Jesse Hoffman

A grim tide of road rage has engulfed San Antonio. Over the past month, six separate incidents have escalated well beyond honking horns and shouting matches—an alarming spike in violent altercations, with one case involving a child being grazed by a bullet.

Earlier this morning, a San Antonio man took drastic action when he shot a suspect trying to enter his apartment. The incident occurred on the 8700 block of Marbach Road, where police arrived to the scene after reports of a shooting. The resident claimed the suspect attempted to breach the apartment through the back door, and after questioning the intruder's intentions, he fired his weapon, striking the suspect in the stomach, as reported by KENS 5.

San Antonio is throwing down the Fiesta gauntlet this weekend, offering everything from off-beat art performances to rock 'n'roll rage fests and a deep dive into local sports history. Tonight is kicking off with an aerial display of self-portraiture at Artpace, where, according to San Antonio Report, artist Jimmy James Canales will transform into a living kite in "Papalote Dreams" from 6-8 p.m.

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by DeSantis receive temporary legal status after being recognized as crime victims by cooperating with law enforcement.

The final notes have been played at St. Paul Square's hotspot Vice Versa Coffee Shop & Vinyl Records, with the San Antonio establishment shuttering its doors after a bout with operational and financial challenges. According to the San Antonio Report, the combined coffee shop and music venue, known for its underground jazz club Versa and vinyl record sales, faced its first major setback last year when an air conditioning failure coincided with some of the hottest summer temperatures on record, forcing a closure that lasted 45 days.

San Antonio's 133rd Battle of Flowers Parade is set to take place this Friday, with a theme of "Viva Amor 2024" and over half a million attendees expected.

The San Antonio Police Department is ramping up its efforts to locate Maverick Crawford, a missing man with a medical condition who has not been seen since the start of the month. Crawford was last observed in the vicinity of the 200 block of Tampico St. on April 4, as per the police reports.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is facing backlash for deploying up to 100 state troopers, some on horseback, to quell a pro-Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin. Students at the university were calling for divestment from companies supplying weapons to Israel, a movement that is gaining traction on campuses across the nation. The heavy-handed response on Wednesday led to dozens of arrests, with Governor Abbott declaring on social media, "These protesters belong in jail."

A woman died in a head-on crash in San Antonio; other drivers sustained injuries, with one in stable condition.

In a move that scales back previous, higher salary hike proposals for San Antonio's City Council, a Charter Review Commission subcommittee is now pushing for lower salary increases — $80,000 for council members and $95,000 for the mayor — down from the six-figure sums that shook up the local community. The revision comes after clear signs of community opposition, clearly signaling that the original six-figure salary proposal was a misfire, as locals blasted the commission for being out of touch.