Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday made good on his promise to sue Bexar County Commissioners Court for green lighting a program to mail voter-registration applications to residents. On Monday, Paxton issued a letter to the Commissioners Court threatening legal action if the county approved a contract to hire an outside firm to distribute […]
The UTSA Roadrunners beat the Kennesaw State University Owls 16-28 on Saturday in the San Antonio team’s first game as an American Athletic Conference member. However, that victory — played out in front of home-turf fans at the Alamodome — came at a cost. The Roadrunners coughed up $500,000 for the privilege of defeating the […]
Texas is no longer allowing transgender people to update the sex marker listed on their birth certificates, Austin radio station KUT reports. Under a policy change quietly put in place Friday, Texans who obtained court orders to change the sex listed on the birth certificates can no longer do so, a Texas Department of State Health […]
After the recent closure of DIY venues such as Snake Hill, San Antonio’s tight-knit hardcore-punk community was scattered without a place to call home. However, out of those ashes, a new haunt is emerging. Only a month after Snake Hill’s closure, club regular and photographer Clementine Marie is opening up a DIY speakeasy called Whatever […]
San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture is presenting Dining with Rolando Briseño: A 50-Year Retrospective in honor of the extraordinary life and career of Alamo City-born artist, activist, “cultural adjustor” and culinary historian Rolando Briseño. The exhibition opens this Thursday at Centro de Artes Gallery, 101 S. Santa Rosa Ave., and includes a free reception […]
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a plan to mail voter-registration applications to residents even though Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to sue if the county does so. The court’s 3-1 vote — made with a single abstention — cleared the way to create a no-bid contract for tech firm Civic Government Solutions […]
Coastal Italian restaurant Allora, located across Avenue B from the Pearl, has permanently closed, an official from its operating group confirmed Tuesday. Brannon Swindle, director of hospitality for San Antonio’s Maverick Restaurant Group, told the Current that the high-end dining spot was shuttered over the weekend. Swindle said fine-dining restaurants face a “tough market” right now.
The Mahoney Bar Group, owner of some of San Antonio’s best-known nightspots, has new leadership. The family of the late Robert Darilek — Mahoney Bar Group’s majority partner — has taken over management of the company that owns and operates SA staples Francis Bogside, George’s Keep, Hanzo and Lilly’s Greenville, Darilek’s son, Trey Darilek, told […]
Western apparel- and boot-maker Tecovas will open a second San Antonio location next month, this one with a $1.2 million price tag, according to company officials. The Austin-based chain’s new location, 5300 Broadway, Suite 5330, in Alamo Heights will hold a grand opening the weekend of Oct. 4-6. Shoppers can expect the same array of […]
Shavano Park’s Rooster Crow Bakery revealed its impending closure in an Instagram post over Labor Day weekend. The bakery, located at 4421 De Zavala Road, didn’t specify the reason for the sudden closure, only stating only that “it’s been a wild ride but we gotta bounce!”