Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker had given him just two hours to pack his bags before they drove into the night from a short-term shelter in South Texas to a nondescript building in Austin where foster kids in need of emergency shelter can live temporarily ..read more

Utah-based customizable-beverage chain FiiZ Drinks has closed its first San Antonio outpost after just a year in business, a recent visit to the spot revealed. The Broadway corridor location opened in February 2023 and was followed by a satellite in Converse. The business confirmed the closure in a social media post, citing "situations beyond our control" as reason for the shutdown ..read more

Select San Antonio-area Chick-fil-A locations are saying, "Viva Fiesta!" with free nuggets while the city-wide celebration lasts. Through April 27, Chick-Fil-A app users can claim a free five-count box of nuggets at participating locations in honor of Fiesta San Antonio. The chain shared the news Monday via social media ..read more

Monterrey, Mexico's Tigres and Rayados soccer teams will compete Oct. 12 at the Alamodome as part of the annual Clásico Regio match, San Antonio city officials revealed Tuesday. Pre-sale tickets for the highly anticipated game go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, and are available to those who sign up online. General ticket sales begin at 10 a.m ..read more

The operator of Texas' power grid — you know, the one GOP politicians keep assuring us is completely reliable — is warning that CPS Energy's plan to shut down some of its older, gas-fired power units could have a "material impact" on the grid's ability to deliver electricity. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) raised the concern in Monday filing made in response to CPS Energy's plans. In the document, ERCOT officials said the San Antonio's city-owned utility would cut 859 megawatts of power output by closing the three oldest units at its Braunig Power Station, potenti ..read more

Fiesta may be going full swing, but there's no letup in San Antonio's live music scene. This week, fans will be able to check out the resurrection of the La Semana Alegre festival, have their ears punished by high-volume experimental rock band Swans or take in Saint Motel's more sedate indie-pop at Stable Hall ..read more

Four nonprofit prisoner-rights groups filed a complaint Monday in an Austin federal court alleging that Texas prisons' widespread lack of air conditioning violates the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The organizations joined a lawsuit filed last summer by Bernie Tiede, an inmate who argues he suffered an acute medical crisis after being housed in a Huntsville cell where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees. Tiede, a convicted murderer who served as inspiration for the 2011 film Bernie, was moved to an air-conditioned cell in the wake of a court order but could be fo ..read more

Over the weekend, three members of San Antonio's congressional delegation voted against the U.S. House's $95 billion foreign aid bill, which will help fund Ukraine's war against Russia and Israel's continued ground offensive in Gaza. The bill also allocates more than $8 billion for Taiwan. Two Democrats and one Republican representing San Antonio voted against the legislation, and they did so for wildly different reasons. In their votes against the bill, U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX 20) and Greg Casar (D-TX 35) cited concerns that additional military funding would allow right-wing Isr ..read more

The owner of downtown's Gunter Hotel is bringing the first Paris Baguette location to San Antonio later this year. Gunter owner Jiwon Choi Song will open a unit of the South Korea-based bakery-cafe chain in a now-vacant space inside the hotel, located at 205 E. Houston St., officials with the hospitality enterprise said. Song moved to Texas to help with renovations at the Gunter, which is owned by her family, according to details released by the hotel ..read more

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, ripped into his party’s right flank for voting against billions in foreign aid for U.S. allies last week, castigating his ultraconservative peers as “scumbags” and Klansmen ..read more