Local search for the Alamo City

9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (116+ words) The San Antonio Current, San Antonio's award-winning alternative media company, has served as the city's premiere multimedia source of alternative news, events and culture since 1986. Don't Miss a Moment. Since 1986, the SA Current has served as the free, independent voice…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (707+ words) EL PASO " Advocacy groups and a West Texas resident filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration for bypassing environmental laws to speed up its efforts to build a border barrier in the Big Bend area along the Rio Grande,…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1018+ words) With family-friendly roots that date to 1951, Cornyation was devised by San Antonio Little Theatre director Bob Salek to lampoon Fiesta's stuffiest tradition: the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo." But first, a little background. Born and…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (971+ words) Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. I recently took a pleasant stroll through the traffic-free streets of downtown San Antonio last month with 10, 000 like-minded critics of a neo-royalist regime." The friendly neighborhood cops who dutifully kept impatient…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (351+ words) An 1890 King William home that was once the residence of renowned Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas has just experienced a deep price cut. When the Current last reported on the listing for this gem of musical and architectural history last June,…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (338+ words) U. S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, this week said he's told President Donald Trump on three separate occasions that he has no interest in becoming a U. S. Supreme Court justice. "In the first Trump term, the president spoke to me seriously about all…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (202+ words) Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando Weekly, News Break,…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (259+ words) Another homegrown burger joint is headed to downtown San Antonio. Lucky Patty Smash Burgers, a food truck with a classic menu, is making the big transition to a storefront this year in downtown's Maverick Building, a recent state filing shows....

4+ hour, 59+ min ago  (280+ words) Another caravan of protesters is heading to the South Texas Family Residential Center an hour southwest of San Antonio, to decry the conditions inside. This weekend's demonstration at the controversial migrant detention center in Dilley is organized by an array…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago  (328+ words) If the San Antonio Spurs are going to go on a deep playoff run, they'll need contributions from up and down the roster. Obviously, MVP candidate Victor Wembanyama will do a lot of the heavy lifting for San Antonio, but…...