Roughly 50 protesters gathered Sunday afternoon at the Loop 410 and Broadway intersection to demand the release members of a local family detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week while they waited for a school bus. Victor Uzategui-Labrador Jr. and Monseratt Uzategui-Labrador, both students at Alamo Heights ISD’s Cambridge Elementary School, were taken by […]
The Trader Joe’s location near Stone Oak is scheduled for a summer makeover. Starting in June, the California-based grocery company will pump $2.5 million into renovating its store at 403 N. Loop 1604 West, state regulatory filings show. Changes to the building will include new check-out stands, a new walk-in cooler, a new crew restroom, […]
Baskerville, who led James Beard Award-nominated brewery Weathered Souls, is now general manager for the St. Anthony Hotel’s Esencia and Anacacho dining concepts. The post Brewer Marcus Baskerville back in San Antonio to work for St. Anthony’s culinary concepts appeared first on San Antonio Current.
With the San Antonio Spurs preparing for their first second-round playoff appearance since 2017, star player Victor Wembanyama isn’t yielding to online critics who have called him out for being “too emotional.” Last week, French sports reporter Maxime Aubin asked Wemby what he thought about Internet trolls tweaking him for being “too emotional” or “gay” […]
The San Antonio Police Department said it’s responding to growing concerns from residents after allegations of ill-behaved teenagers wreaking havoc at a Stone Oak Target grabbed headlines and sparked an uproar on Reddit. Last week, the Current reported that District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears’ office was looking into complaints about youths hanging out at the […]
Three Texas cities recently faced the wrath of Gov. Greg Abbott over policies limiting police cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, particularly when officers encounter administrative warrants issued by the federal agency. As the Trump administration carries out the president’s promise of aggressive deportations, particularly in a state with an estimated 1.7 million undocumented immigrants, Texans […]
The union will distribute bags to households in conjunction with the San Antonio Food bank and pick nonperishable donations on Saturday, May 9. The post National Association of Letter Carriers aims to pull off San Antonio’s largest single-day food drive appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Demonstrators took to San Antonio’s streets Friday evening to support workers and their right to organize. They also loudly pushed back at the Trump administration and its policies favoring corporations and billionaires while demonizing immigrants. Carrying signs reading “Workers have the power” and “Immigrants are welcome here,” protesters flooded downtown streets. Progressive politicians including Democratic […]
A group of 80 South Texas plaintiffs are suing Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, alleging its rocket testing caused “massive” sonic booms that damaged their houses repeatedly over a two-year period. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Southern District of Texas Court on Thursday, accusing the company of gross negligence and trespassing for loud […]
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a 2023 Federal and Drug Administration regulation that allowed mifepristone to be mailed to patients, a rule commonly used to get around Texas’ abortion ban. The 2023 rule allowed doctors to prescribe mifepristone remotely and the drug to be mailed to patients, including those in […]