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Some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 were decked out in apparel from two San Antonio companies — Black Rifle Coffee Co. and Grunt Style — that celebrate the military.
Their products appeared in pictures and video that flooded social media platforms and news coverage of the attack, alongside such brands as Carhartt, Nike and Under Armour — and a sea of President Donald Trump-inspired T-shirts and baseball caps.
Violent fringe groups appropriating brands is nothing new, according to Venky Shankar, research director at the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A&M University in College Station. He called the phenomenon "brand jacking" or brand hijacking." Brandon Lingle has more in this story, a collaboration with Report for America.
These days, Amanda Salinas scarcely has time to catch her breath. Six days a week, when she goes to Northeast Baptist Hospital for her nursing shift in the emergency department, she is met with the grim reality of San Antonio’s COVID-19 surge.
People on stretchers crowding the hallways. Waiting room lines longer than she ever has seen. Patients languishing in the emergency room for days, sometimes for so long that they are discharged before a bed becomes available for them upstairs. Hospital staff weary from working under arduous conditions, with little respite, for the better part of a year.
This isn’t the first surge Salinas has endured. She has worked at the hospital under a state contract since the first major wave of coronavirus infections. This time, things are different. Lauren Caruba explores how hospitals, health care workers and local officials are scrambling to prevent crisis from tipping into catastrophe.
Now that more Texans can receive the coronavirus vaccine, here’s what you need to know.
We also have a dashboard monitoring how much of the state has been vaccinated and another dashboard where we're tracking San Antonio's COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations, positivity rate and more.
NEED TO KNOW
- San Antonio set a record for the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 Sunday, pushing local hospitals even closer to reaching full capacity. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased by about 72 percent in the past month.
- Frost Bank eliminated 68 jobs last week, the first layoffs in almost two decades at the largest regional bank based in San Antonio.
- President-elect Joe Biden has big plans for his first 100 days in office, when he’s vowed to roll back the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, push policies addressing climate change and potentially forgive student debt for thousands of Americans. Texas is almost certain to fight him every step of the way.
- A deputy with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office was placed on unpaid leave after he was arrested early Sunday. According to the sheriff's office, he allegedly assaulted a fellow off-duty deputy, whom he was dating.
- San Antonians started lining up early Saturday outside St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church on the Southeast Side, eager to get tested for the coronavirus. After getting tested, many of the residents received masks and hand sanitizer, as well as groceries from the San Antonio Food Bank. Read more about the event here.
- The San Antonio Coalition for Police Accountability condemned comments from the head of the San Antonio Police Officers Association and called for an investigation of local law enforcement officers who may have participated in the riot at the Capitol.
- The 87th Texas Legislature convened Tuesday, with city officials already finding bills that would affect San Antonio. Here's a look at several measures San Antonio city leaders are keeping their eye on this legislative session.
THE FUN STUFF
Owned and run by Syrian refugees, the family history is strong at King of Shawarma and Kabab, the latest in our 52 Weeks of Food Trucks series. Read more about the Medical Center food truck.
Cooking: That wok gathering dust at the back of your cabinet could be doing so much more. Paul’s Cooking Tips column explores the options.
Gardening: Calvin Finch explains ‘chill hours’ and lists the types of peach trees that do well in San Antonio in his column. Neil Sperry discusses raised garden beds, when to plant broccoli, why a bleeding heart has lost its color in more in his Down to Earth column.
Go Spurs Go: Stuck in a slump from 3-point range, the Spurs see no choice but to stick with it from beyond the arc. Meanwhile, the Spurs will continue to lend support to DeMar DeRozan, who has not been at his best since returning from a two-game absence to tend to his ill father, Frank. San Antonio visits Portland for a 2 p.m. game today.
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