Everything we saw as Day 1 of La Semana Alegre brought the ’80s to San Antonio

The resurrected Fiesta music event La Semana Alegre opened Thursday night with a bill comprised of ’80s acts A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, Bow Wow Wow and Tommy Tutone along with SA favorites Girl in Coma, Joe “King” Carrasco, Mypolitis and more. Here’s everyone we caught bopping along to “

Judge orders immediate release of El Gamal family after 10 months in Dilley detention facility

An Egyptian family that’s been detained at Dilley’s South Texas Immigration Processing Center is set to be released after 10 months in detention. Attorneys for the six detained members of the El Gamal family confirmed the news via Twitter, after successfully arguing their third habeas petition in Sa

San Antonio isn’t an affordable place for renters, new study shows

People often praise San Antonio’s affordability, but that doesn’t necessarily apply to rental prices here. The Alamo City came in No. 110 out of 182 U.S. cities in terms of rent affordability in a new analysis from personal finance company WalletHub. That means our rents in our city now rank as less

Experts warn of risks involved in welcoming nuclear reactor at San Antonio Air Force base

The Department of the Air Force has selected Joint Base-San Antonio as the site of a nuclear microreactor as part of a pilot program that aims to provide the military with stable power supplies. However, experts caution that even “advanced reactors” like this come with their own risks. The San Anton