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Go Vote No campaign goes on offensive with large TV buy

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Go-Vote-No-campaign-goes-on-offensive-with-large-13261331.php

BCSO debuts new ‘lifesaving’ robot for SWAT situations

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/BCSO-debuts-new-lifesaving-robot-for-SWAT-13261356.php

City boards to vote next month on Alamo plaza makeover

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/City-boards-to-vote-next-month-on-Alamo-plaza-13261140.php

San Antonio Express-News staff writer Emilie Eaton has details on new data that shows a 30 year low for crime in San Antonio. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Violent-crime-rate-down-in-San-Antonio-but-up-in-13257119.php.

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‘Election drainage’: ACLU says Bexar County inaccurately translated ‘election runoff’ in online Spanish material

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Election-drainage-ACLU-says-Bexar-County-13257951.php

Violent and property crime rates declining in San Antonio

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Violent-crime-rate-down-in-San-Antonio-but-up-in-13257119.php

NWS: Fall will be warmer and wetter than normal; El Nino onset likely

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/NWS-Fall-will-be-warmer-and-wetter-than-normal-13258061.php

We are cooking with beer in honor of Oktoberfest and drinking beer while cooking in honor of tailgate season. We also talk about the new barbecue restaurant to earn a high rating on a dining review, taste test some hemp food products, talk about the new book of worldly pancake recipes that we’re obsessed with, and how to update the classic gin and tonic for fall. And then we rant away about those obnoxious coffee shop squatters hooked on free WiFi and caffeine.

San Antonio Express-News sports writers Jeff McDonald and Mike Finger discuss what went down on Monday of this week during media day with the San Antonio Spurs. Find more Spurs talk at https://www.expressnews.com/spurs-nation/.

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San Antonio businessman, a top Bandidos leader, says he will appeal his sentence of life without parole

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bandidos-former-second-in-command-gets-two-13255003.php

Families of two San Marcos fire victims file suit

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Families-of-two-San-Marcos-fire-victims-file-suit-13254835.php

San Antonio overcomes odds to score third women’s Final Four basketball tournament

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-nets-its-third-women-s-Final-Four-13254096.php

Popovich returns with priorities sharpened

https://www.expressnews.com/spurs-nation/article/Popovich-returns-with-priorities-sharpened-13254887.php

Host Gilbert Garcia and a team of San Antonio Express-News political reporters talk about Senate District 19, District Attorney Nico LaHood and the fire union’s misdirection play on last week’s canceled town hall. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/politics/.

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Judicial training center cut from S.A. courthouse revamp

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Judicial-training-center-cut-from-S-A-courthouse-13252058.php

S.A. bases not high on report’s list of sex assault risk — but some A.F. training bases are

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/S-A-bases-not-high-on-report-s-list-of-sex-13249001.php

It’s official: This is the rainiest September ever in San Antonio’s recorded history

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/It-s-official-This-is-the-rainiest-September-13251316.php

Review: Mad science meets booze at engaging new St. Paul Square bar Cellar Mixology

https://www.expressnews.com/food/bars-drinks/article/Review-Mad-science-meets-booze-at-engaging-new-13230809.php

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently spoke with Army Spc. Alec Alcoser on the day that he was reunited with his working dog, Alex, weeks after they were both injured in an explosion. You'll hear from Alec himself, as well as what others like him have gone through during the use dogs in the modern US military. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

San Antonio Express-News writer Bruce Selcraig has details on the second resignation of John Fleming, a Republican Bexar Country judge who while no longer serving, will still appear on the November ballot. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/County-Court-Judge-Fleming-submits-his-13237110.php