The household items that helped San Antonians get through the storm
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Chef Dave Terrazas shows how he set up his tea light candles to spread light evenly around his house during last week’s Arctic storms.Ronald Cortes /ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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Francisco Chagolla Retzloff cooks on an outdoor grill he used to prepare almost every meal he and his husband Timothy Chagolla Retzloff ate for three days while the power was off in their North West side home. Timothy said he ll never be caught short on firewood and charcoal again.Timothy Chagolla RetzloffShow MoreShow Less
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Ray Fuller isn’t a slippers guy, but he couldn’t pass up the pair he saw about three years ago for $5 at Restoration Hardware. He never wore them until the February 2021 Arctic storms came. They kept his feet warm when temperatures in the house got down to 50 degrees.Ray FullerShow MoreShow Less
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3 great Jamaican restaurants in San Antonio for Black Restaurant Week: The Jerk Shack, Little Jamaica and Real Real Jamaica
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Jamaican beef patties, top, and jerk pork tacos are part of the menu at the popular Jamaican restaurant The Jerk Shack on Matyear Street on San Antonio s West Side.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
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Jamaican jerk pork ribs are new to the menu at The Jerk Shack on Matyear Street on San Antonio s West Side.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
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Braised oxtails come with cabbage and rice and peas at the popular Jamaican restaurant The Jerk Shack.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
The board is set: More than 80 candidates running for San Antonio mayor and City Council
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and City Council District 6 member Greg Brockhouse shake hands at the end of a mayoral debate at the Wyndham Riverwalk on April 3, 2019. Nirenberg defeated Brockhouse in a runoff that year for a second term; there will be a rematch between the two men in the May 1 city elections.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer
The slate of candidates for San Antonio mayor and the city’s 10 council seats on the May 1 ballot is set.
After Friday’s deadline for filing, city records showed 81 people are running for a spot on the City Council in a race defined by the human and economic toll inflicted on the city by COVID-19 as well as a reckoning over the power of the San Antonio Police union in the wake of a public demand for law enforcement reform.