San Antonio is among the nation’s most affordable large metro areas, according to a study published Tuesday by financial advising company SmartAsset. Indeed, the analysis ranks the Alamo City area as No. 3 in the nation for affordable living. After all, a person with no kids needs to make just $59,270 a year, after taxes, to […]
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and it’s a safe bet that plenty of procrastinating San Antonians are scrambling to find something that will put a smile on Mom’s face. Don’t fret, unorganized comrades, we’ve got a list of last-minute events that will make it look like you have your shit together, especially if your mama […]
Who among us hasn’t unleashed a volley of expletives at an idiot who cuts across three lanes of traffic with no blinker on to catch an exit? Why, if you drive in San Antonio, it may have only been a day or two since you let those cuss words fly. But the Alamo City hasn’t […]
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. St. Mary’s Strip staple Tycoon Flats will take over the recently shuttered Cerroni’s Purple Garlic location on Austin Highway, according to signage affixed to the building’s face.
Alamo Beer Co. will produce a line of hemp-infused canned drinks for Wyoming’s HighBridge Premium, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. The San Antonio-based craft brewer will co-package HighBridge beverages infused with delta-9 THC for distribution in Texas and Minnesota, according to the publication. The drinks will occupy a third of Alamo’s production line.
The San Antonio Public Library’s Pop Madness fan convention will be held at the newly renovated Central Library on Saturday, May 13. Now in its sixth year, Pop Madness brings fans from all sorts of fandoms together to celebrate authors, artists and content creators of all kinds. Guests for the event include artists Usagi Wasabi, […]
The San Antonio Food Bank is under stress going into summer, typically its busiest time of the year. In the first quarter, its the Food Bank’s requests for assistance grew 38%, while supplies of shelf-stable food have declined dramatically.
Savvy Sliders is expanding its mini-burger brand into the Lone Star State, opening new stores in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston this summer, according to details shared by the Michigan-based company. Savvy Sliders locations offer a variety of the chain’s namesake sliders, including options made with Angus beef, chicken, cod and falafel.
Yet another San Antonian is facing criminal charges that he participated in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. The FBI identified San Antonio resident Frederic Fiol, 41, through Facebook posts and photos from the scene as a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot intended to overturn the election of President Joe Biden, […]
With less than a month left in the legislative session, the odds that teachers will get the kind of raise they say they badly need are rapidly diminishing. Teachers had hoped this would be the year the Texas Legislature would approve a substantial across-the-board pay raise for them as lawmakers, tasked with deciding how to […]