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29+ min ago (496+ words) The Texas Food & Wine Alliance is pouring a record $183,000 in culinary grants into Lone Star State businesses and nonprofits this week " and three San Antonio organizations were among the recipients. At a Thursday night ceremony in Austin, the Alliance awarded funding to 22 projects across the state, including ones undertaken by San Antonio's Sari-Sari Market & Bakery, Texas Bean Freak and the San Antonio Food Bank. Grants ranged from $5,000 to $25,000 and recognized projects that strengthen Texas' food systems, expand culinary education and preserve cultural food traditions. Of the total, $79,500 came from named and sponsored grants, while TFWA's 2025 programming raised $103,000. Since launching the grant program in 2012, the nonprofit has distributed $782,000 to support Texas' food and beverage community. Here's what to know about San Antonio's grant recipients:" Sari-Sari Market & Bakery Sari-Sari, which opened in 1996 as a small market serving San Antonio's Filipino community, has…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago (415+ words) Soon, horror fanatics in San Antonio won't have to wait until spooky season to get their thrills. San Antonio's first'year-round haunted attraction, the Scream Experiment,'is coming to Alamo Plaza in March, its owner and developer said Thursday. The Scream Experiment will join an expanding list of horror experiences in tourism-focused cities such as Las Vegas and Orlando as Texas' only year-round haunted house. Davis Phillips, CEO of Phillips Entertainment, which owns the Scream Experiment, described it as an experience only found in San Antonio. His SA-based company also operates the nearby Buckhorn Saloon and ran plaza attractions such as Ripley's Haunted and Adventure and Tomb Raider 3-D, which closed three years ago to make way for the Alamo museum. ' "Another way I like to describe it is that this will be the [Disney World] of haunted houses," Phillips told…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago (162+ words) It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Or it will this Saturday in downtown San Antonio, anyway. Handsomely decorated trees, illuminated waterways and 100,000 pounds of real snow will do their part as the River of Lights celebration transforms the urban landscape this Saturday. We're guessing sled rides for children of all ages and a live manger full of furry friends also will help seal the deal. The River of Lights " the San Antonio River Authority's one-night holiday blowout " is the perfect place for the entire family to enjoy a little slice of what the North Pole has to offer. Add this to offerings by the San Antonio Jazz Collective, Ballet Folklorico and a sampling of Magik Theatre's seasonal production Red Riding Hood, and you've got a festive, well-rounded gathering for the masses. Free, 4-8 p.m., San Antonio River Lock & Dam, 510 Brooklyn…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago (1235+ words) A progressive scientist is running for a second time in Republican firebrand U.S. Rep. Chip Roy's 21st District "and she's doing with it an unflinchingly pro-science and pro-Medicare-for-all platform. Kristin Hook "who's also pro-vaccine, pro-Bernie Sanders and pro-Zohran Mamdani "is running to replace Roy as he pursues the office of Texas Attorney General. If elected, Hook would be the first-ever woman with a STEM PhD to serve in Congress, and the first woman to represent her district, which includes parts of San Antonio and Austin. Hook is a Cornell University grad with a PhD in animal behavior, so it sounds like she'll be perfect in Congress. Jokes aside, Hook comes with quite the resume, including stints as a Congressional Science and Technology Fellow for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the National Institutes of Health. She's also served as a behavioral scientist for the…...

14+ hour, 47+ min ago (553+ words) KIPP Texas Public Schools will close campuses in Austin and San Antonio amid enrollment declines. KIPP'Texas Public Schools, one of the largest charter operators in the state, announced Thursday it will close five Austin and two San Antonio schools next fall in response to enrollment decline. "The risk associated with not considering closure of these campuses could result in us making staffing reductions that would severely impact student experience in the classroom and through extracurricular programming," 'KIPP's Chief of Staff Jenna Moon said in the recording. East of Highway 183, the KIPP charter school district will close KIPP Alegr'a Primary, a prekindergarten to fourth grade school, and KIPP Academy of Arts & Letters, a fifth through eighth grade campus. In South Austin, the district will close KIPP Austin Obras, a Pre-K to fourth grade campus; KIPP Beacon Prep, a fifth through eighth…...

15+ hour, 33+ min ago (681+ words) Texas coach Sean Miller is plenty familiar with Friday's opponent UConn after numerous battles with the Huskies over the years. AUSTIN" ConsideringTexas basketball coach Sean Miller spent the past three years coaching Xavier in the same Big East Conference asConnecticut, he knows what makes the Huskies a perennial national championship contender. But grasping what makes No. 5 UConn great is one thing. Turning that understanding into a win Friday over head coach Dan Hurley and the Huskies is something entirely different, Miller said Wednesday during a media conference call. The Huskies (9-1) won back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024, and they're coming off an impressive 77-73 win Tuesday over 2025 national champion Florida at Madison Square Garden. "There's no coach, and there's no program, that I respect more than UConn and Dan Hurley," Miller said. "You know when you playUConn right now, you're playing against…...

15+ hour, 51+ min ago (364+ words) Former congressman and convicted money launderer Steve Stockman is taking another shot at federal office, this time filing paperwork to run for the U.S. House in the Houston area's redrawn 9th District as a Republican, FEC filings show. It's been a decade since Stockman, once dubbed Texas' "weirdest lawmaker" by Politico, stalked the halls of Congress. He was convicted of 23 felonies in 2018 on charges that he siphoned $1.2 million from conservative foundations and donors to cover personal and political expenses using a network of fake charities and shell companies. President Donald Trump commuted Stockman's 10-year sentence in 2020, leading to his release. Now, the congressman, whom Texas Monthly once described as "one of those kind of creepy politicians," appears eager to get back in the game. Stockman launched his campaign to represent the 9th District by playing victim, the Washington Examiner reports. Before the redistrict…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago (662+ words) It takes an outstanding amount of time and energy to get a good Christmas Day feast going for the friends and family while keeping your sanity intact. Sometimes, it's just not in the cards to get the food going on top of presents, decorating, entertaining and getting yourself ready in the same breath. This year, let the professionals do the cooking and spend Christmas Day dining out at a fabulous San Antonio restaurant. Reservations are open now for a hefty handful of places across the city offering festive and regular menus. Read on for a few of the most promising options for dine-in service in San Antonio on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25. Located inside the'Kimpton Santo, Dean's is offering a beef Wellington special for $65 per person from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Christmas Day. The special includes a center-cut tenderloin with Dijon and…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago (348+ words) District 8 San Antonio Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez faced a snarky response from the dais Thursday after she proposed changing the dates of Fiesta to increase voter turnout. Meza Gonzalez's suggestion came during a council discussion of Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' proposal to move municipal elections from May to November during off-years " a change that would likely boost voter turnout by not having voting occur at the same time as SA's annual citywide party. "We could always move Fiesta. That is an option, and we might want to consider that," Meza Gonzalez said. "We cannot move the holidays " November, December, cold weather, Christmas parties. We can't do any of that." Despite extensive research showing that moving municipal elections to November would likely increase turnout and save money, Jones' proposal met with pushback Thursday from Meza Goinzalez along with District 9 Councilwoman Misty…...

18+ hour, 19+ min ago (530+ words) Updated on: December 11, 2025 / 5:30 PM EST / CBS/News Service of Florida Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit challenging more than two decades of federal government decisions that cleared the way for the use of abortion drugs " and said the availability of the drugs through the mail has interfered with state laws designed to prevent abortions. "The United States Food and Drug Administration is responsible for 'protect(ing) the public health by ensuring that " drugs are safe and effective. Yet the FDA's approval and deregulation of abortion drugs have placed women and girls in harm's way," the 120-page lawsuit said, partially quoting from a federal law. The lawsuit focuses on mifepristone, a drug that stops pregnancies. Another drug, misoprostol, is used to induce contractions and cause women's bodies to expel tissue. The American Civil Liberties Union blasted the lawsuit, which it…...