Latino-founded bank raises $4.5 million to build financial hub for Spanish-speaking immigrants

Latino-founded startup Comun has raised nearly $5 million to build on its “Spanish-first” banking approach, designed to meet the needs of immigrant communities. The New York-based company this week closed a $4.5 million investment seed round, and will use the money to grow its collection of online b

San Antonio's Woodlawn and Elmendorf lakes to make canoes, kayaks available for rent

A new partnership between San Antonio's Parks and Recreation Department and outdoor-education service the Expedition School aims to put more people on the water at Woodlawn and Elmendorf lakes. The program, scheduled to launch this spring, will allow visitors to the two city-operated recreational ar

San Antonio's Pearl complex to host free party for James Beard semifinalist Nicola Blaque

A free event at the Pearl next week will honor San Antonio chef Nicola Blaque, who was recently named a James Beard Award Best Chef: Texas semifinalist. The James Beard Foundation's annual awards are considered the Oscars of the culinary world, recognizing the nation's best regional chefs and restau

Protesters gather ahead of Gov. Greg Abbott's speech to decry his scapegoating of immigrants

As Gov. Greg Abbott prepared to give his State of the State address Thursday at a magnet factory off Interstate 35 on the way out of San Marcos, a group of Texas State students and activists held a potluck in a public park downtown. This was the State of the People, an anti-Abbott protest organized