Multiple people displaced, 8 apartment units damaged after 2-alarm fire on Northwest Side

SAN ANTONIO – Several residents were displaced and eight apartments were damaged by a 2-alarm fire on the city’s Northwest Side early Thursday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The fire was called in just before 9 a.m at an apartment complex in the 7800 block of Callaghan Road, found not far from … Read more

The improbable snowfall of December 7, 2017

When it comes to snowfall memories, older San Antonians will harken back to 1985 and forgetting February 2021′s winter experience is impossible. Subscribe to the free Whatever the Weather weekly newsletter. But, one of my favorite snowfall events is the one that happened on this date five years ago. The timing was impeccable. It was … Read more

La Scala’s gala premiere of ‘Don Carlo’ is set to give Italian opera its due as a cultural treasure

MILAN – Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted Thursday with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” an opera that hits hot-button topics of power and oppression. In keeping with a La Scala tradition of off-stage melodrama, the issue of who would occupy the royal box at the … Read more