San Antonio music fixture 'Beer' left indelible mark on city's metal and punk scenes

Members of San Antonio's metal and punk communities are mourning the loss of Chris Riddle, a longtime scene fixture and one-of-a-kind frontman most knew as "Beer."  Beer, who fronted venerable wrestling-obsessed punk band Rancid Vat for the past 22 years, died suddenly on Saturday, according to a st

Legendary San Antonio musician Flaco Jimenez recovering at home after time in hospital

Grammy-winning musician Flaco Jiménez is out of the hospital and "on the road to recovery," according to an announcement on his Facebook page. The public update on the health of the San Antonio conjunto legend is the first since his family revealed that he'd been hospitalized Jan. 12 to deal with an

San Antonio ICE office dispatches up to 30 vehicles Sunday as agency confirms 'enhanced' operations

Between 25 and 30 government vehicles, some unmarked, gathered Sunday morning at San Antonio's Immigration and Customs Enforcement office before driving off to locations throughout the city, immigrant-rights activists report. The deployment appears to the first large-scale action at ICE's San Antoni

Texas regulators finalize oilfield waste rule

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News (hyperlink to the original story), a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Texas regulators have completed the first overhaul of oilfield waste rules in ove