Melissa Renteria

San Antonio

Southside Reporter at MYSA

Southside Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

Staff writer, editor Express-News. Former editor Southside Reporter, Northside Herald, Faith, Conexión. Pet mom to Juanito. I tweet news, Spurs, film & TV.

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San Antonio's ambitious highway project was completed 17 years ago

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

An ambitious highway project that aimed to relieve traffic congestion where Loop 410 and U.S. 281 meet and ultimately helped reduce travel times for San Antonio drivers opened the final two of its eight connecting ramps 17 years ago. Work on San Antonio's $154.7 million interchange project connecting the two highways that run by the San Antonio International Airport concluded in June 2008, nearly three years after construction commenced.
Rolling Stones' Hemisfair Arena show 50 years ago faced vice raid threat

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Melissa Renteria

Two sold-out San Antonio shows officially launched the British rockers' "Tour of the Americas '75." A so-called obscene stage prop almost shut it …
Rolling Stones' Hemisfair Arena show 50 years ago faced vice raid threat

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

As the Rolling Stones prepared to take the stage for their second of a two-night stand at Hemisfair Arena 50 years ago, the threat of a vice raid loomed. The previous night, on June 3, 1975, the British rockers brought a 15-foot inflatable phallus on stage to use as a prop during a performance of "Star Star." The stunt made front-page headlines, prompting band management to panic over talk of vice cops shutting down the second show just as the tour was getting started.
Central Library celebrates 30 years as San Antonio's 'Enchilada Red' icon

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

San Antonio's iconic downtown public library, recognized for its vibrant "Enchilada Red" design that changed the face of downtown, turns 30 this year. Central Library, the anchor of the San Antonio Public Library system, opened its doors on May 20, 1995. The milestone was celebrated Saturday with a special ceremony that included remarks from city and library officials, musical performances, games and other family-friendly activities.
Federal judge's slaying 46 years ago stunned San Antonio, legal world

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

It's been called the " crime of the century," and the massive investigation, reward offer and media coverage that followed the 1979 slaying of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. support that description. On May 29, 1979, the judge was gunned down outside his Alamo Heights townhouse as he was leaving for work. Wood was fatally shot by a high-powered rifle, the bullet striking him in the middle of his back, according to news reports. Wood served on the bench for the Western District of Texas.
Spurs selected from contest entries as new franchise name 52 years ago

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

Spurs fans could have been chanting for the Aztecs the past 50-plus years. The name was among the entries in a "Name That Team" contest to pick a new moniker for the recently relocated ABA franchise formerly known as the Dallas Chapparals. On May 20, 1973, Spurs was chosen as the name from over 5,000 entries in a contest in the San Antonio Light newspaper. The second most popular name was the Aztecs, according to records kept by the San Antonio Public Library's Texana/Genealogy Department.
Edison music teacher emphasizes history, culture to his conjunto students

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

For Jose Villanueva, instructing his music students involves teaching about history and culture as much as it includes lessons on melodies and scales. "I always talk to them about the origins of conjunto, how it came from the late 1800s when the Europeans were coming over here to the Americas," he said. "It's a true American music because it's a mixture of both the European and the Mexican cultures that settled here.
Honoring Edgewood’s Heroes

1 month ago | sanantoniomag.com | Melissa Renteria

Edgewood Independent School District has a solemn distinction among military veterans. It’s one that the district and its surrounding West Side community remember every Memorial Day. According to a national archive report on military casualties, Bexar County lost 300 servicemen during the Vietnam War. Of those lost, 55 were graduates of Edgewood schools. The loss hit Edgewood High School’s 1967 graduating class the hardest.
A four-alarm blaze tore through OLLU's historic 'Old Main' 17 years ago

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

A massive fire tore through Our Lady of the Lake University's historic Main Building 17 years ago this week in San Antonio history. The four-alarm blaze on May 6, 2008, destroyed or made unusable numerous offices, classrooms, student housing and a cafeteria, displacing 100 students from their dormitory and forcing faculty and staff to salvage what they could. Despite the heavy damage, no deaths or injuries were reported, newspaper archives show.
'Dome dirt' trial over mishandled soil ended with a settlement 29 years ago

2 months ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Renteria

This week in 1996, a trial to determine who mishandled 500,000 cubic yards of contaminated Alamodome soil ended quickly with the announcement that a settlement had been reached. Two years in the making, the "dome dirt" trial pitting the city of San Antonio against Alamodome contractors and the site's former owner ended just four minutes after jurors took their seats, according to newspaper reports.