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Bruce Selcraig

Bruce Selcraig is a senior staff writer and former U.S. Senate investigator. A native Texan, he’s written for The New York Times, The Atlantic and Smithsonian, and was an investigative reporter with Sports Illustrated in the 1980s. His work has ranged from refinery explosions to Mafia-backed sports agents and a hunt for the real Robinson Crusoe, a distant Scottish relative.

Stories By Bruce Selcraig

VIA makes masks optional with fed requirement on hold

Two years after VIA Metropolitan Transit imposed its mask mandate, the bus system now says coverings optional for its riders and employees. By Bruce Selcraig

Mask mandate dropped, many San Antonio travelers celebrate

Travelers react as Amtrak, Uber and Lyft, as well as VIA Metropolitan Transit also have lifted mask requirements. Malak Silmi, Caroline Tien, Bruce Selcraig and Jacob Beltran

Bexar DA drops case against deputy accused in fatal shooting

DA Joe Gonzales said prosecutors decided they could not prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. By Elizabeth Zavala and Bruce Selcraig

VIA hosts public meetings on proposed North/South corridor line

VIA Metropolitan Transit’s planned $320 million citywide “bus rapid transit” system with dedicated lanes and reduced wait times will take five years to start running. But first there must be public feedback. By Bruce Selcraig

Former SAPD officer indicted for ‘unlawful restraint’

Michael Brewer and another officer were fired over the 2019 incident. By Bruce Selcraig

TxDOT says 2021 was deadliest on Texas roads in four decades

The causes are both new and familiar: speeding, inattentive drivers (yes, cell phones), alcohol, decrease in seat belt use, fewer vehicles on the road during pandemic, lack of mass transit and overly permissive speed limits. By Bruce Selcraig

TxDOT says 2021 was deadliest on Texas roads in four decades

The causes are both new and familiar: speeding, inattentive drivers (yes, cell phones), alcohol, decrease in seat belt use, fewer vehicles on the road during pandemic, lack of mass transit and overly permissive speed limits. By Bruce Selcraig

Trek from Gonzales to Alamo tests veterans’ fundraising mettle

Reenacting the trek of the "Immortal 32" to help commemorate the March 6, 1836 battle of the Alamo, veterans raised money for a "permanent retreat and resource base for all veterans.” By Bruce Selcraig

In plea deal, murder case ends with 50-year prison sentence

Greg Anthony Delgado, 36, pleaded guilty to murder Monday, drawing a 50-year prison sentence for a Feb. 21, 2020 killing in a deal with prosecutors that dropped charges stemming from his subsequent shooting at police. By Bruce Selcraig

Media mogul Bob Marbut, 86, based storied career in S.A.

Robert “Bob” Marbut Sr., who died in New York City on Feb. 19 at 86, charted a self-made life to ever-higher corporate perches, a lengthy civic and philanthropic track record and friendships with world leaders. By Bruce Selcraig

Rosa Parks tribute part of long-running VIA recognition

San Antonio’s VIA Metropolitan Transit, which has had commemorative yellow Rosa Parks seats on its 510 buses since 2005, offered a downtown performance by Houston actress Jean Donatto at La Villita before a few dozen onlookers Thursday. By Bruce Selcraig

Boerne to repeat a messy weekend closure of Interstate 10

Long anticipated but nonetheless dreaded, the 56-hour closure of Interstate 10 in Boerne this weekend will inconvenience drivers but allow Texas Department of Transportation crews to demolish the old Texas 46 overpass. By Bruce Selcraig

San Antonio’s rapid bus plans get initial federal funding...

The first “advanced rapid transit” (ART) route would run north and south connecting the airport and downtown, along San Pedro Avenue, and on to Southtown, but would likely not start until mid-2027. By Bruce Selcraig

Nationwide antisemitic flyer campaign arrives in Alamo Heights

Residents across the city took to social media to condemn whoever drove through Alamo Heights and nearby neighborhoods over the weekend distributing an antisemitic flyer linking Jews with “every aspect of the Covid agenda.” By Bruce Selcraig

Mating season for coyotes adds a howl to S.A. soundtrack

As their natural habitat is destroyed for housing and roads, coyotes increasingly turn to urban and suburban environments for food — everything from rodents and feral cats to dog food left out overnight. By Bruce Selcraig

VIA board’s new members include Kevin Wolff

After a year-long respite, former Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff has somewhat re-entered local politics, agreeing to serve on the 11-member VIA Metropolitan Transit board of trustees. By Bruce Selcraig

SwRI research: Saturn’s smallest moon likely has an ocean

Saturn’s tiny, innermost moon, ice-covered Mimas, may have a liquid ocean 10 miles beneath its cratered frozen surface, suggesting a potentially life-supporting place similar to the biosystems that exist around the hydrothermal vents in the floor... By Bruce Selcraig

Omicron’s assault on San Antonio is fast, and felt everywhere

The daily number of new cases has increased more than eightfold since Christmas, and the impact — gummed up services, canceled events, paralysis in some public schools, grocery shortages and scrambled job descriptions as supervisors cover for... By Bruce Selcraig, Claire Bryan and Peggy O’Hare

Getting COVID-tested can take all week

Long lines at testing sites around San Antonio are testing people’s patience. By Bruce Selcraig

Nancy Smith Bohman was ‘quiet doer’

Bohman, an influential East Side activist, educator and public servant, died Dec. 22. She was 96. By Bruce Selcraig