The San Antonio Spurs weren’t the only ones having a bad day Wednesday. During the team’s home loss to LeBron James and Lakers, its crew called on a member of the U.S. Air Force to participate in one of the many fan contests that happen during timeouts. Unfortunately, the poor guy couldn’t make a shot to […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nearly 1.7 million Texans have lost their health insurance — the largest number of people any state has removed — in the months since Texas began peeling people from Medicaid as part of […]
San Antonio residents have a strange obsession with Fred’s Fish Fry, the homespun restaurant chain famous for its rock-bottom prices and largely empty parking lots. Case in point: the Current’s two most-read stories this week involved the intellectual property dispute between Fred’s and various online retailers who sold a parody San Antonio Spurs jersey with […]
Boerne’s Rill Eatery & Bar is closing just three months after setting up shop to serve burgers and elevated bar food in the San Antonio bedroom community. The family-friendly dining spot’s last day of service will be this Sunday, according to a Facebook post. The owners also thanked the community for their support in the message, […]
Nonprofit group San Antonio Pets Alive (SAPA) has secured a $1.5 million donation from retailer Petco’s charitable foundation to save dogs and cats at risk from being euthanized at local shelters. The money provided by Petco Love will help fund SAPA’s Paws for Change capital campaign, which aims to set up a homestead animal shelter, […]
Diez Flores Bar, a new venue for Latin cuisine and cocktails, will open this Friday on the ground floor of the same Southtown apartment building that previously held relocated Chinese restaurant Bamboo. Diez Flores is helmed by chef Tatu Herrera, owner-operator of Folklores Coffee House, and cocktail pro Hector Vargas of Cellar Mixology. It will […]
Children on San Antonio’s West Side got a surprise Thursday when a 7-foot-3 Santa Claus visited to drop off holiday gifts. As part of the San Antonio Spurs’ annual partnership with the Elf Louise Christmas Project, towering No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama, dressed as Santa, and teammate Julian Champagnie, wearing an elf outfit, delivered […]
A grand jury indicted three former San Antonio police officers Thursday in the shooting death of Melissa Perez, a woman having a mental health crisis at her apartment complex this summer. Officer Eleazar Alejandro and Sgt. Alfred Flores both face charges of first-degree murder, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said at a news conference. Officer […]
Between 1910 and 1920, thousands of ethnic Mexican Americans living along the border fell victim to state-sanctioned violence. Despite the scope of the atrocities, they have received relatively little attention until recently.
It wasn’t until she started planning to attend Southern Methodist University in Dallas that Allison Moore realized she wanted to be a playwright. Moore spent so much time performing on stage at Roosevelt High School that she thought she would pursue a career in acting.