Tickets for the Saturday, Oct. 17, show go on sale this Friday — and, yes, there is presale access. The post Lil Wayne will play San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center in October appeared first on San Antonio Current.
AUSTIN — Texas Rep. James Talarico, who’s running for U.S. Senate, used a SXSW appearance over the weekend to attack big tech and its algorithms for poisoning the minds of America’s youth, especially young men. During a live taping of Vox Media’s Raging Moderates podcast, Talarico blamed social media giants for facilitating a male loneliness epidemic. […]
Austin multimedia festival SXSW has long been a maelstrom of chaos, but this tendency was amplified with its 40th installment, which started March 12 and ends this Wednesday. At least in part, this year’s confusion can be chalked up to the even more nebulous nature of the festival. The official event is even more decentralized […]
Editor’s note: Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Texas Republicans have managed to produce a runoff for state attorney general that should have anyone with a modicum of concern about their civil liberties shitting bricks. On one side is State Sen. Mayes Middleton, the oil-rich heir who’s been moonlighting as a […]
Brandon Herrera, a Republican running for a San Antonio U.S. House district, pulled out of a live interview on Texas Public Radio on Monday, leaving host David Martin Davies high and dry. In a clip tweeted out moments before the Davies’ radio show The Source was set to begin, the host informed listeners that Herrera’s […]
Proponents of Texas’ voucher program said it would help poor families afford private school, but the San Antonio numbers suggest that’s not the case. The post Families in rich SA school districts apply for vouchers at higher rates than those in poor ones appeared first on San Antonio Current.
More than 200,000 students have applied for state money for private school. Most attended private school or home-school last school year, early data shows. The post Applications for private school vouchers close today. Demand already exceeds available money. appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Diamon Mazairre Robinson impersonated a federal agent and had two active felony warrants for years, officials say, but was hired by Crockett and police agencies under an alias. The post Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms security team member killed by Dallas police in standoff appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Wilson, who joined the station late last year, was arrested last Thursday and charged with assault — bodily injury to a family member, records show. The post Meteorologist Elliot Wilson no longer employed at KSAT-TV after assault charge appeared first on San Antonio Current.
A mural honoring victims of police brutality has been restored after its vandalization during the Martin Luther King Jr. March in late January. The newly restored mural was revealed over the weekend by police accountability group Act 4 SA. The repainted portraits of victims and their families now include a graffiti-resistant coating to prevent future […]