Two high-ranking administrators within San Antonio Independent School District have resigned following the district’s decision to cancel class this week over heating and plumbing issues at its campuses. In an internal memo sent to staff Thursday and obtained by the Current, SAISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino said he accepted the resignations of Deputy Superintendent of Operations […]
New concept Mi Gente has opened inside the space that formerly housed Medical Center favorite Martha’s Mexican Restaurant, and the kitchen is offering both new specialties and items from the previous menu, news site Axios reports. Restauranteur Javier Barron bought Martha’s in November 2019, but closed it in May 2023 to make way for Mi […]
Four Brother’s Arepas — their apostrophe placement, not ours — has opened inside San Antonio’s Make Ready Market food hall, bringing Venezuelan cuisine to the River North neighborhood. The Austin-born business’ namesake arepas, a staple in Venezuelan and Colombian cuisines, are stuffed cornmeal cakes prepared with a crisp outside and fluffy interior. The company operates two brick-and-mortar […]
A new survey shows Texans aren’t just looking to shed weight in the new year. Many also shed relationships and jumped back into the dating scene. Nationally, some 35 million new singles are on the market since Christmas, according to a new survey from photo book company Mixbook.com. Most of those folks — about 4 million […]
Popular San Antonio sports-talk radio hosts Mike Taylor and Rudy Jay are teaming up for a new podcast scheduled to launch later this month. The In the Building podcast, featuring Taylor and Rudy Jay, whose real name is Rudy Johnson, will premiere on the Love You Hard YouTube channel at 11 a.m. Jan. 22.
Despite a run up in home prices during the pandemic, San Antonio may end up being one of the nation’s coldest residential real estate markets this year, according to a recent report from online brokerage Zillow. San Antonio’s housing prices are expected to decline 2.1% by December, which would make it the second-coldest of the […]
Technology giant Apple is shutting down a department in San Diego and asking those employees to relocate to Texas — or else. Apple officials told Austin TV station KVUE the company is dissolving a 121-person team that focuses on artificial intelligence, and giving the workers until the end of February to relocate to Austin. Those who refuse will […]
Fratello’s Restaurant & Deli will permanently shut down at month’s end, closing out a decade-long run of serving hearty Italian favorites. In a statement, the partners and general manager of the north-of-downtown favorite said their age played a key factor in their decision to pack it in. “Over the last 10 years our San Antonio […]
Every week, it seems like the Current is reporting on a new out-of-state coffee chain expanding into the Alamo City. That or we’re writing about a local entrepreneur launching a java joint here. Despite that apparent boom, a new study has declared San Antonio the fourth-worst coffee city in the United States.
San Antonio lawmakers wasted no time in voicing outrage over a new U.S. Justice Department report cataloging “cascading failures” by state and local police during their foot-dragging response to the deadly Uvalde school shooting. The report, released Thursday, provides the most comprehensive federal analysis of authorities’ botched reaction to the massacre of 19 students and […]