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6+ hour, 42+ 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…...

7+ hour, 44+ 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…...

7+ hour, 50+ 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…...

8+ hour, 54+ 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…...

9+ hour, 36+ 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…...

11+ hour, 7+ 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…...

11+ hour, 22+ 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…...

11+ hour, 36+ min ago (652+ words) A new restaurant and bar headed to San Antonio wants to be at the forefront of the padel trend that's making its way into the U.S. PDL Sports & Social Club broke ground this week at 13735W. Interstate 10 just offUTSA Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio, with plans to open in the summer of 2026. The sports bar and restaurant will feature 16 courts, 10 forpadel and six forpickleball. Padel is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, particularly in Europe and South America. Originating in Mexico in 1969, the sport is likened to a combination of tennis and squash and has amassed 30 million players globally, according to The Athletic. The game is played in doubles on a smaller, enclosed court with glass walls, allowing for strategic wall rebounds. RELATED:Indoor pickleball franchise coming to San Antonio in early 2025 AlbertoMosqueda, a Monterrey, Mexico, native, has…...

11+ hour, 48+ min ago (1756+ words) Texas football reportedly took more hits Thursday in the transfer portal, thinning an already shallow secondary. According to multiple reports, defensive backs Derek Williams Jr. and Wardell Mack will enter the NCAA transfer portal ahead of the Longhorns" game against Michigan Dec. 31 in the Citrus Bowl. Both players rotated in the secondary this past season, with Williams racking up 23 tackles and Mack tallying just six tackles in limited playing time. With the addition of Williams and Mack, Texas now has nine players who plan on entering the transfer portal, including offensive lineman Connor Stroh, running back CJ Baxter, receiver Aaron Butler, running back Jerrick Gibson, defensive back Santana Wilson, quarterback Trey Owens and kicker Will Stone. The 2026 transfer window is open from Jan. 2-16 for teams that don"t reach the College Football Playoff championship game. Texas Longhorns linebacker Ty'Anthony Smith…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago (352+ words) Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, takes his seat before a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, on Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington." Time has named the'Architects of AI" " the tech leaders driving today's artificial intelligence boom, including"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman " as its 2025 Person of the Year. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on Oct. 31." Texas is also drawing in billions from joint ventures like OpenAI and Oracle's Stargate AI infrastructure project " with multiple data center sites underway that will house hundreds of thousands of chips and support jobs and energy networks across West Texas." Oracle is headquartered out of Austin, which also houses major operations for graphics card manufactures"Nvidia and AMD. Person of the Year…...