People relocating to Texas frequently cite its cost of living as a lure, but retirees on a fixed income may want to look elsewhere — especially if they’re worried about high taxes. A new study by financial advisor Kiplinger ranked the Lone Star State as the 10th Least-Tax Friendly State for Retirees, pointing out that both…
For many people, one of the fastest tip-offs that they have COVID-19 is the loss of taste or smell. Now researchers have pinpointed some genetic variants in people that may make it more likely that the coronavirus might rob them of these senses. A study of nearly 70,000 adults with COVID-19 found that individuals with…
An annual ranking of world airports has pegged San Antonio’s as one of the least-impressive major airports in Texas. San Antonio International tied with Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas Love Field and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for a lackluster three-star rating in air-industry consultant Skytrax’s 2022 rankings. That scored indicates “staff service standards and production facilities…
Bad Takes is a periodic column of opinion and political analysis. “I’m not an anti-vax person. When I say something stupid, I’m not thinking about what I’m going to say before I say it. I’m just saying it. If you say you disagree with me, I probably disagree with me too. I disagree with me…
Successful with the podcast Your Mom’s House, which he co-hosts with his wife Christina P., Tom Segura was a regional finalist on Last Comic Standing 2. He has hosted four specials for Netflix, the most recent of which, Ball Hog, premiered in March of 2020. As an actor, he appeared in the 2018 film Instant…
San Antonio-area pastry fanatics will soon have another spot to indulge, thanks to the opening of Gather Boerne, a new restaurant located in the Hill Country community bearing its name, the Express-News reports. Expected to open by early March, the breakfast and lunch spot will serve fresh bread, pastries, sandwiches, soups and salads on the…
The Alamo City food scene is suddenly full of post-pandemic TV stars. Now, add one more to the list: Paciugo Gelato & Caffè will soon be featured on the Cooking Channel’s Cheat Day USA, a show that follows bodybuilding Dinner: Impossible host Robert Irvine as he seeks out the “craziest, most indulgent, most deliciously decadent meals” between…
Here’s some news that comes with the good kind of jitters: the San Antonio Coffee Festival will return to downtown San Antonio in a spiffy new location: Travis Park. The ninth annual iteration of the java jamboree will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 at the public space at 301 E. Travis St., offering more than 80…
Days after winning a rate increase that it said was needed to stave off damage to its credit rating, CPS Energy nonetheless had its rating downgraded Monday by Moody’s Investors Services. Moody’s dropped CPS’s rating by one category based on the massive fuel charges it racked up during last February’s Winter Storm Uri. The downgrade…
Floresville barbecue outfit 2 Sawers BBQ has permanently shut down after nearly seven years in business, the Express-News reports. Founders Randy and Jenna Sawers started the business as a food trailer in 2015, two years later turning it into a brick-and-mortar eatery located at 656 Tenth St. in Floresville, the daily reports. Randy Sawers told…
Bad Bunny broke the hearts of San Antonio reggaetón fans when he left the Alamo City off the tour dates he announced last April. But perhaps the Puerto Rican superstar heard our cries, since he revealed Monday that he’s including SA is his 29-date Worlds Hottest Tour. As part of the international jaunt, Billboard’s 2021…
San Antonio’s real estate market is making headlines again, this time being named one of the best cities for millennials to buy a house by the online home buying platform Knock. A new Knock report places at the Alamo City as the No. 4 best place for millennials to buy homes because of tourist attractions such…
The San Antonio ISD has terminated a middle school algebra teacher after she was caught on video repeatedly punching a student with a learning disability during class, according to a KENS5 News report. The incident happened at S.J. Davis Middle School on the East Side, the station reports. In the 10-second cell phone clip, the…
El Remedio, one of San Antonio’s most popular names in birria and mariscos, plans to open three new trucks in the next few weeks, mySA reports. Owner Joshua Palacios told the news site that lovers of the trucks’ main items — ceviches, quesadillas and consommé-dipped tacos filled with stewed meat — can expect all three…
Donating blood during a national shortage is a decent thing to do, but there’s nothing wrong with adding a sweet incentive to spur folks to action. To that end, the Krispy Kreme chain is offering a dozen of its glazed donuts for free to anyone who helps rebuild the nation’s blood supply from Monday, Jan. 24 to…
Legendary folk rocker Bob Dylan on Monday announced a five-week spring tour through the South that will include a pair of dates at San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre. Dylan will perform March 13 and 14 at the Majestic, and other Lone Star State shows are scheduled for Austin, Lubbock and Irving. The tour is supporting the…
Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election officials have found themselves enveloped in a fog of errors, delays and miscommunications as they navigate new rules for casting votes by mail. Only a small slice of the state’s electorate is allowed…
Freebie-seekers take note. San Antonio-area Chick-fil-A locations will allow guests who use its ordering app to grab a free eight-count nugget entree this week. Starting Monday, those looking to scarf down free nuggets need only to log into the app, where the offer will automatically appear in the rewards tab. What’s more, the deal isn’t…
The former home of Stone Oak’s Rise Bakery soon will be serving up pastries of the traditional Mexican variety, the Express-News reports. La Catrina Mexican Bakery & Coffee House — which specializes in conchas, empanadas and roscas de Reyes — will open at 923 N. Loop 1604 E., Suite 101, near the intersection of Loop 1604 and Hardy…
The flamboyant San Antonio celebrity known as Hispanic Elvis has been released from the hospital after a two-week stay to treat COVID-19 and an esophagus infection, a family member told KENS5. George Cisneros, the street performer’s brother, told the local TV station that hospital staff phoned over the weekend to let him know about the change…
Eviction filings in several Texas cities are among the highest in the nation — even as millions of federal dollars aimed at helping struggling renters have sat unspent so long in some counties that the federal government is taking the money back. Landlords in the Houston area filed more than 2,000 eviction cases last week,…
All Elite Wrestling will bring its brutal, alternative-to-the-WWE brand of bouts to the Alamo City for the first time this spring. The league — which features a mixture of former WWE and up-and-coming stars — will stage its live AEW Dynamite and taped AEW Rampage television shows at Freeman Coliseum Wednesday, March 16. Dynamite will…
This week’s FBI raid on U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s Laredo home was conducted in connection with an ongoing investigation related to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, ABC News reports, citing “a source familiar with the matter.” ABC described the federal probe as a “wide-ranging” and related to a federal grand jury in Washington. While several…
A San Antonio doctor’s device for curing hiccups got a major boost from billionaire Marc Cuban on Friday’s episode of the ABC-TV program Shark Tank. Dr. Ali Seifi and his business partners demonstrated their HiccAway gadget on the show, which allows inventors to pitch ideas to a panel of deep-pocketed investors. While several “sharks” bit,…
¡Viva Los Spurs! The San Antonio Spurs are partnering with low-cost air carrier VivaAerobus, marking the first Mexico-based partnership for the Spurs and the first U.S partnership for the airlines, according to a team press release. The new relationship between the Spurs and VivaAerobus will include a Spurs team-branded Airbus A320, which will feature the…
Attorney General Ken Paxton said the Travis County district attorney’s determination that Paxton violated open records laws by withholding information related to his trip to Washington, D.C., on the day of the Capitol insurrection was “meritless” and that his office had fulfilled its obligation under the law. Last week, the district attorney’s office gave Paxton four…
The Current’s most-read food stories this week was a mixed combo plate of celebrity chef happenings, bar openings and praise for a Texas grocery institution. Lots of folks were eager to get the dish on Hell’s Kitchen finalist Mary Lou Davis’ planned pop-up events before her move to California from the Alamo City. Others read…
An online phenomenon called TikTok — some of you whippersnappers may well have heard of it — topped the Current’s list of most-read stories this week. It appears this TikTok thing is largely used by tweens to do the hand jive to their favorite pop tunes of the day. But every so often someone uses…
Texas visual art magazine Glasstire highlighted Rachel Comminos’ solo exhibition “Going Through It” as one of this week’s top five art events in Texas. “Going Through It” is currently on view at Rojo Gallery, located in the 1906 S. Flores art complex. “Going Though It” features a collection of Comminos’ abstract fiber works, through which the artist dives…
The high-mileage beater that five-time NBA Champion and Spurs legend Tim Duncan drove in college could be yours for $10,000, according to a Craigslist ad. Dallas-based seller Dave Arnold listed the 1997 GMC Yukon 2 Door Sport SUV, nicknamed “Sweet Melissa,” saying that it was gifted to Duncan by “4 guys in suits,” who hopped…
Billionaire Elon Musk and his tunnel-digging Boring Company want to ferry passengers in semi-autonomously driven Teslas down nine-mile long underground tunnels connecting downtown to San Antonio International Airport. The Boring Company’s $300 million bid is part of a concept initiated by the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority, who began inquiring in late 2019 whether transit-industry leaders…
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a San Antonio security firm that purports to exclusively hire military veterans, alleging the business failed to pay 79 of those employees $57,465 in overtime. The Labor Department filed its suit late last year against Texas Veteran Security LLC and its owner, Gerard X. Morales, who’s identified on…
Singer and actor Meatloaf, best known for the 1977 smash album Bat out of Hell, has died at the age of 74, according to a statement released Friday by family members. Born Marvin Lee Aday, the heavyset Texas native charted an unlikely path to rock superstardom with his powerful voice, theatrical live shows and musical collaborations…
Futuristic avatar and current humanoid Chrystabell excels at bringing new sounds to this dimension, whether looking backward or forward for inspiration. It’s no surprise that she rolls a visual flair for weirdness into her music, given her past collaborations with oddball filmmaker David Lynch. All these elements are present in the San Antonio native’s highly…
The FBI search of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s home weeks before an election suggests a probe has been going on for a prolonged period or is moving quickly based on “very serious allegations,” a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas told the Express-News. Ryan Patrick, who served as a U.S. attorney during the…
A new exhibition that highlights the work of Georgia O’Keeffe — who is known as the “mother of American Modernism” — is now on view at the McNay Art Museum. “Georgia O’Keeffe & American Modernism” combines loans from art museums across the country including the Blanton Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Whitney…
A new poll shows progressive Greg Casar with a 28-point advantage in the Democratic primary for the blue-leaning congressional district that spans San Antonio’s and Austin’s downtown areas. A three-term member of Austin City Council, Casar leads rivals Eddie Rodriguez, who represents Austin in the Texas House, and Rebecca Viagrán, who served on San Antonio’s city…
The Tejano Conjunto Festival is returning as an in-person event at San Antonio’s Rosedale Park after streaming online last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For its 40th anniversary, the festival will expand to five days, running May 16-22. In addition to the expected live performances in the park, the gathering will add a symposium…
Although Thursday’s freeze hitting San Antonio isn’t expected to be anything close to last February’s Winter Storm Uri, city and county officials are still warning citizens to take appropriate precautions. Here’s a rundown: Winter Weather Forecast Temperatures are expected to hover around freezing in North Bexar County, with Central and South Bexar County experiencing slightly…
Cheered on by scores of supporters wearing his campaign shirts and hoisting up signs bearing his name, Democrat Beto O’Rourke made his case Wednesday evening in San Antonio for unseating Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Beer flowed and the crowd cheered as the former El Paso congressman delivered his 20-minute stump speech at the Friendly Spot,…
Theater artist Rick Malone, co-founder of San Antonio’s Classic Theatre, has died at age 81, the Express-News reports. According to the daily, Malone died of complications of the lung disease pulmonary fibrosis on Tuesday evening. Malone co-founded the Classic in 2008 with Chris Cheever, Allan S. Ross, Terri Peña Ross, Tony Ciaravino and Asia Ciaravino. Though he…
FBI personnel searched the Laredo home and campaign office of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar Wednesday, and the longtime Democratic lawmaker’s office issued a statement saying he “will fully cooperate in any investigation,” according to media reports. FBI spokesperson Rosanne Hughes told the Express-News and other outlets that agents were on two streets around Cuellar’s house “conducting…
Vodka peddler Absolut has partnered with gift-registry app Elfster to launch The Registry For Me, a wedding-free gifting experience exclusively for single people. According to a release from the liquor brand, singles spend an average of $72 on each gift they purchase for friends to celebrate reaching traditional life milestones such as a pregnancy or…
After a two-year hiatus, the board of Fiesta Cornyation, billed as Fiesta San Antonio’s “raunchiest, cheapest event with a purpose,” announced the show will return this spring. Cornyation shared the update Monday in a Facebook post: “Hear y’all, hear y’all. By decree of His Royal Heinous King Anchovy LV, Jesse Mata: Save the date for Cornyation…
The third annual Titans of Tailgate will roll into San Antonio’s Sunken Garden Theater next month, pitting local chefs against each other in a grilling battle that raises money for local high school culinary programs. The Feb. 5 event is a partnership between restaurant-focused nonprofit Culinaria and San Antonio chef Jason Dady, a contestant on Food…
Later this month, the city of San Antonio’s Centro de Artes Gallery will welcome guests again for the first time since the pandemic closed its doors in early 2020. The gallery in Historic Market Square will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 26 with an exhibition focused on the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist…
The brewery behind Texas’ iconic Shiner Bock has launched the first in its new, three-beer Tex Hex IPA series: Bruja’s Brew. Bruja’s Brew is an India Pale Ale brewed with cactus water and Amarillo hops — an ode to the brand’s Texas roots. According to tasting notes, the brew delivers a hops-forward aroma and flavor…
Shin-Dig, the new concept from the team behind politically themed bar The Angry Elephant, is slinging classic and experimental cocktails in swanky digs on San Antonio’s North Side. The drinkery began serving Tuesday in the former home of Tap Exchange at 22250 Bulverde Road. The renovated space now features a more upscale feel with booths…
Look out, Florida! When it comes to crazy, Texas is right behind ya! Only two states have more QAnon-supporting candidates running for Congress in 2022 than the Lone Star State, which now boasts five, according to a new analysis by watchdog group Media Matters for America. Florida leads the way with 12 candidates who have expressed…
The Cowboy Breakfast — the unofficial kickoff to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo — will be a private event for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, the Express-News reports. The annual gathering draws thousands of San Antonians, some lining up as early as 4:30 a.m., by offering free breakfast tacos…
Texas election officials have rejected hundreds of mail-in ballot applications ahead of the March 1 primary as they follow new procedures in the state’s restrictive Republican-backed voting law, Reuters reports. “My friends, this is what voter suppression looks like,” Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said at a Tuesday news conference after her office was forced…
Java startup Colibri Mountain Coffee this week began a weekday residence at Southtown’s storied La Tuna icehouse, serving up Colombian coffee and award-winning cold brew. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Colibri Mountain Coffee (@colibrimountaincoffee) San Antonio-based Colibri was founded in 2021 by Cartagena, Colombia-born Maria Mejia. The outfit roasts beans from…
Austin City Council voted 7-3 Tuesday to place an activist-led marijuana decriminalization initiative on that city’s May 7 ballot, news site Marijuana Moment reports. Voter mobilization group Ground Game Texas launched a signature drive in November to put the issue directly to Austin voters. The council had the option of passing an ordinance to decriminalize…
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday sent the legal challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law to the state’s Supreme Court, a move that is expected to significantly delay the case and that abortion opponents had hoped would occur. “This decision now keeps the case in limbo — and abortion after 6 weeks in…
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Beto O’Rourke raked in $7.2 million during the first six weeks of his campaign, while Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican incumbent, raised $18.9 million over a six-month stretch. Both candidates revealed their latest fundraising data Tuesday as they draw closer to securing their parties’ nominations in what’s likely to be the most…
This Valentine’s Day, the San Antonio Zoo knows what the Alamo City wants: vengeance. The zoo is bringing back its wildly popular Cry Me a Cockroach fundraiser for a third year. Because why should lovebirds have all the fun on Valentine’s? As a way to process post-breakup bitterness, participants can spend $10 to name a…
Orchids go well beyond the purple and white flowers you often see for sale at the entry of H-E-B stores. In fact, they comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants on the planet, which includes the vanilla orchid, the source of the popular spice that shares its name. The San Antonio Botanical Garden…
A new Texas law that makes it a crime to inhumanely restrain a dog goes went into effect Tuesday, establishing basic standards of shelter and care for unattended dogs restrained outdoors. An earlier version of the Safe Outdoor Dogs Bill passed with bipartisan support in May of 2021, but Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed it, saying Texas was…
San Antonio dining spot Tlahco Mexican Kitchen is now serving up interior-Mexican breakfast, lunch and dinner at a second location, this one in San Antonio’s Stone Oak neighborhood. The new restaurant at 1662 Encino Rio, Suite 100 serves the same enchiladas, tacos, Mexican moles, grill platters and tortilla soup popular at Tlahco’s original San Pedro…
The Austin-based Kung Fu Saloon chain has opened its first Alamo City location, which like its other outlets, brings together vintage arcade games, a full bar and pub-style grub to fuel the fun. From the same group that operates Camp 1604 — a similar 21-and-up foray into childhood-inspired nightlife — Kung Fu Saloon also offers…
Comedian Kathleen Madigan likes to say her 32-year comedy career started as a “happy accident.” She’s like the Bob Ross of the standup comedy circuit, except she doesn’t paint landscapes or have a billowy fro. Instead, Madigan, prior to the pandemic, was selling out shows across the United States and performing at least 250 times…
Judson ISD is investigating an Instagram account that allegedly posts photos of students “going No. 2” in school bathrooms without their permission or consent, according to San Antonio media reports. District officials told the Express-News they’re unsure whether members of the Judson High School community run the accounts and whether the photos are of their…
The San Antonio Zoo is celebrating former The Golden Girls star Betty White’s wildlife conservation efforts on Monday for what would be her 100th birthday. The “Thank You For Being a Friend” event includes free zoo admission for guests 65 and older and $8 admission for the general public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
Hell’s Kitchen runner-up Mary Lou Davis will hold a pair of pop-up events this month as she prepares to relocate from San Antonio to California, the Express-News reports. The former executive chef at Whiskey Cake at The Shops at La Cantera is headed to an unspecified West Coast location with the goal of landing at…
A San Antonio man is in critical condition after being shot during a robbery outside Freetail Brewing’s Southside location Sunday evening, TV station KSAT reports. The victim, 36, was taking photos with his girlfriend outside the brewery when three men got out of a black sedan and demanded money, San Antonio police told KSAT. The…
Dash, a new lounge located in the loft space of shuttered specialty-diets restaurant 5 Points Local, is now serving “European classic cocktails with Japanese techniques,” according to an online announcement. Days after reopening his ramen spot Kimura in the building’s lower level, chef Michael Sohocki’s Dash welcomed its first guests on Saturday, Jan. 15. The drinkery features…
On the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., more than 53 years after his assassination in 1968, voting rights remain in the center ring of American politics. With the party primary season already underway, Texas is busy in court, defending restrictive new voting laws and challenges to new political maps for its congressional delegation,…
San Antonio’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day March, originally scheduled for Monday at Pittman-Sullivan Park, has been canceled for the second consecutive year due to the ongoing COVID-19 surge. Instead, the march has gone virtual in the form of the film Dream: Rising Up for Justice, directed by the University of Texas at Austin Associate Dean Ya’Ke…
There’s busy and there’s busy. Comedienne Fortune Feimster falls in the latter category. Most prominently, her one-hour special Sweet & Salty is streaming on Netflix, where she also stars with David Spade on The Netflix Afterparty. Beyond that, she’s done her standup thing on Conan and Seth Myers. It all began for Feimster when she…
The city of San Antonio on Tuesday will open a federal COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at the Alamodome. Opened with support from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the site will operate seven days a week in the arena’s Lot C at Cherry Street and Montana. It will provide testing from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through…
A state district judge Thursday may have set in motion a new wave of legal challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s trouble-plagued border security initiative, ruling that one migrant’s arrest on state misdemeanor trespassing charges violated the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause because immigration enforcement is the federal government’s job. In the first Travis County court hearing…
As hospitals in the San Antonio region see a crushing surge of patients with COVID-19, a bipartisan group of area lawmakers is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to send more health care workers to help relieve a staffing shortage amid the omicron wave. “If we’re having a major surge because people refuse to either get vaccinated…
This week’s lineup of San Antonio food news was dominated by news of restaurant openings and leadership shakeups, changes that promise to alter the landscape of the city’s food scene in the coming months. Among the Current’s most-read food stories this week: Lauded SA chef Andrew Weissman announced his departure from the high-end La Cantera…
The Travis County district attorney on Thursday found that Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records law by not turning over his communications from last January when he visited Washington, D.C., for a pro-Trump rally that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The district attorney’s office gave Paxton four days to…
Two pigs — one male and one female — were apprehended by good samaritans on San Antonio’s south side last weekend, according to city officials. The latest hog wrangling follows a slew of swine apprehensions in previous months. As reported by MySA, the two pigs were too large and wouldn’t fit in even the largest…
What a wild and wacky week that was. And we’re not just talking about San Antonio shattering new records for COVID-19 infections. Even minus the turmoil of the latest COVID surge, Current readers had plenty of news to digest, including cannabis pandering by a Texas governor who clearly doesn’t know what his own state’s drug…
The beloved and colossal Buc-ee’s stores are proof that everything is, in fact, bigger in Texas. But, the self-described World’s Largest Convenience Store — the 64,000 square foot Buc-ee’s off of Interstate 35 in New Braunfels — will soon be dethroned by a new and even bigger Buc-ee’s in Tennessee, according to WYMT-TV in that state. …
A TikTok clip of an alleged University of Texas at San Antonio student verbally assailing Whataburger staff and hurling her drink at a customer has gone viral, prompting a sorority chapter at the school to apologize Wednesday on social media. In the video, the reported sorority member is seen yelling profanities at Whataburger employees, calling…
Thirteen Democratic members of Texas’ congressional delegation are demanding an investigation into Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration crackdown, citing abysmal conditions for Texas National Guard troops at the border and a string of soldier suicides. The letter sent Thursday to Col. Daniel Heape, inspector general of the Texas Military Department, seeks an extensive probe into how “deplorable…
With COVID-19 testing and at-home kits still elusive, Bexar County and nonprofit group Community Labs have launched a combination testing-and-vaccine site at Wonderland of the Americas Mall. The free site, located on the mall’s first floor, began offering testing this Friday. No appointment is required, and PCR results are available in 24-48 hours, according to a…
Midtown spot Backyard on Broadway is opening its outdoor stage to local singer-songwriters with the launch of its Bluebonnet Song series, which will take place every Sunday. The event will give local artists a chance to try out material in front of an audience, but don’t call it an open-mic night. Unlike that more casual…
Tobin Entertainment on Friday announced that Grammy-winning Southern rock group the Zac Brown Band will play the first concert at the former Verizon Amphitheater since the organization took over its booking last year. Now called Real Life Amphitheater, the 20,000-seat venue will reopen Sunday, May 22 with a performance by Brown and his group with support from…
Southtown residents and workers now have a new weekday option for snagging the most important meal of the day. The Breakfast Truck, a mobile eatery slinging breakfast bites, has begun serving in the area, the Express-News reports. Owners Sean and Venus Albert opened the mobile kitchen Monday, doling out four breakfast options that include plates…
Two years since the live stage version of the cult classic TV show graced the Tobin’s stage, Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live is back, baby. And while time may have stopped due to the pandemic, things have changed around MST3K. Yes, the beloved wise-cracking puppets from the cult TV show — Tom Servo, Crow and…
City council voted 8-3 Thursday to let CPS Energy boost its rates by 3.85%, a request the municipally owned utility made amid a storm of criticism over recent management failures and last February’s crippling power outages. In a separate 9-2 vote, council also approved a fee that will allow CPS to recoup some of the…
A Michigan facility housing Texas foster care children was missing its front door while it was 28 degrees outside and there hadn’t been indoor heat for 24 hours. Staff didn’t make calls to get either the heat restored or the door fixed. They also didn’t attempt to move the children or give them blankets or…
Nationally acclaimed Mexican-style sandwich spot Ro-Ho Pork & Bread will expand its local footprint via a new brick-and-mortar location southeast of downtown, news site MySA reports. Construction on the new location, a 995-square-foot spot at 618 Fair Ave., is scheduled to wrap up in June, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Ro-Ho…
After a short year-end hiatus due to “business as well as personal” reasons, Korean fusion food truck Bull Gogi Boys is set to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 18. The truck, voted the third-best Korean restaurant in 2020 by Current readers, has been doling out bulgogi bowls, Korean tacos and crispy yaki mandu dumplings since fall 2018.…
In what’s likely no surprise to San Antonio shoppers, H-E-B was ranked the second-best grocer in the nation for a second consecutive year, according to Dunnhumby’s annual Retailer preference Index. Amazon.com, which became many shoppers’ grocer of preference during the pandemic, landed in the No. 1 slot. “H-E-B maintained its spot at number two, continuing…
It’s not just California residents that are flocking to Texas. A new comfort food spot based in the Sunshine State is also headed our way. Redding, California-based Black Bear Diner will open its first Alamo City location this summer at 2707 SE Military Dr., serving up its “home-style comfort food classics” for breakfast, lunch and…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week said he doesn’t think people should be jailed over low-level marijuana possession. However, the Republican governor incorrectly stated how current state law classifies those violations and falsely suggested the GOP-controlled Texas legislature is working to lower possession penalties, as first reported by news site Marijuana Moment. During a Monday…
Local noodle shop Pho Ha Long has changed hands with longtime overseer Tan Bui transferring ownership to his cousin Dustin Chu. Bui shared the news Tuesday on the restaurant’s Facebook page, thanking patrons for an “intense yet rewarding journey.” Bui will transition to practicing dentistry full-time — he completed his schooling while operating the shop,…
A stacked metalcore bill headlined by Australian breakdown kings Parkway Drive will roll into San Antonio on Sunday, May 29. The package tour, headed to Vibes Event Center’s outdoor concert area, also includes genre stalwarts Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder and Stick To Your Guns. Parkway Drive exploded onto the scene in the 2000s, combining complex…
Caribbean food fanatics can mark their calendars for a Friday, Jan. 14 reopening date for beloved San Antonio eatery Jerk Shack. Jerk Shack’s original 117 Matyear St. location closed last September to let chef-owner Nicola Blaque, husband Cornelius Massey and executive chef Lionel “Butch” Blache focus on opening their brand new spot near SeaWorld. The Alamo…
Could weed be the next COVID-19 drug? According to a new study by researchers affiliated with Oregon State University, compounds found in cannabis can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from infecting human cells. An abstract of the study was published Monday in the Journal of Natural Products. The researchers found that two compounds, cannabigerolic…
Seven San Antonio organizations have landed a total of $145,000 in funding from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). On Tuesday, the NEA announced its first round of recommended awards for its 2022 fiscal year, with grants going to San Antonio organizations including Luminaria, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture and Musical…
San Antonio’s troubled municipally owned utility, CPS Energy, is expected to seek city council approval for a 3.85% rate increase Thursday. The ask comes after the utility’s trustees voted 5-0 on Monday to approve the change, which would hike customers’ monthly bills by an average of $5. It would be the first such boost for CPS since…
Colt’s Sports Park Bar, a massive multi-sport complex from the minds behind Brooster’s Backyard, will hold its grand opening Friday, Jan. 14, replete with live music, giveaways and open play on its multiple courts. The nine-acre complex is equipped to host softball, sand volleyball, pickleball, badminton, horseshoes and cornhole as well as live music on…
