The chain, which serves up Aloha State-style comfort food, will open the new restaurant near UTSA. The post Fast-casual chain Hawaiian Bros Island Grill will open third San Antonio location this fall appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Criminal defense attorney Shannon Locke on Thursday endorsed Jane Davis for Bexar County District Attorney after the Democrat pledged to prosecute Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who break local laws. Pursuing similar charges against federal agents was among Locke’s campaign promises as well. “After we got the election results, I went to our two […]
Late last month, students at William J. Brennan High School were confronted with the presence of multiple Customs and Border Patrol agents in full uniform, walking the halls and talking to students and staff. The agents’ appearance on campus came amid growing public anger and concern over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. It also […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared Wednesday that the state wouldn’t observe César Chávez Day on March 31 in response to a bombshell report in the New York Times that accused the late Latino civil-rights leader of grooming and sexually abusing underage girls. In a tweet, Abbott said he’s directing all Texas state agencies to comply […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is once again tightening rules at Dilley’s South Texas Family Residential Center after viral video calls from detainees have gained national attention. In the viral videos shared by journalists and public figures such as kids’ YouTuber Ms. Rachel, detained children talked about the conditions inside the immigration detention facility […]
The only thing more beguilingly dreadful than a mediocre horror franchise might be a musical — especially a movie-turned-musical. Perhaps that’s what putting SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody on the cultural map, with a national tour two years in the running. Now, the production has made its way to San Antonio, where it will […]
The play is a quixotic tale of 1990s U.S. rave culture that follows a mute, queer migrant who transforms into a shamanic DJ. The post Playwright Amalia Ortiz’s Miraculous Mixes of DJ Santa Cecilia opens this week in San Antonio appeared first on San Antonio Current.
San Antonio is the large Texas metro least prepared to thrive in the decades ahead, according to the Geography of Prosperity Index, a new study unveiled at Austin’s SXSW festival that measures how U.S. population centers are poised to adapt to the future. The study authors — demographic futurist Bradley Schurman and data consultant Jaymes […]
The owners of the neighborhood beer bar reportedly opted not to renew their lease. The post Southtown fixture The Filling Station tapping out after 14 years in business appeared first on San Antonio Current.
As sexual abuse allegations continue to pile up against late labor leader César Chávez, some voices online are calling on San Antonio rename the major downtown thoroughfare that bears his name. On Wednesday, National Farm Workers Association (later United Farm Workers) co-founder Dolores Huerta released a statement accusing her longtime collaborator of raping her on […]