By Edmond Ortiz Local LGBTQ community members say they remain undeterred by the state’s threats to remove the rainbow crosswalks at North Main Avenue and Evergreen Street near downtown San Antonio. What is happening City officials filed an exemption with the Texas Department of Transportation on Nov. 5, contending rainbow crosswalks do not violate state…
By Edmond Ortiz Methodist Healthcare has started a project at a Medical Center-area facility that will provide simulation and training to help enhance clinical education and improve patient care across South Texas. What you should know Methodist Healthcare officials held what they called a wall-breaking ceremony on Oct. 30 to kick off $7.5 million in…
By Edmond Ortiz Construction crews attached to the Loop 1604 expansion project will open the westbound to eastbound Loop 1604 frontage road U-turn at Blanco Road on Nov. 7. According to Texas Department of Transportation representatives, the reopening of the U-turn at the corner of Blanco Road and Loop 1604 will help to improve traffic…
Below is a list of select events happening 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 STAGE Nov. 6-9 Turnip Ensemble Theater, a new local theater company, will perform its first main stage production, “The Wild Swans,” an adaptation…
By Edmond Ortiz Two incumbents with the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District board each won re-election on Nov. 4, while a former school board president is returning as a trustee. What you should know Place 5 school board member Amy Thomas secured a second term in office with 74% of the vote, fending off a…
By Edmond Ortiz Windcrest’s incumbent mayor survived a challenge from the city’s former mayor on Election Day, Nov. 4, but a sitting City Council member was not so lucky in his re-election bid. Meanwhile, voters selected a Windcrest native to the council. What you should know Dan Reese secured a fifth term as Windcrest’s mayor…
By Edmond Ortiz Converse’s longtime incumbent mayor and three sitting City Council members had no trouble fending off challengers en route to election victories on Nov. 4. What you should know Mayor Al Suarez secured a 10th straight term as Converse’s top elected leader, collecting 51.9% of the vote for an outright win. Suarez is…
By Edmond Ortiz A local small business owner has been elected mayor of Cibolo in a Nov. 4 election that included voters retaining one incumbent City Council member, and sending two other council races to a December election runoff. What you should know Kara Latimer, a previous council candidate, received 58.7% of the vote over…
By Edmond Ortiz Bexar County voters passed three of five proposals contained in the North East Independent School District’s $495 million bond on Nov. 4. What you should know Prior to the election, NEISD officials said an approved bond will support only a range of renovation projects at existing campuses and facilities districtwide, but no…
By Edmond Ortiz Three of four San Antonio-area school districts saw their property tax proposals fail with voters during the Nov. 4 elections. While the Boerne Independent School District’s tax proposal was narrowly approved, leaders from Judson, East Central and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City independent school districts say difficult choices lay ahead after their tax measures were…
