Tornado damages northwest San Antonio; no injuries reported
A tornado damaged parts of northwest San Antonio on Wednesday, tearing roofs from buildings, toppling trees and damaging businesses, but no injuries were reported, city officials said.
A tornado damaged parts of northwest San Antonio on Wednesday, tearing roofs from buildings, toppling trees and damaging businesses, but no injuries were reported, city officials said.
More than 100 people gathered at San Antonio City Hall on Friday before marching through downtown to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican national fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during an enforcement operation in Houston earlier this week.
A task force created by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones released a report Wednesday recommending nine strategies to increase voter participation in San Antonio and Bexar County through year-round civic engagement efforts.
San Antonio officials said some neighborhoods experience temperatures more than 10 degrees higher than other parts of the city and are expanding heat mitigation efforts to reduce those disparities as periods of extreme heat become more frequent.
James Branch, chief of staff to San Antonio District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, left City Hall on Monday after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones publicly identified him as a city employee who had access to information related to her security detail during an internal leak investigation.
A city commission approved plans for a shopping center on a former commercial fueling station in downtown San Antonio, even as District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur continued efforts to have the property donated to the city’s Parks Department.
The City of San Antonio’s Office of Emergency Management is seeking public feedback through July 31 to help update the city’s Hazard Mitigation Plan and strengthen future disaster preparedness efforts.
Southwest Research Institute has joined a proposal to establish a national lunar research center in San Antonio, including plans for a 180-acre site that would replicate the moon’s surface near the institute’s main campus on Culebra Road.
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will hold the 47th CineFestival San Antonio from July 9 to 12 at the Carver Community Cultural Center, featuring documentaries, feature films and short films that highlight Chicanx, Latinx and Latin American stories.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden defended its public funding as city officials consider eliminating its annual subsidy to help address a projected $158 million budget shortfall.