LOS ANGELES – Just before Jessica Henwick was cast in “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the then-aspiring actor had already left Los Angeles for her hometown in England. “I ran out of money, so I went back and moved back in with my parents,” she recalled. Although she hadn’t quite given … Read more
Some San Antonio doctors participated in a kickback scheme with a chain of vascular clinics, a whistleblower lawsuit alleges. Phoenix-based Modern Vascular sold small interests to investing doctors and paid them dividends — or “kickbacks” — to get them to refer patients, the suit states. And last week, the Justice Department intervened in the case … Read more
San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are searching for the driver who struck a 16-year-old girl last month and left her on the side of the road.
Crime Stoppers is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in the Dec. 5 robbery of a store on the West Side.
Mei-Lon and Toni Jimenez, the “sisterpreneurs” behind the San Antonio-based cosmetics company Chica Beauty, recently received an unexpected early Christmas gift on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” when the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning host welcomed the siblings for an on-set interview and surprised them with a $25,000 small-business grant from Bank of America and … Read more
One of Texas’ top 10 most wanted fugitives was arrested last week in San Antonio after being on the run for more than a year.
Like a lot of public school teachers, Phillip Sada was feeling burned out after teaching through the pandemic. The recent death of his mother also was weighing heavily on the middle school art teacher when he happened upon the 2013 documentary Sign Painters. The documentary delves into the U.S. history of this commercial art form … Read more