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An aerial view of the Bexar County Adult Detention Center located in the near Westside of Downtown San Antonio.

To address mental health crisis in jails, Bexar County chooses not to sue state, for now

by Andrea Drusch February 23, 2023February 24, 2023

City code enforcement employees walk the Seven Oaks Apartment Complex where multiple complaints of unlivable conditions required action from the City of San Antonio.

City moves forward on apartment inspections, renter rights awareness

by Iris Dimmick February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

UT Health San Antonio names globally recognized scientist to serve as the first dean at new School of Public Health.

UT Health launches Latino-focused cancer research center

by Raquel Torres February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

Students of NISD's Joe Straus III Middle School arrive to school during the first week of the 2021-2022 school year.

San Antonio Report hosts youth mental health panel March 7, and we want to hear from you

by Tracy Idell Hamilton February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Karen Martinez, 12, clings to her mother Blanca Blanco's arm while getting the Pfizer vaccine administered by University of the Incarnate Word nursing student Jacob Zuniga in 2021. UIW partnered with the City of San Antonio to reach families who still haven't been vaccinated.

End of federal COVID emergency will hit poor populations hardest

by Raquel Torres February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

Cheryl Wyatt poses for a portrait Sunday in front of the old Woolworth’s building in Alamo Plaza. In 1960 she and one of her friends skipped school and took the bus to join local church pastors who organized a sit-in to protest segregation. Today the building will become part of the new Alamo Museum and Visitors Center.

San Antonio woman recalls her role in 1960 Woolworth sit-in to desegregate lunch counters

by Shari Biediger February 6, 2023February 7, 2023

City adopts three year $3.7 million plan to increase police presence in 28 violent crime "hotspots" around the city in an effort to reduce crime.

City rolls out violent crime reduction plan

by Iris Dimmick February 1, 2023February 2, 2023

Councilman Manny Pelaez (D8) on Thursday at City Council A Session.

Sandoval accuses Pelaez of ‘tantrum’ as council mulls final pandemic relief funding

by Iris Dimmick January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

Councilwoman Teri Castillo (D5) speaks in support of a resolution to bring awareness to the rights of tenants in San Antonio.

Council members move to boost renters’ awareness of their rights

by Iris Dimmick January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Deshona Jernigan, a coach at the Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio, speaks to program participants at the Calderon Clubhouse on Monday evening.

Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio gets $840K to add mental health services

by Iris Dimmick January 23, 2023January 23, 2023