While the operator of the state’s power grid managed to avoid rolling blackouts Wednesday night through emergency measures, the nail biting isn’t over. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which oversees the state’s stand-alone electrical grid, warned that power demand is again likely to outstrip supply from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Thursday.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has for a second day running canceled all driver-license appointments. Oops.
Oktoberfest celebrations usually are associated with cooler weather, but just thought of fall’s arrival — even with temps still sky high — is enough of an excuse to stage a party in San Antonio. Local breweries and taprooms are already sharing details of their upcoming Oktoberfests, so slide on your lederhosen or don your dirndl […]
Directed by Emma Seligman and written by Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott, Bottoms opened Sept. 1. If this was 20 years ago, Bottoms would kill on the gay and lesbian film festival circuit.
Alamo City chef Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin will host New Orleans guest chef Mason Hereford for the second iteration of “Good Trouble in Little China,” a fundraising dinner benefitting reproductive-rights group Planned Parenthood South Texas. Dobbertin, chef-owner of San Antonio’s Best Quality Daughter, and Hereford, owner of New Orleans’ award-winning eatery Turkey and the Wolf, will […]
The state’s power grid operator triggered its emergency operations on Wednesday evening, allowing it to call on all available power generation to stay ahead of demand — and bringing it closer than it’s been all summer to a worst-case scenario of ordering rotating power outages. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas got through the tight […]
San Antonio’s 8th Annual World Heritage Festival is now underway and running through this Sunday. The event will celebrate San Antonio’s cultural history highlighting its UNESCO World Heritage Site, the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
In a scathing order accusing Gov. Greg Abbott of ignoring U.S. laws, a federal judge has ordered Texas to remove a floating barrier the governor ordered installed in the Rio Grande River to block migrants from crossing, the Dallas Morning News reports. U.S. District Judge David Ezra on Tuesday ordered Texas to remove its bright-orange buoys […]
San Antonio’s 8th Annual World Heritage Festival is now underway and running through this Sunday. The event will celebrate San Antonio’s cultural history highlighting its UNESCO World Heritage Site, the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Texas-based pseudo-historian and Christian nationalist David Barton hasn’t lost his evangelical fervor for former President Donald Trump, a man he once called “God’s guy” and declared that Christians were obligated to support.