Spring Break
Students and administrators in a local school district are engaged in a game of digital WHAC-A-MOLE. And, as with the popular arcade game of carnivals and pizza parlors, no matter how hard administrators hit the mole, new ones keep popping up.
Fourteen area high school participants in the silver anniversary Urban Journalism Workshop at San Antonio College have produced another edition of You S.A.
After being laid off in February, Jesse Tarin started searching for work closer to home. His former employer, CUNA Mutual Insurance, was headquartered in Madison, Wis., but he had been posted as a CUNA risk manager in San Antonio, where he lived with his wife and three daughters.
Four teens drive up to the front of Santikos Silverado movie theater in Northwest San Antonio with hard rock blaring from the stereo.
High school students in the top 10 percent of their class aspiring to attend the University of Texas-Austin in fall 2011 may have to choose an alternative. "Being in the top 10 percent is an honor," said Danielle Vargas, 16, Stevens High School class of 2011.
Every Saturday night, a crew of teenagers broadcasts "Say It Loud," the only student-run radio show in San Antonio. Produced by Jim Belt, the show is a Christian-based ministry that encourages teens to think differently and to weigh what it really means to be a Christian teenager.
Here are the students who produced You S.A. They were selected in the spring, and spent 13 days at San Antonio College to learn more about journalism and photography.
Kristin Richardson tanned for the first time when she was 16. The Johnson High School graduate loved her golden complexion. And spending up to three 15-minute sessions a week in a warm tanning bed with a fan was more relaxing than sunning for hours in the Texas heat.
Newly elected San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro believes San Antonio's future could be improved by focusing on empowering youth.
First Friday was meant to be one day of the month when people could stroll between galleries, eyeing and buying art in Southtown San Antonio.
Tending to customers since she was 17 has taught Olive Garden waitress Blanca Mendez tolerance. She recalled a teenage couple giving her a hard time. They sent her scurrying to fill their order and then complained something was wrong with their food.
