After once stating that public funds shouldn’t help build minor-league sports facilities, outgoing San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg has changed his tune. In a statement released this week, Nirenberg signaled his support for using public funding to build a new ballpark for the San Antonio Missions minor-league baseball team. Insiders say the structure could cost around […]
Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of drug lord “El Chapo,” and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, were arrested Thursday in El Paso and taken into federal custody, Justice Department officials said. Although it’s unclear why the pair landed a private jet in the West Texas city, three law enforcement officers […]
Those who can’t make it to Paris for the 2024 Olympics have opportunities to view the competitions at watch parties in and around the Alamo City this weekend. On Friday, the Olympic Opening Ceremony will play on a 40-foot LED screen outside at The Rock at La Cantera starting at 12:30 p.m. Blankets and lawn chairs […]
Asian-Peruvian restaurant Botika, an acclaimed culinary fixture at the Pearl, will shut down early next month. Chef-owner Geronimo Lopez didn’t cite a reason for the closure in a news release and a separate Facebook announcement shared Friday morning. However, he thanked his customers and staff, adding that the restaurant’s last day of service will be […]
Looks like San Antonio’s effort to land a nonstop flight to Washington D.C. may be trickier than local leaders let on. JetBlue Airways and United Airlines are trying to ground an effort by American Airlines to create a nonstop flight between San Antonio International Airport and the nation’s capital, the Express-News reports. San Antonio leaders […]
San Antonio’s Luminaria is hosting a gallery exhibit featuring work the annual contemporary and experimental arts festival has commissioned from artists throughout the years. The event’s organizers also are hosting a youth poetry slam this Saturday. The Xicanx Art Exhibition will run for the month of August, showcasing works by Chicanx artists including Cruz Ortiz, Ruth […]
Another judge has blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to stop municipalities from adopting cannabis decriminalization ordinances. Hays County District Judge Sherri Tibbe this week dismissed a suit Paxton filed to end San Marcos’ decriminalization policy, according to a statement from progressive organizing group Ground Game Texas. Ground Game had worked with criminal-justice reform […]
A group comprised of members from both San Antonio and Austin will bring its mind-bending cumbias tinged with Afrobeat to Austin’s Levitation Festival this fall. Self-described as “Féla Kuti meets psychedelic cumbia,” the band will share the Friday, Nov. 1, lineup with headliner Los Espiritus. The just-announced event is one of many throughout the four-day, […]
All seven Delia’s Tamales restaurants reopened Thursday following an investigation that dispatched FBI agents to several of the McAllen-based chain’s locations. Personnel at Delia’s San Antonio store and its six others sprinkled across the Rio Grande Valley told the Current the outlets are back in operation and running with their regular business hours. In operation […]
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has ordered a six-month shutdown for a San Antonio massage business suspected human trafficking, officials with the state agency said Thursday. During an inspection last month of San Massage Spa in Castle Hills, TDLR inspectors found “numerous indicators” that human trafficking could be happening at the site, authorities […]