With a near record-setting crowd expected to attend UTSA football’s home opener at the Alamodome this weekend, VIA is offering its Park and Ride Service for sports fans trying to avoid traffic. The Roadrunners will take on the Texas State Bobcats at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a highly anticipated regional rivalry.
This week’s most-read Current food news was all about change. All five of our top food stories this week chronicled some level of change on the Alamo City’s culinary horizon, from The Bussin’ Breakfast’s jump to a brick-and-mortar location to the confusing case of East Side icon Tucker’s alleged closure. A new Southtown speakeasy and […]
The U.S. Labor Department has sued Tobin Hill pizza spot Barbaro, accusing it of violating federal labor laws by making tipped workers give a share of their gratuities to managers. The suit, filed Sept. 1 in San Antonio federal court, argues that Pizza Bar LLC, which does business as Barbaro, also unlawfully shorted 25 current and ex-employees […]
The San Antonio-based Instant Donuts chain is expanding its footprint with a West Side location. Construction on the new shop, 14124 Culebra Rd, #116, began Sept. 1, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The $80,000 project is slated to finish around the end of the year. Instant Donuts officials were […]
Two things for sure about San Antonio: We’re a hard-working town, and we love our heavy metal. Which may explain why the Current’s two most-read stories this week were a rundown of San Antonio employers who ended up on Forbes’ annual rankings of the best places to work and our review of Danzig’s performance at […]
In a revelation likely to upset both Texas’ Republican leaders and immigrant-rights advocates, the Biden Administration is considering a policy that would force migrant families caught illegally crossing the border to remain in Texas, three federal officials told the Los Angeles Times. The plan under consideration by the White House would force certain migrant families awaiting […]
Texas’ sawblade-laden buoys will remain in the Rio Grande, for now, after a federal appeals court granted the state’s request to pitch out another judge’s order that the barrier must be removed by Sept. 15, the Texas Tribune reports. In a Wednesday ruling, Federal District Judge David A. Ezra sided with the U.S. Justice Department, who […]
More than a dozen activists gathered outside San Antonio city offices Friday morning to demand leaders protect the community’s unhoused from dangerous and rising heat. In particular, organizers sought to draw attention to the death of Albert Garcia, a 56-year-old man who lived under a West Side highway off-ramp. Friends said Garcia succumbed to the […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s crippling computer problems have stretched into a third day. Via an online statement, DPS officials said the agency is scrapping all driver-license appointments from 7:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Beyond the San Antonio Spurs lassoing No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama, the year’s biggest local sports story centers around the franchise — along with Minor League Baseball’s San Antonio Missions — exploring the concept of a downtown sports district. Details are still vague and it could be years before such a plan comes to bear — […]