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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Rene Guzman |René Guzman |Richard Marini |Deborah Martin
Five years ago, San Antonio kidney doctor Sayed Tabatabai was in a dark place. It was during those early, uncertain days of the pandemic. He had just shared a not-so-bright vision of a future after COVID-19, a work of speculative fiction told in tweets on what was then called Twitter. The story spoke of a world where we no longer greeted each other behind fabric masks and 6 feet of social distancing.
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2 months ago | 
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Actor and San Antonio native Jonathan Joss lost three dogs and his childhood home in a South Side house fire Thursday. The McCollum High School grad, famous for his roles as the voice of John Redcorn in the animated series "King of the Hill" and Chief Ken Hotate in "Parks and Recreation," said the vacant home lacked gas and electricity. "I don't have a job," Joss said via phone Friday from a San Antonio hotel. "And now my three dogs died in my home.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
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There's nothing like scoring a rookie card of an NBA legend. Especially when you're the legend on the card. Spurs great George "The Iceman" Gervin did just that when he ripped open an original pack of Topps 1974 Basketball trading cards to find his first NBA card from 50 years ago. Topps and Fanatics shared the moment on social media in early December, though it's now getting a rebound of attention.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
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Robert Aguirre has loved Handy Andy ever since he fell in love at Handy Andy. That would be July 1966, about a month after the West Side native started his first job as a teenage bag boy at the Handy Andy in Palm Heights on Nogalitos Street. He still remembers that fateful day sacking groceries at register No. 5, when Betsy Ornelas walked in wearing an orange Burbank High School sweatshirt and blue jeans. They married five years later and will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary in May.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
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The Spurs issued a statement Sunday regarding the death of Spurs superfan Sovia Lauriano, best known as the "Spurs Lady" for her team love she literally wore on her sleeve, usually as part of a crazy custom Spurs outfit and headgear. The feeling was mutual. "Everyone knew Sovia Lauriano as 'the Spurs Lady,' " the statement reads on Spurs social media.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
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Jullian Hall didn't expect to celebrate his 21st birthday putting an orange golf ball inside a giant pizza box, much less sharing a pickle shot with his mom. Yet there he was at Holey Moley, the new retro miniature golf venue at the Shops at Rivercenter mall in downtown San Antonio, blowing well past par at holes that looked like sets from "Pee-wee's Playhouse" with his mother, Jennifer Hall, tween brother, Ethan Ramos, and teen sisters, Audie Hall and Isabella Ramos.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
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In the shadow of the historic Hays Street Bridge just east of downtown San Antonio, Sekira Canales raced up a concrete wall on her skateboard and aired up and over its lip to a nearby brick-layered bank at the city's newest skate park. A sponsored skater at age 23, Canales has rolled with a board since she was 3 years old, roughly the same time the city started rolling out its first public skate parks. She's since hit all 16 around the 210.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
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Pop just got the biggest Get Well Soon card without the envelope. San Antonio artists Michael Sanchez and J.C. Art recently completed a new mural of Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, dedicated to the NBA stalwart as he continues to recover from a stroke he suffered in early November. The tribute to the Spurs elder statesman graces a warehouse wall of Amols' Party and Fiesta Store, 227 Fredericksburg Road. "Popvich is a staple here in San Antonio," said Amols' sales associate Gilbert Garibay.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
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In case you missed it, the Spurs' resident alien is having a blast playing up to his stellar new nickname. That would be "Area 51," the catchy moniker Spurs star Victor Wembanyama shares with rookie guard teammate, Stephon Castle. The tag plays off the players' jersey numbers (Castle's is 5 and Wembanyama's is 1) and the real Area 51, a highly classified Air Force installation in Nevada long rumored to harbor extraterrestrial technology and other otherworldly secrets.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
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Last Christmas season, Amy Ward and her now 9-year-old daughter Evelyn skipped the typical shopping mall Santa photo for something different. You could say even devilish. The San Antonio mother and child found the perfect holiday photo-op at the Haunted Dollhouse on Hildebrand Avenue.
