By Edmond Ortiz Aside from haunted houses, fall festivals and pumpkin patches, a slew of San Antonio-area restaurants and bars are getting into the Halloween-spirit with special culinary events, seasonal goodies, pop-up activations, and parties that celebrate All Hallows Eve and Dia de los Muertos. Below is a selection of such festivities and venues: PEARL…
By Edmond Ortiz Some parents with children attending Dellview, Montgomery and Oak Grove elementary schools are urging the North East Independent School District to seek out alternatives to consolidating their campuses. What you should know North East ISD administrators told the school board Oct. 19 they are considering relocating students at Dellview to Colonial Hills…
By Edmond Ortiz Months of campaigning by Congressional, state legislative and local candidates culminate in the start of early voting ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. San Antonio-area voters are invited to check out guides to various contested races and special election initiatives: Details on early voting sites and times are available in each…
By Edmond Ortiz Schertz voters will see a full slate of candidates in the city’s Nov. 3 City Council election. PLACE 3 Paul Macaluso is seeking a second three-year term in office. Having developed a career in transportation management, Macaluso previously served on the city’s economic development board, where he was president for five years….
By Edmond Ortiz Aside from contemplating ending VIA Metropolitan Transit service in town in the Nov. 3 elections, Converse voters will get to choose 3 City Council members. PLACE 2 Orlando Cruz is an engineer who chairs the city’s parks and recreation commission. He said he filed for a council post to help strengthen the…
By Edmond Ortiz Voters living in three San Antonio-area school districts will mull a combined $2 billion-plus in bond proposals as they cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 elections. What you should know Comal Independent School District is floating a two-proposition, $567 million bond package. Comal ISD officials said there is enough bonding capacity…
By Edmond Ortiz Converse voters who are casting a ballot in the Nov. 3 election will see one proposal that, if approved, could put an end to VIA Metropolitan Transit service in town. What you should know City Council voted Aug. 12 to call a special election where Converse voters are asked whether VIA service…
By Edmond Ortiz Seven Windcrest residents are contending for three City Council seats in the city’s Nov. 3 elections. Place 1 Narquiz Cervantes, a previous council candidate and a retired teacher, did not respond to Focus on San Antonio’s voters’ guide questionnaire. A film production designer, incumbent Councilmember Susie Hamilton is seeking a second two-year…
By Edmond Ortiz Voters in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District last fall narrowly rejected the district’s then-proposed property tax increase. SCUCISD residents who had organized to promote the tax proposal were disappointed but learned their lessons well enough to approach things differently upon campaigning for the school district’s bond package that went before local…
By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio officials hope to do more than litigation or an environmental impact assessment towards slowing down or stopping the federal government’s efforts to set up and support a detention center for undocumented migrants. What you should know City Council voted 9-2 Oct. 15 to pass a resolution, asking the city manager…
