Texas has emerged as a hotbed for extremism and hate groups, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League analyzing three years of white supremacist, anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ activity in the state. Texas recorded the country’s fifth-highest number of antisemitic incidents last year, the same time period ADL tallied its highest-ever number of those instances […]
Time to hit the pavement: the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series has released this year’s official course. The two-day event will kick off Dec. 2 with 5K and 10K races, followed by a half-marathon and marathon on Dec. 3, according to details shared on its website. The courses for the 5K and 10K have been updated […]
East Coast-based indoor pickleball chain Dill Dinkers will open at least 20 clubs in the San Antonio area over the next six years, according to the company. The first location is set to open by year’s end, likely in Northeast San Antonio, according to officials with the expanding business.
After announcing a planned name change last month, the AT&T Center has officially become Frost Bank Center, according to Spurs Sports & Entertainment officials. The Spurs first unveiled the naming rights deal with San Antonio-based Frost Bank in August. However, the East Side arena couldn’t officially be renamed until paperwork cleared with the league, officials […]
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has landed a $5 million federal grant to improve treatments for people suffering from long COVID, officials said Friday. Issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the funds are part of a $45 million award split by nine long COVID clinics across […]
St. Paul Square now has its own honky tonk. Bar developer Steve Mahoney’s latest venture, Blayne’s, will open Friday in the same east-of-downtown building that houses his Irish pub Francis Bogside and wine bar Annie’s. The second-floor venue will feature a full bar and a kitchen.
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. Mediterranean restaurant Ladino at the Pearl is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a grill-out party.
On Thursday afternoon, hundreds of migrants heading as far away as New York and Florida camped outside the at-capacity San Antonio Migrant Resource Center on a busy stretch of San Pedro Avenue. The flood of migrants overwhelming the facility comes around 24 hours after the mayor of Eagle Pass declared a state of emergency following […]
San Antonio International Airport will begin offering nonstop flights to Europe for the first time, in what local officials are touting as a means to boost the local hospitality industry while expanding cross-Atlantic business ties. German leisure carrier Condor will begin flying directly between San Antonio and the German business center of Frankfurt next summer.
There’s been another public sighting of top Spurs draft pick Victor Wembanyama, this time playing ping pong and shooting hoops with NBA Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili beneath an Interstate 35 underpass. Spectrum News broadcast journalist Jose Arredondo shared a video Wemby and the legendary former Spur on X, the online platform formerly known as […]