The mental health of LGBTQ+ youth is deteriorating as lawmakers, including those in Texas, push legislation to curtail LGBTQ+ rights, according to a national survey released Monday by The Trevor Project. About one in three survey participants said their mental health was poor “most of the time” or “always” due to anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and policies […]
Legendary rock band Aerosmith is coming to San Antonio’s AT&T Center on Wednesday, Nov. 1 as part of its Peace Out farewell tour. The show is likely be the four-time Grammy-award winning act’s final Alamo City appearance. Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday.
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. After repeatedly trafficking in racist comparisons of border crossers to “invaders,” Gov. Greg Abbott is now under fire for identifying the victims of last week’s mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, as “illegal immigrants.”
People are still relocating to Texas in big numbers, and the Alamo City remains one of the state’s biggest moving destinations, a new study shows. Indeed, San Antonio was the No. 9 most-moved-to city in the United States, according to a report by moving-truck company Penske. If there’s a bright side for residents concerned about SA’s […]
Growing up ravenous for any “young adult” content that offered the slightest glimpse of sexuality, I — along with generations of girls — gravitated to Judy Blume novels like a shark drawn to (menstrual) blood. But I was never a Margaret fan.
The University of the Incarnate Word has sued the owner of Texas Vista Medical Center, the South Side hospital slated to close on Monday, accusing it of not paying millions to students completing residencies there. Texas Vista owner Steward Health Care Systems owes $4.5 million in unpaid salaries to students doing post-graduate training contracted by the […]
The Texas House on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that is calling for significant investments to beef up schools’ safety, including hiring at least one armed security officer at every campus, providing incentives for school employees to get certified to carry a weapon and installing silent panic alert buttons in every classroom. House Bill […]
Having a livable planet is clearly at the top of mind for Current readers this week. How else can you explain that our most-read story for that period was on a study that ranked three Texas cities as the least sustainable metro areas in the nation. Fortunately, San Antonio wasn’t among them, although we didn’t […]
A GoFundMe has been started to help pay for the medical bills of the man shot during Fiesta celebrations in downtown San Antonio on Wednesday. Omar Rodriguez, 25, was shot at San Antonio’s Historic Market Square Wednesday night by a still unknown gunman. According to the GoFundMe launched by his sister on Thursday, Rodriguez has […]
Chef-driven burger joint Bunz Handcrafted Burgers quietly expanded its San Antonio footprint with a second location earlier this week, this one dubbed Bunz Express. The company marked the occasion with a social media announcement featuring local influencer Chris Flores, also known as eatmigos. The new shop, located at 6819 N. Loop 1604 W., officially opened […]