Still stinging from St. Mary's construction, businesses are wary about new VIA bus line

Once bitten, twice shy. Earlier this month, prominent San Antonio business owners — some still smarting from long-delayed construction on the North St. Mary's Strip — tweeted out fears that VIA Metropolitan Transit's new Advanced Rapid Transit Plan may end in similar disaster.

Comedian Jim Gaffigan brings Barely Alive tour to San Antonio's Frost Bank Center Thursday

It's tempting to write off Jim Gaffigan as that paunchy and pasty-faced "clean comedian" whose favorite subjects are his kids and Hot Pockets. And while he does tend to stick to inoffensive material and avoids words that would make Grandma blush, he's shown a depth far beyond food and family life.

Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Descendents, Black Flag, Jad Fair and more

Fans of vintage punk are in luck this week as San Antonio plays host to a package tout featuring the Descendants, Circle Jerks and Adolescents, three bands that helped make Southern California an epicenter of '80s punk. Greg Ginn's reconstituted Black Flag, another pivotal band in SoCal hardcore's d

Free event series Cochineala returns to Confluence Park on Saturday

Quarterly performance series Cochineala, held along the river in Confluence Park, is named after the cochineal, a small insect that lives on prickly pear cacti. The cochineal produces carminic acid, which is used in making the bright red food and garment dye carmine.