San Antonio's 'hot spot' policing program draws criticism from city council members

An initiative launched by the San Antonio Police Department to boost officers' activity in 28 parts of the city with high levels of violent crime is drawing criticism from at least two council members. The Violent Crime Reduction Plan, which employs a strategy known as "hot spot" policing, is a mult

The Mars Volta will perform at San Antonio's Boeing Center as part of May tour

El Paso-rooted prog rockers The Mars Volta will include a San Antonio stop on their 10-day May tour. The band, which dropped an eponymous 2022 album after a decade-long hiatus, will perform Thursday, May 16 at Port San Antonio's Boeing Center at Tech Port. Teri Gender Bender will open the show.

Environmental advocates push feds to investigate Texas’ enforcement of water quality

The Environmental Protection Agency says an informal investigation is underway after more than two dozen environmental advocacy groups submitted a petition against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The petition alleges that state regulators are not doing enough to protect water quality

Texas has some of the worst dental health in the nation, according to new study

Dentists frequently tell their patients that oral health is overall health. Even so, Texas’s dental health ranks among the worst in the nation, according to a new study by personal-finance website WalletHub.