The last time a mob of meerkats lived at the San Antonio Zoo, Bill Clinton was still president, Netscape still ruled the internet and the Dallas Cowboys were still reigning Super Bowl champions. Fortunately, though, the long wait will soon be over: a meerkat mob, or family group, will officially move into their new manor […]
This week’s most-read Current food news was all about growth, from second locations to brand-spanking new concepts — and a little bit of everything in between. The former site of popular Broadway eatery Beto’s Alt-Mex will get a second lease on life as Mexican restaurant La Malinche, while local businesses Lucy Cooper’s and The Hayden […]
Families worried about feeding their kids over the summer months may find relief thanks to San Antonio schools’ participation in a federal food assistance program. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program is a federally funded, state-administered effort that provides children and teens in low-income areas with free, nutritious meals when school […]
Hard news and politics often dominates the Current’s list of most-read stories. Not this week.
The Alamo has triumphed in USA Today’s Best Free Attraction competition. The 300-year-old landmark surpassed 19 other attractions including New York’s High Line, Austin’s Congress Bridge bats and Northern California’s Redwood State and National Parks in racking up votes from readers in the category.
The total of number of people experiencing homelessness in Bexar County increased by 5.3% — or 3,155 people — over the past 12 months, according a new census of individuals experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness here. The data is part of the latest point-in-time count conducted annually by the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the […]
A seasonal grill and wine bar targeted to waist-watching diners will open this Saturday at Alamo Quarry Market. Seasons 52 — a concept from the company behind the Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse chains — will take over the space that previously housed Mo’s Irish Pub. The restaurant’s schtick?
After years of unyielding public fealty to Donald Trump, Sen. John Cornyn has decided that the former reality show president is no longer his BFF. “We need to come up with an alternative,” Texas’ senior Republican senators said on Thursday press call, the Dallas Morning News reports. “I think President Trump’s time has passed him […]
Lingering on the precipice of being considered lost media, David Lynch’s first digitally shot film, Inland Empire (2006), has been remastered as a part of the Criterion Collection for a Blu-ray and 4k release. This three-hour dream sequence of a movie was initially shot in disparate scenes on a low-resolution Sony handheld camera, meaning that […]
Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Earlier this year, San Antonio’s newly elected and proudly middle-of-the-road Mayor Ron Nirenberg dedicated a street to a card-carrying communist.