Some evacuees are driving 12 hours or more to Port San Antonio to run away from Hurricane Gustav. Officials expect increasing numbers of evacuees throughout the afternoon.

Many San Antonio Democrats cheered and clapped, some with tears in their eyes, at a handful of parties yesterday to watch Barack Obama give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Some kindergarteners at Regency Place Elementary School couldn’t understand much on the first day of class. The children - half Spanish speakers, half English - are in a recently expanded dual language program that will make them bilingual.

Mothers and daughters oohed and awed at fancy dresses, cakes and more at the Priscilla’s Advice Quinceanera Expo, which helps families plan their daughters’ fifteenth birthday parties and coming-of-age celebrations.

Teachers and staff from Northside Independent School District got pumped up for the school year on Thursday at one of 10 Convocations the district is holding at Brandeis High School for its 10,000 employees.

Rain came down in buckets during a brief thunderstorm that passed through downtown San Antonio around 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Children in the foster care system got treated to new hair styles at the Back to School Hair-A-Thon, a Child Protective Services event that also taught foster parents about care and maintenance for African American hair and skin.