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Spurs Name Danny Ferry Vice President of Basketball Operations

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 10:03 p.m.
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SAN ANTONIO, August 26, 2010 - The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Danny Ferry has been named the team’s Vice President of Basketball Operations ...

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The San Antonio Spurs release Malik Hairston

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Published July 29, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.

The Spurs have released 23-year old forward Malik Hairston at his own request ... Hairston played in 47 games (0 starts) for the Spurs last season and he averaged 6.7 minutes, 2.1 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.3 assists per game ... He played in 62 games (0 starts) in his two years with the Spurs [ ... ] ...

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Chemist says air toxics from BP’s Deepwater spill headed for Texas

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:28 a.m.
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Federal regulators say toxic levels on wind too low to worry ... Greg Harman ... gharman@sacurrent.com ... [Dedicated to those who thought my poo-pooing of continent-wide destruction claims was disrespectful to the coastal residents facing real risks.] ... BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana — and the company-led assault to contain it — is ...

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The worst way to get dumped

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:28 a.m.

Last weekend, a couple visiting from Houston got a puro San Anto experience that had nothing to do with Mexican food, accordions or the River Walk. Instead, on Friday, July 2, as they visited an old railroad site, they witnessed a man pull up in a pick-up truck, remove a dog from his truck bed and drive away, leaving the young canine all by its lonesome. Being dog lovers, they retrieved the pup and the dog dumper’s license plate number ...

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SA should fear frack water demands, says (tree-hugging?) attorney

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:27 a.m.

First water permit filed for SA River water to mine in Karnes, Dewitt ... Greg Harman ... gharman@sacurrent.com ... Across more than a dozen South Texas counties, a band of mostly open country passing just south of San Antonio, millions of gallons upon millions of water are being shot thousands of feet underground to fracture the hard Eagle Ford Shale and drain out the natural gas and oil found there. And increasingly, supra-national Big Oil is entering the growing energy play and putting new

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Get Trashed for Free on Saturday

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:26 a.m.

Finally, getting Bubba to dispose of his truck tire collection in the front yard just got a little easier. The City's Solid Waste Department and area landfills are having a free landfill disposal day this Saturday, July 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m ... At one of five local dumps, Bubba can trash tires, brush and all sorts of other non-hazardous waste for free, free, free ... Just remember to bring a CPS bill and a photo ID to confirm you pay the residential solid waste fee. Here's the link for

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Hyatt Canvasses Canvas Label Art

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:23 a.m.

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, in partnership with Folio Fine Wine Partners (run by Michael Mondavi), has announced a contest directed at “qualilfied art students” age 18 and older. Their task will be to design labels for Folio’s Canvas label cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and merlot, a line of ... California ... wines developed with Hyatt and Master Sommelier Andrea Immer Robinson. (Why the line’s zinfandel, the quintessential ... California ... wine, was not included is beyond me.) The real

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After deadline: More local music this week

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:22 a.m.
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Two more local events worth mentioning this week: ... Friday, July 9: A dual CD-release party for local hip-hop MCs the Midax and Itzli at Pedicab. Doors open at 9 p.m. Proceeds go to h ...

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New 'Q

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:21 a.m.

There is news that Gonzales Food Market, “sausage since 1959”, is coming to town from its home base in, yes, Gonzales. Local pitmasters beware, as GFM, among other accomplishments, is featured in Robb Walsh’s “Legends of Texas Barbecue Cook Book”. Sausage, brisket and both pork and lamb ribs are among the traditional offerings, and the competition can only be good for local ‘Q heads; we have a long way to go before reaching Lockhart/ Luling/Elgin status, so the more the meatier. The

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Roll Out the Barrel

Published July 18, 2010 at 10:21 a.m.

Most Americans are used to beer with a brewing date of last week, so it might come as a surprise that there is growing interest in the ancient art of producing barrel-aged brews, beers that have spent time in barrels that may have been previously used for spirits such as bourbon or even wines the likes of chardonnay. (Cask-conditioning, which often takes place in stainless containers, is a variation of this process.) The beer may undergo a secondary fermentation and become naturally carbonated;

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