Animal Care Services creates searchable registry of dangerous dogs in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – Animal Care Services has created a searchable registry of dogs in San Antonio that have been deemed dangerous. The registry comes after a year of high-profile dog attacks, including at least two deaths — Ramon Najera, 81, and Paul Anthony Striegl Jr., 47. There are currently more than 100 dogs in the database, ACS … Read more

Hundreds of mariachi musicians convene in San Antonio for Mariachi Extravanganza concert and competition

SAN ANTONIO – One thousand mariachi musicians will convene in San Antonio to compete and perform in the 29th Annual Mariachi Extravaganza competition and concert this weekend. Harlandale High School’s mariachi group is among the nearly 50 mariachi teams who will perform during the national competitions on Friday at the Lila Cockrell Theatre. The students … Read more

Spurs suffer narrow loss to Hawks; four players score 20+ while Hawks’ Young drops 45

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs (3-15) played the Atlanta Hawks (9-9) to the very end, but eventually fell by a 137-135 final score. Thursday’s loss marks the Spurs’ 13th-straight loss, which is tied with the second-most in San Antonio’s franchise history. Despite the disappointing streak, after the game, head coach Gregg Popovich expressed … Read more

SA community sounds off during CPS Energy tele town hall on proposed rate increase

SAN ANTONIO – CPS Energy led a conversation for the community Thursday night to discuss the logistics and reasoning behind its proposed rate increase that would start next year. The city-owned gas and electric utility proposed to increase its gas and electric base rates by 4.25% in a pair of meetings earlier this month before … Read more

San Antonio annexes more than 4,000 acres on South Side

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s city limits will expand in January to encompass another 4,018 acres on the South Side after the city council on Thursday approved a long-planned annexation. The nine council members present at Thursday’s meeting voted unanimously to annex 133 agricultural properties, which staff say the city has been eying for a … Read more