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Alamo City Rods custom cars on display at the 42nd Texas Folklife Festival in 2013. The Texas Folklife Festival is an annual event sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures celebrating the many ethnicities represented in the population of the state of Texas. The first Texas Folklife Festival was held from ...
Andreen Nicole McDonald (September 23, 1989 – February 28, 2019) was a 29-year-old businesswoman and philanthropist from Port Antonio Jamaica, who resided in San Antonio, Texas. In February 2019, she was murdered in her home by her husband, Andre McDonald, a U.S. Air Force Major.
Joseph H. Gottschalk (December 16, 1950 – June 21, 2003) was a resident of San Antonio, Texas who gained international notoriety in 2003 through his preference for riding his bicycle clad only in a thong.
John Howland Wood Jr. (March 31, 1916 – May 29, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge from Texas.He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas before being assassinated by contract killer Charles Harrelson outside Wood's home in San Antonio, in 1979.
Ruben Montoya Cantu (December 5, 1966 – August 24, 1993) was an American murderer who was executed for a murder he committed when he was 17 years old. During the years following the conviction, the surviving victim, the co-defendant, the district attorney, and the jury forewoman made public statements that cast doubt on Cantu's guilty verdict.
The Fiesta Poon Bato, held January 23–24, is a religious festival that attracts up to 500,000 devotees. Features include cultural dancing from local Aeta tribes in the town plaza on the first night. The Domorokdok Festival, held May 3–4, includes street parades, street dancing, a beauty pageant and displays of Botolan products and industries.
The following morning he surrendered himself to Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Thomas P. McCall and San Antonio Police Chief Shariden. A written battle of words began between two newspapers, the San Antonio Light and the Austin Statesman, one screaming for justice against Thompson, the other defending him. Newspapers from across the state ...
Bryan V. Callaghan Jr. (April 1, 1852 – July 8, 1912) was a nine-term mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was the son of former San Antonio mayor Bryan Callaghan Sr. and the father of future mayor Alfred Callaghan. He served from 1879 on as a city alderman, city recorder, mayor, and County Judge.