Seven city pools will begin operating this weekend with pre-season hours. Once summer begins, all 24 will be available. The post City of San Antonio begins opening public pools for weekend swimming appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Pioneering reggaeton superstar Don Omar will bring his The Last King World Tour to Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Oct. 22. General tickets for the tour, which includes 20 other major U.S. cities, will go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday at through Frost Bank Center or Ticketmaster. Presale access is available to those who sign up […]
A New Braunfels man was arrested Friday on charges he made a bomb threat against the office of San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. According to multiple media reports, Kendall Durand, 44, left a voicemail at the mayor’s office just before 7 p.m. Thursday saying, “I will have the Mexican drug cartel plant a bomb […]
Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. Dozens of wind projects in Texas are in limbo after the U.S. Department of Defense paused issuing routine federal permits citing national security concerns, a move that experts say expands the Trump administration’s crusade against wind energy. According to data collected by […]
Early voting for the May 26 runoff elections begins Monday and runs through Friday, giving registered Bexar County voters the chance to weigh in on contests including the high-profile battle between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. for the duration of early voting. Republican runoffs open to Bexar County voters […]
During Tuesday’s free event, San Antonio-based author, poet and painter Ito Romo will discuss his new novel Filth Eaters. The post Book Public Live! in San Antonio will feature author of ‘Chicano Gothic’ vampire novel appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Tickets for the Spurs’ home games in the upcoming Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder are now on sale. Sales to the general public are available from the Silver and Black’s Ticketmaster page. Those who purchase tickets for Game 6 will be reimbursed if the series doesn’t last that long, team officials said. […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a $1.7 billion federal contract listed for border wall construction in the Big Bend region, fueling public confusion over the project after a previous assurance from a top agency official that no barriers would be built at the region’s national park. The contract, awarded Monday, is designated “for border […]
Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo is again stirring up controversy, this time for saying her runoff opponent, former Bexar County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Johnny Garcia, should be tried for treason. “[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is again part of [the Department of Homeland Security], which has headquarters and offices inside Israel,” Galindo said on Texas Public […]
Plans by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to convert a massive warehouse on San Antonio’s East Side into an immigrant detention center are moving forward as planned, the Washington Post reports. The news comes two weeks after District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez said in an Instagram video that the site’s construction was paused indefinitely due […]