As the San Antonio area continues to emerge from the economic crisis spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park and Shavano Park report increasing or stabilizing sales tax revenues, which local government and business leaders said reflect a continuing influx of new businesses, such as charcuterie board and box shop Graze Craze, … Read more
Caitlyn Mooney was counting on Southwest Airlines to get her home to San Antonio on Tuesday morning. But the Dallas-based carrier’s continuing struggle to recover from a deadly winter storm kept her in Pittsburgh until Friday — when she’s counting on American Airlines to get her back to Texas. Mooney is among thousands of stranded … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — Companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity while Japan on Tuesday announced restrictions on visitors from the country as infections surge. The ruling Communist Party’s abrupt decision to lift some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls comes as it … Read more
Dec. 26, 2022Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 11:19 a.m. A passenger checks her phone as an Air China passenger jet taxi past at the Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. China will drop a COVID-19 quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from abroad starting Jan. 8. The National Health Commission announced the change Monday, … Read more
Local residents Daniel Gifford and Gilberto Vergara are opening their new Seattle-style Teriyaki shop at the University Heights shopping center in San Antonio. San Antonio, TX (RestaurantNews.com) The people of San Antonio have spoken, and they want one thing: teriyaki. And who’s got the bowls big enough to step up to the plate and deliver? … Read more
Andrew Manning has spent some time working on Rainey Street in the last few months. Recently, the owner and chief artist at Manning Signs, took on a weeks-long project hand-painting striping murals across nine floors in a parking garage adjacent to a high-rise. Nine floors, 20 lines, each one 40 feet in length, every one … Read more
David Mongeau was not looking for a job when the University of Texas at San Antonio started recruiting a founding director for its School of Data Science, which welcomes hundreds of students into a new $98.1 million downtown facility in January. But for a full year, the Roadrunners’ recruiter kept calling. Mongeau agreed to talk … Read more