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Jesse Salame, a San Antonio native and longtime San Antonio Police Department officer, was serving as acting chief after William McManus retired in July 2026. City Manager Erik Walsh selected Salame following a nationwide search that considered more than 30 applicants. The appointment remains subject to a San Antonio City Council confirmation vote scheduled for September 10, 2026.
The San Antonio Spurs announced a direct-to-consumer media partnership with DAZN on September 2, 2026, replacing the team’s prior regional-sports-network-centered local viewing model with a dedicated streaming destination. DAZN will carry preseason games, regular-season games not exclusively selected for national broadcasts, and team-produced programming in the Spurs’ home market across Central, South and West Texas. The team also plans to make 22 games available over the air through a local broadcast partner to be named later.
San Antonio is developing its FY 2027 budget amid a projected $158 million general-fund deficit over the following two years. The city’s proposed tax-rate increase would be its first since 1992, after more than three decades in which the rate was held flat or reduced. Declining taxable values and slower revenue growth have also led other local taxing entities to consider increases.
San Antonio police said an 18-year-old passenger was shot during a confrontation that followed a late-night traffic stop on the West Side. The account that the passenger had a gun and reached for it is attributed to the officer and SAPD; the shooting remains under investigation. The unidentified teen was hospitalized in critical condition, while the officer was placed on administrative duty.
San Antonio police released critical-incident video roughly a month after the Aug. 1 shooting on Aurora Avenue. The footage and department account describe officers responding to a report of a neighbor waving a handgun, then issuing repeated commands and attempting to de-escalate before five officers fired. Raul Garza, 69, died at the scene; SAPD, its Internal Affairs Unit and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office are reviewing the shooting.
New Braunfels officials are considering temporary limits and potential zoning and permitting protections for data centers, according to MySA. Residents responding to MySA raised water and electricity demand as central concerns, while some said projects could be acceptable with requirements such as closed-loop water cooling and self-supplied power. The discussion is occurring while New Braunfels Utilities has imposed Stage 2 drought conservation measures and manages a water portfolio intended to support long-term growth.
Terry Black’s Barbecue, founded by siblings Christina, Mike and Mark Black in 2014, is expanding into New Braunfels, Texas. The restaurant is being built through a renovation of a former restaurant property at 1310 E. Common St.; state accessibility filings describe a barbecue restaurant with a pit house and two-story outdoor dining. The opening places Terry Black’s near a separate Black’s Barbecue location, reflecting a long-running split within the Black family barbecue business.