonio. The so-called Great Springs Project is expected to be complete by 2036. “Over 80% of the population of Texas will live within a three-hour drive of some portion of this trail,” said Garry Merritt, CEO of the project. Merritt grew … Read more
A couple of food-related events are on today’s schedule, while the others are in the coming weeks. Some of the events benefit nonprofits. Below is a sampling of what’s on the calendar. 5K Cupcake Run A local nonprofit is kicking off the food frenzy with its fifth annual 5K Cupcake Run for brain tumor awareness … Read more
Back when Lin-Manuel Miranda was on Broadway in his first big show, “In the Heights,” he also spent every other Monday performing in “Freestyle Love Supreme.” The improvised hip-hop show, which Miranda developed with Anthony Veneziale and director Thomas Kail, helped keep his creative juices flowing. “I always talk about ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ as the … Read more
San Antonio’s police union and the city have a new five-year contract after approval from the San Antonio City Council. The decision among council members was not unanimous however, with an 8-3 split that saw Mario Bravo, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Terri Castillo dissenting. The contract was in negotiation for more than a year and went … Read more
