🍨 An Indian ice cream cafe, Hopdoddy's first Schertz spot and a Stone Oak climbing gym are on the way.🍨 An Indian ice cream cafe, Hopdoddy's first Schertz spot and a Stone Oak climbing gym are on the way.

🪔 DiwaliSA lights up the River Walk, plus a Veterans Day 5K downtown, Dairy Days at Phil Hardberger Park and a pirate talk at the Tobin.🪔 DiwaliSA lights up the River Walk, plus a Veterans Day 5K downtown, Dairy Days at Phil Hardberger Park and a pirate talk at the Tobin.

🗳️ Voters renew Pre-K 4 SA, while Northside and San Antonio ISD tax rate elections and bonds fall short.

🏛️ James Talarico, Gina Hinojosa and Vikki Goodwin win Texas' top statewide races.

🏡 Three homes for sale, from a $199K Northwest Side starter to a Timberwood Park house with an infinity-edge pool.🏡 Three homes for sale, from a $199K Northwest Side starter to a Timberwood Park house with an infinity-edge pool.

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🖍️ Voters renew Pre-K 4 SA for 20 more years

San Antonio voters approved Proposition A on Nov. 3, extending the one-eighth-cent sales tax that funds Pre-K 4 SA for 20 years after its current authorization expires in 2029.

The measure passed with about 73% of the vote, according to unofficial results. Voters first approved the early childhood program in 2012.

🏫 School funding measures mostly fall short🏫 School funding measures mostly fall short

Northside ISD voters rejected a voter-approval tax rate election that would have raised about $45.5 million a year, along with three bond propositions totaling about $886 million, unofficial results show. Because the tax rate election failed, a 2% staff raise and $15 minimum hourly wage that trustees approved in June will not take effect.

San Antonio ISD's tax rate election and three bonds worth a combined $600 million also failed. In Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, a 12-cent tax rate election passed with about 51% of the vote after failing by 108 votes in 2025.

🗳️ James Talarico to become Texas' next US senator

Democrat James Talarico is projected to win Texas' U.S. Senate race over Republican Ken Paxton, according to unofficial results from the Associated Press and the Texas secretary of state. Talarico, a former middle school teacher elected to the Texas House in 2018, would be the first Democrat Texans have sent to the U.S. Senate since 1988.

The winner replaces Sen. John Cornyn, who lost the Republican nomination to Paxton earlier this year, and will serve alongside Sen. Ted Cruz. Paxton, the state's attorney general, will not keep that role next year because the office was also on the ballot. Libertarian Ted Brown also ran. The race was the most expensive non-presidential contest in recorded U.S. history, with about $573 million in advertising spending as of Oct. 30.

All results are unofficial until canvassed. Read more. →

🏛️ Democrats declare victory in Texas governor, lieutenant governor races

Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa of Austin defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and will become Texas' first Latina governor.

"I am a daughter of the Rio Grande Valley, where the people embody the work ethic and values of our great state," Hinojosa said. "Where no one would’ve imagined that one day, a little girl from the Rio Grande Valley would stand before you here as the next governor of the greatest state: Texas. But God had a plan, and the people of Texas had a plan, too."

Gov. Abbott conceded shortly after 10 p.m. Nov. 3.

"I love our state," Abbott told supporters. "It's been an honor to serve it."

Texas' last Democratic governor was Ann Richards, who was elected in 1990.

In the lieutenant governor's race, Republican Dan Patrick conceded early Nov. 4 to Democratic state Rep. Vikki Goodwin of Austin.

In a statement, Patrick said, "It was a fair election, and I respect the majority will of the voters."

All results are unofficial until canvassed. Read more. →

Tuesday's trivia: The San Antonio Zoo hosts Tiny Tot Tuesday this week. In what year did its collection begin? 🦁🦁

❌ 1894❌ 1894

✅ 1914✅ 1914

❌ 1934❌ 1934

❌ 1954❌ 1954

Answer: The San Antonio Zoo's collection began in 1914, when Col. George W. Brackenridge donated buffalo, elk, deer, monkeys, a pair of lions and four bears.

See you next week! 👋

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