1 big thing: Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas

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Today's weather: A chance of rain with a high near 97. 

Situational awareness: The Spurs naming agreement with Frost Bank was finalized Friday. The home arena is now officially Frost Bank Center.

Signage and marketing updates are in progress, and the stadium's online presence has been updated to reflect the name change.

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🤞 Today's weather: A 20% chance of rain and a high near 94.

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🤘 Madalyn is excited to see Guns N' Roses tonight. She may or may not wear her 2022 Halloween Slash costume.

🎃 Megan is kicking off the official start to fall with a triple movie marathon of "Halloween" (1978), "Gwen" and "Carrie" (1976).

1 big thing: Child care crisis looms 

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San Antonio still has more remote workers than before COVID

2. 💻 Remote work holds steady in San Antonio

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Today's weather: Sunny with a high near 96.

⚠️ Situational awareness: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality declared today an Ozone Action Day because of expected high ozone levels.

Residents, especially those with respiratory issues, are advised to limit outdoor activities.

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✌🏻 Madalyn is enjoying a peaceful day away from her computer in the Hill Country. 

🫶 Megan is learning about the new ceramics artist-in-residence at Mission San Juan.

Civic Park at Hemisfair set to open in downtown San Antonio

1 big thing: Countdown to Civic Park

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San Antonio Airport showcasing lowrider culture for Hispanic Heritage Month

2. Lowrider love on display

4. Harvest moon rising

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🐫 Happy Hump Day! Go out and crush it.

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🎙️ Sounds like: "Low Rider," by War.

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🎶 Megan is enjoying this calm Latin jazz playlist on Spotify.

1 big thing: Mexican regional music goes global

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🚧 Situational awareness: Expect Southtown traffic. Beginning Monday, South Alamo Street will be closed to northbound and southbound traffic at César E. Chávez Boulevard through mid-November.

César E. Chávez will also be closed to westbound and eastbound traffic at Santa Rosa Avenue through the end of November.

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🎤 Madalyn is excited for a girls' night at the Becky G concert.

🥂 Megan is looking forward to celebrating a long birthday weekend with friends.

Civic Park at Hemisfair, the newest space for outdoor play and events, opens on Saturday in the heart of the city.

Why it matters: The park is a significant step in the revitalization of the site of the 1968 World's Fair. It's designed to serve as a central gathering area for major events, such as the 2025 NCAA Final Four, as well as provide locals with about seven acres of green space downtown.

The park can accommodate up to 15,000 people.

Catch up fast: Civic Park is being built in two phases. The second phase, called Zocalo, will be complete by late 2024. 

State of play: The park is at the corner of South Alamo and Nueva streets, neighboring the Henry B. González Convention Center.

Features include the Great Lawn, a promenade lined with native trees, and The Springs, where visitors can dip their toes or race toy sailboats.

The park is surrounded by views of local landmarks, such as the Tower of the Americas, the Tower Life building, and La Antorcha de la Amistad.

A tree-lined promenade at the park. Photo: Madalyn Mendoza/Axios

Flashback: The area where the new park is located was where the western wing of the convention center once stood. The building was demolished in April 2016.

Details: The first phase of the park was paid for with $21 million from the 2017 city bond.

The city is borrowing $18.1 million to pay for park utilities and plans to repay the debt using the money generated from long-term ground leases at the park, according to a 2021 article by the San Antonio Heron.

What they're saying: "It's going to be something that San Antonians are going to come out for and be very prideful of something that is so beautiful in their downtown," Hemisfair spokesperson Meredith Balzen tells Axios.

Visit San Antonio CEO Marc Anderson tells Axios that Civic Park is a "destination within a destination."

"Preserving spaces like Civic Park showcase the inherent charm and beauty of San Antonio and is why travelers worldwide are fascinated with our city."

Meanwhile, work is expected to begin this fall on a mixed-use development at Hemisfair near Civic Park. San Antonio developer Zachry Hospitality is working on a 200-room hotel to be joined by apartments, restaurants, and retail.

That development has been plagued by years of delays, and will not be finished in time for the Final Four in 2025, per the Express-News.

What's next: Jazz'SALive (Saturday and Sunday) and Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival (Oct. 21) will take place at the park.

Plan ahead to make your way around ongoing construction on César E. Chávez Boulevard near Hemisfair.

Be smart: Parking is available at the Hemisfair Garage.

The first 30 minutes are free, with a $1.50 charge every 30 minutes thereafter.

The park is surrounded by views of San Antonio landmarks.

The Great Lawn at Civic Park. Photo: Madalyn Mendoza/Axios

Civic Park at Hemisfair, the newest space for outdoor play and events, opens on Saturday in the heart of the city.Why it matters: The park is a significant step in the revitalization of the site of the 1968 World&#x27;s Fair. It&#x27;s designed to serve as a central gathering area for major events, such as the 2025 NCAA Final Four, as well as provide locals with about seven acres of green space downtown.

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Data: Everytown for Gun Safety; Chart: Jared Whalen and Kavya Beheraj/Axios

Assault weapons are playing a bigger role in Texas mass shootings, per a new national database.

Why it matters: More than twice as many people are killed in mass shootings involving assault weapons and high-capacity magazines than shootings involving other types of guns, according to The Smoking Gun database by Everytown, a group co-founded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg that advocates for gun restrictions.

Threat level: Nine of 14, or 64%, of mass shootings in Texas since 2016 involved assault weapons. 

Nationally, assault weapons were used in 35% of mass shootings since 2016.

Assault weapons weren't used in Texas mass shootings prior to 2016.

Texas accounts for five of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Assault weapons were used in two of the five shootings, but all involved high-capacity magazines, according to the data.

By the numbers: The database, which dates to 1949, includes 238 mass shootings involving 426 guns.

Assault weapons were used in 27% of all mass shootings nationwide, according to the database.

Mass shootings involving assault weapons account for 38% of all deaths and 66% of all injured.

High-capacity magazines were used in 47% of all mass shootings, accounting for 59% of all deaths and 85% of all injured.

Of note: The Smoking Gun report defines mass shootings as those involving five or more deaths.

Between the lines: Nick Suplina, senior vice president for law and policy at Everytown, tells Axios that marketing contributes to the popularity of assault weapons among mass shooters.

"The decisions that the gun industry is making in corporate boardrooms have a direct impact on what's happening in America's streets and schools and houses of worship. We've hit a deadly milestone in this country where guns are the number one killer of children and teens," Suplina tells Axios.

What they did: Everytown researchers spent six months identifying guns used in mass shootings, sourcing photos, police reports and news articles to build the database.

The researchers also gathered examples of marketing campaigns by major manufacturers such as Daniel Defense and Smith & Wesson.

The campaigns feature images of children holding weapons or photos of frontline soldiers with the tagline "use what they use."

The other side: "The NRA's position and belief is that law-abiding AR-15 owners and other firearms owners aren't the issue; criminals are," National Rifle Association spokesperson Billy McLaughlin tells Axios.

Anderson Manufacturing, Glock, Daniel Defense and Smith & Wesson — makers of guns used in recent mass shootings in Texas — did not respond to requests for comment.

An AR-15-style Daniel Defense gun was used in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde. Two months later, during a House Oversight Committee, Daniel Defense former CEO Marty Daniel stood by his company's marketing and said the company bore no responsibility for the rise in mass shootings, according to an article in 2022 in the New York Times.

Flashback: In May, a Texas House committee advanced a bill increasing the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy certain semi-automatic rifles, but it never got a vote in the House.

What they're saying: Michael Sierra-Arévalo, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin who has studied guns and gun policy, tells Axios that Texas' gun culture often revolves around the perception of assault weapons as a tangible symbol of a person's stance on gun rights and political alignment.

He says the accuracy and efficacy of assault weapons is part of an "established script" followed by mass shooters.

"I do not think that it is coincidental that the chosen weapons platform for an increasing proportion of mass shootings include weapons that are better at killing people in the hands of inexperienced shooters. AR-15s and rifles are wildly easier to use, particularly at distance, than a pistol," Sierra-Arévalo said, adding that his views do not reflect official views or opinions of UT.

What's next: The first-of-its-kind White House office of gun violence prevention launched Friday. 

It will coordinate support for victims of attacks and identify executive actions to reduce gun violence. 

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Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas

Assault weapons are playing a bigger role in Texas mass shootings, per a new national <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="database." data-vars-click-url="https://smokinggun.org/guns-used-in-the-deadliest-u-s-mass-shooting/" data-vars-content-id="75f697bb-bb50-49ff-9e37-71bd3ec2db57" data-vars-headline="Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://smokinggun.org/guns-used-in-the-deadliest-u-s-mass-shooting/" target="_blank">database.</a>Why it matters: More than twice as many people are killed in mass shootings involving assault weapons and high-capacity magazines than shootings involving other types of guns, according to The Smoking Gun database by Everytown, a group co-founded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg that advocates for gun restrictions.

Here's what's going on around San Antonio this weekend.

☕ Celebrate National Coffee Day by watching baristas put their bean-based brilliance and steady hands to the test at Brown Coffee's Latte Art Throwdown Friday, starting at 7:30pm.

✨ Catch Becky G's "Mi Casa, Tu Casa Tour" at the Majestic Theatre on Friday at 8pm.

Tickets are still available on Ticketmaster.

🍺 Experience Oktoberfest at Weathered Souls Brewing Co. 11am to 5pm Saturday. Find pretzel and charcuterie options, a stein-hoisting contest, bratwurst and the brewery's Oktoberfest collaboration with Big Hops.

🎤 Sing along with Maxwell in concert at Boeing Center on Saturday. Doors open at 7pm.

🎀 Shop exclusive Barbie merch when the Dreamhouse Living Tour truck stops at North Star Mall 10am Saturday.

See some of the perfectly pink items here.

💃 Step into a free salsa and bachata class led by Esta Noche Dance Company 6pm Sunday at Pearl Park.

Things to do this weekend in San Antonio: coffee competition and concerts

Here's what's going on around the Alamo City this weekend.

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Here&#x27;s what&#x27;s going on around San Antonio this weekend.☕ Celebrate National Coffee Day by watching baristas put their bean-based brilliance and steady hands to the test at Brown Coffee&#x27;s Latte Art Throwdown Friday, starting at 7:30pm.

Travelers arriving at the San Antonio International Airport will get a glimpse of the city's deep-rooted lowrider culture when they pick up their luggage at baggage claim.

What they did: The airport dedicated space inside the lower level of Terminal B to park three lowriders and bikes for a Hispanic Heritage Month exhibit called "Cruising into History — A Celebration of Lowriders in San Antonio."

The vehicles are on loan from their owners. They will be on display until Oct. 26.

Context: Lowrider culture is embedded in generations of Latinos throughout the U.S. It's a bouncy, glittering expression of craftsmanship, tradition, and community involvement that started in Los Angeles in the 1940s.

"A lowrider is an extension of a person, of their style, of their hard work and dedication. It's an expression of someone's pride, someone's joy. It's West Side style — we don't have much, but what we do have, we make it shine," Clint Westwood, exhibit curator and self-described lowrider liaison, tells Axios.

The Cutlass Supreme is named "La Ley del Monte." Photo: Madalyn Mendoza/Axios

Between the lines: Matt Evans, who manages art and culture at the airport, said the goal of the exhibit is to show that San Antonio is a diverse city where we celebrate each other.

The airport highlighted the Unseen Artists Bench Project during Black History Month.

What they're saying: Westwood is proud that the lowrider community is being showcased on a larger platform.

"I hope (travelers) will get a glimpse of the true history — some of the early car clubs started here in San Antonio. I hope they take away our rich, vibrant, flavorful, stylish cultura," he says.

The exhibit is on display until late October.

A 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood and a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Photo: Madalyn Mendoza/Axios

Travelers arriving at the San Antonio International Airport will get a glimpse of the city&#x27;s deep-rooted lowrider culture when they pick up their luggage at baggage claim.What they did: The airport dedicated space inside the lower level of Terminal B to park three lowriders and bikes for a Hispanic Heritage Month exhibit called &quot;Cruising into History — A Celebration of Lowriders in San Antonio.&quot;

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Data: Everytown for Gun Safety. Chart: Jared Whalen and Kavya Beheraj/Axios

Why it matters: More than twice as many people are killed in mass shootings involving assault weapons and high-capacity magazines than shootings involving other types of guns, according to The Smoking Gun database.

Threat level: Nine of 14, or 64%, of mass shootings in Texas since 2016 involved assault weapons, according to the database by Everytown, a group co-founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that advocates for gun restrictions.

Assault weapons weren't used in Texas mass shootings before 2016.

Texas accounts for five of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

What they did: Everytown researchers spent six months identifying guns used in mass shootings, sourcing photos, police reports, and news articles to build the database.

The researchers also gathered examples of marketing campaigns by major manufacturers that feature images of children holding weapons or photos of frontline soldiers with the tagline "use what they use."

An AR-15-style Daniel Defense gun was used in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde.

Two months later, Daniel Defense former CEO Marty Daniel said the company bore no responsibility for the rise in mass shootings, according to a 2022 article in the New York Times.

Flashback: In May, a Texas House committee advanced a bill increasing the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy certain semi-automatic rifles, but it never got a vote.

Illustration of gun barrels getting longer forming an upward trending bar chart. 

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criminals are,&quot; National Rifle Association spokesperson Billy McLaughlin tells Axios.<ul><li>An AR-15-style Daniel Defense gun was used in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde.</li><li>Two months later, Daniel Defense former CEO Marty Daniel said the company bore no responsibility for the rise in mass shootings, according to a 2022 article in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New York Times" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/32819652.137/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8yNy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9hc3NhdWx0LXdlYXBvbnMtcmV2ZW51ZS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zZW5kdG9fbG9jYWxuZXdzbGV0dGVydGVzdCZzdHJlYW09dG9w/616585d8ec66e30426613ca3B3029207f" data-vars-content-id="e056b86f-75e3-4cd7-97a5-839369af9250" data-vars-headline="Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/32819652.137/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8yNy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9hc3NhdWx0LXdlYXBvbnMtcmV2ZW51ZS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zZW5kdG9fbG9jYWxuZXdzbGV0dGVydGVzdCZzdHJlYW09dG9w/616585d8ec66e30426613ca3B3029207f" target="_blank">New York Times</a>.</li></ul>Flashback: In May, a Texas House committee <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="advanced a bill" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/32819652.137/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjMvMDUvMDgvdGV4YXMtbWFzcy1zaG9vdGluZ3MtZ3VuLWJpbGw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXNlbmR0b19sb2NhbG5ld3NsZXR0ZXJ0ZXN0JnN0cmVhbT10b3A/616585d8ec66e30426613ca3B554e8d96" data-vars-content-id="e056b86f-75e3-4cd7-97a5-839369af9250" data-vars-headline="Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/32819652.137/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjMvMDUvMDgvdGV4YXMtbWFzcy1zaG9vdGluZ3MtZ3VuLWJpbGw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXNlbmR0b19sb2NhbG5ld3NsZXR0ZXJ0ZXN0JnN0cmVhbT10b3A/616585d8ec66e30426613ca3B554e8d96" target="_blank">advanced a bill</a> increasing the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy certain semi-automatic rifles, but it never got a vote.

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Things to do this weekend in San Antonio: coffee competition and concerts

Civic Park at Hemisfair set to open in downtown San Antonio

San Antonio Airport showcasing lowrider culture for Hispanic Heritage Month

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