Teacher Firing, $3 Movie Tickets: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

This week's most read Current story covered a teacher who was fired after being caught on video telling a student, "The very fact that you exist annoys me!" Hey, who among us hasn't been tempted? Maybe that's not just anyone is called to be a teacher.

Readers' interests were also piqued by local movie theaters' offer of $3 tickets on Saturday, Sept. 3 in honor of National Cinema Day. Plenty also clicked on an analysis that got to the root of the price surge in San Antonio's housing market.

Read on for these stories and more.

10. San Antonio attraction Ripley’s Haunted Adventure closing to make way for Alamo visitor center

9. San Antonio clears homeless encampment as shelters struggle to keep up with demand

8. San Antonio police officer fired for punching pregnant woman in head wins job back in arbitration

7. San Antonio woman arrested over viral video showing gun randomly fired out window of moving car

6. Texas child welfare agency told staff to stay quiet about investigations of families with trans kids

5. Federal inspectors cite San Antonio Aquarium for keeping animals in hot, potentially unsafe conditions

4. Former San Antonio-area teacher gets 20 years in prison on child porn charges

3. An investor buying spree, not a housing shortage, drove San Antonio's home price surge

2. San Antonio movie theaters to sell $3 tickets this Saturday in celebration of National Cinema Day

1. San Antonio teacher fired for 'unprofessional' comment captured on video

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