Editor’s Note: The following is an opinion piece by a San Antonio native participating in the Writers Guild of America’s Hollywood writers strike. This past April, I was deep in talks with a Texas based multimedia company about financing my very first feature, a horror film based on Texas folklore titled Woman Hollering.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has begun a lockdown of all its prisons, which officials said was prompted by a surge in drug-related inmate homicides over the past five years. The lockdown, which began Wednesday morning, will restrict the movement of approximately 129,000 currently incarcerated people, according to prison-reform advocacy groups. TDCJ didn’t say […]
The political climate in Texas is the leading contributor to professors’ desire to leave the state, a new survey of more than 1,900 Texas faculty members found. More than a quarter of those professors said they planned to look for positions elsewhere in the country this year as a result of political interference and widespread […]
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin mining operation nearly $32 million last month to cut its energy consumption as the state’s power grid struggled to keep up with demand driven by record heat. Colorado-based Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc. revealed the details of the arrangement Wednesday, the same day ERCOT, the […]
In a sign San Antonio’s summer COVID-19 surge may finally be drawing to a close, the total reported cases in Bexar County declined last week, marking the first drop in numbers since the week ended July 3. Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, San Antonio Metro Health recorded 2,656 COVID-19 cases, 26 fewer than the […]
Texas A&M University-San Antonio will provide free tuition, waive associated fees and issue book stipends to eligible students beginning fall 2024, according to university officials. University President Salvador Hector Ochoa unveiled the school’s new Jaguar Promise program during a press conference this week. The initiative expands an existing one which previously covered the top 10% of […]
The University of Texas at San Antonio might have the town’s highest-profile college sports program, but another, older Alamo City campus earned high academic marks in a recent study by education-information website Niche. Trinity University landed prominently in Niche’s annual rankings, including being named the nation’s No. 20 best small school and No. 19 best […]
Raising children can be among the most satisfying and fulfilling experience of our lives. Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery is recognizing the monumental rewards and challenges of parenthood in the group exhibition “This is How We Do it: Art and Family,” curated by artist Raul Rene Gonzalez.
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.