Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. CINEMA Oct. 17 Windcrest Parks and Recreation will have a free screening of the movie “Hocus Pocus.” Attendees may bring their own…
By Edmond Ortiz Edgewood Independent School District voters have a full slate of candidates to consider in the district’s Nov. 3 board election. A community-wide sense of dissatisfaction with current district leadership has prompted several parents and political newcomers to challenge the sitting trustees who are on the ballot. Place 1 Incumbent and current board…
By Edmond Ortiz UT San Antonio leaders, students, coaches and special guests gathered Oct. 14 to celebrate the opening of UTSA’s newest athletic training venue on the main North Side campus. What is happening The $35 million, 53,048-square-foot basketball and volleyball training center now houses the daily operations of UTSA’s volleyball and men’s and women’s…
By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio-area voters taking part in the Nov. 3 midterm elections will face a multitude of contested races for local Congressional, state legislative and countywide seats. Below is a rundown of key contested elections affecting Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe and Kendall counties. BEXAR COUNTY Ron Nirenberg surprised local pundits when he chose to…
By Edmond Ortiz The city of San Antonio filed a lawsuit in federal court Oct. 13, formally voicing concerns to the Trump administration about the latter’s plan to develop a local detention facility to house undocumented immigrants. What you should know City officials used a press conference to announce what many observers have felt was…
By Edmond Ortiz Local voters participating in the Nov. 3 elections will not only weigh federal, state and countywide contests, San Antonio and Hollywood Park voters will be asked to consider separate yet unique proposals. San Antonio The city of San Antonio has only one ballot measure, asking voters if they want to reauthorize the…
By Edmond Ortiz Two Live Oak residents applied to run in a Nov. 3 special election that will fill a vacant City Council seat. In the same election, Live Oak voters will consider a range of proposed updates to the city charter. Council election Jasmine Johnson and Michael Llamas are in the special election, vying…
By Edmond Ortiz This early fall edition of Light Bites shines a light on coffee shops opening in downtown, and the near and far west sides of town, and the launch of a Hollywood Park-area Mexican seafood eatery, and kid-friendly bookstore in Beacon Hill. Elsewhere, pet owners can check out new doggy daycare and boarding…
By Edmond Ortiz CPS Energy and the San Antonio Water System are now officially part of the city’s efforts to stop or stall the federal government’s plan to develop a local detention center to house undocumented immigrants. With the prospect of litigation also under consideration, San Antonio officials seek to use as much power that…
By Edmond Ortiz A delayed and slightly adjusted four-year series of water and wastewater rate increases for San Antonio Water System customers will be implemented at the start of 2027. What you should know City Council voted 8-3 Oct. 8 to adopt SAWS’ new rate hike plan, which council rejected last June. That is when…
