A majority of the San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to move municipal elections from May to November.

The Pride district's rainbow crosswalks are a pending casualty of federal and state pressure. But San Antonio says it plans to install "rainbow-colored sidewalk treatments" near the intersection instead.

The San Antonio Police Department reported 124,314 crimes from January through November 2025, which is down from 143,529 reported during the same period in 2024.

A City of San Antonio housing manager was allowed to stay in her role last year, despite an internal investigation that determined she embellished portions of her work history, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Overall crime in San Antonio declined more than 13% in 2025, according to data presented Tuesday by Police Chief William McManus to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.

The City of San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board held a holiday meet and greet on Tuesday night, weeks after the Texas Department of Transportation denied the city’s request to keep rainbow-colored crosswalks in the pride district.

The now-former council staffer accused of leaving a note with a “threatening” statement in the field office of Councilwoman Misty Spears (D9) would not answer KSAT’s questions about it on Tuesday. However, his former boss — and Spears’ predecessor — has jumped to his defense.

A City of San Antonio audit described its Neighborhood & Housing Services Department as having an environment vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The City of San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board held a holiday meet and greet on Tuesday night.

A staff member for a San Antonio City Council district office has been arrested on a terroristic threat charge, according to an email obtained by KSAT from City Manager Erik Walsh to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the city council.

Several West Side homeowners said they regularly see speeding and crashes at the intersection of Cincinnati Avenue and Stonegate Drive.

Work is set to begin on a $15.3 million project to renovate the clinic and build a new veterinary hospital next door, nearly five times its size.

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Most of the San Antonio City Council appears reluctant to move the city’s elections from May to November in odd-numbered years before a Dec. 31 deadline.

Two weeks after a 76-year-old woman died after being hit while crossing an Southeast Side intersection, family and neighbors are asking the City of San Antonio to make safety and infrastructure improvements.

City Council on Wednesday will debate whether to move its city council elections from May to November in odd-numbered years.

The city-owned water utility expects it will needs to raise revenues across its water supply, water distribution and wastewater systems by nearly 42% over the next five years.

The San Antonio City Council will debate whether to move its city council elections from May to November in odd-numbered years at a Wednesday meeting.

The City of San Antonio is considering alternatives to sending officers to do parking enforcement or handle the low-priority calls that make up about 10% of the 1.8 million dispatched calls each year: minor car accidents, lost or stolen property, found property, or noise enforcement.

San Antonio City Council will consider an item later this month that could add nearly 100 traffic-monitoring and vehicle-detection cameras at intersections across the city.

Membership appointments for a newly formed pedestrian and transportation safety commission made up of transportation advocates and practitioners from across the spectrum was approved by San Antonio City Council this week.

The City of San Antonio’s Transportation Department has launched a High-Injury Network Dashboard, part of a larger concerted effort to curb severe and fatal crashes.

San Antonio Councilwoman Teri Castillo (D5) wants the city to take more steps to protect older San Antonians. She submitted a policy proposal on Wednesday asking the city to provide “no soliciting” yard signs, lobbying for stronger laws and providing access to legal aid.

Drivers on part of the Northwest Side could have to pump their brakes as the city considers a plan to downshift the default speed limit on city streets from 30 to 25 mph.

District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez avoided a license suspension after her July DWI arrest, court records show.

A street safety project in Beacon Hill cleared review by San Antonio’s art commission this week, advancing despite a call from Gov. Greg Abbott to “remove all political ideologies” from Texas streets.

A North Side councilwoman accused of driving with a blood alcohol content of nearly double the legal limit appeared in court for the first time Monday since she was arrested 16 weeks ago.

A deadly crash on a curvy East Side neighborhood street has people there calling for more protection against speeding drivers.

District 6 council member Ric Galvan filed the city’s first Council Consideration Request (CCR) to examine the exponential growth of data centers in San Antonio.

Centro San Antonio, Visit San Antonio, District 3 Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran, and other city officials held a pep rally on Friday to recognize the approval of Propositions A and B.

On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited Joe Angel’s Boxing Gym on San Antonio’s west side to sit down in the ring with District 5’s Teri Castillo.

San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved major updates to its existing film incentives program, months after Texas passed a new law aimed at growing the state’s role in securing productions.

With departures including Jones’ first chief of staff and two short-lived spokesmen, the chairman of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Department of Political Science and Geography, Professor Jon Taylor, said the rate of turnover since Jones took office in mid-June suggests instability.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones received a less-than-enthusiastic response Thursday evening during an event organized by several LGBTQ+ organizations at the rainbow crosswalk in the Pride Cultural Heritage District.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is searching for two new staffers after her communications director and special assistant tendered their resignations on Friday.

On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited Denman Estate Park to chat with District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez.

Recent statements made by San Antonio leaders suggest a land bridge over Interstate 37 may be scrapped amid uncertainty surrounding Biden-era federal grants.

San Marcos could see its existing City Hall moved down the street, closer to a growing urban center, after city council members unanimously approved new plans this week.

Proposition B opponents have filed an ethics complaint with the City of San Antonio, alleging some city council members have used town hall-style meetings to push a pro-Spurs arena viewpoint ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

On April 14, Martinez, 51, was driving with her son in her recently purchased Ford Explorer through the intersection of North New Braunfels Avenue and Dawson Street. There, at the East Side intersection, an SAPD civilian crime scene investigator pulled into her path in a city vehicle.

On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited Woodlawn Lake Park to chat with District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and a city committee flipped on a no-action recommendation from staff to track heat-related deaths in San Antonio, approving the policy for a future Community Health committee meeting.

This fall, the San Antonio Spurs hope Bexar County voters give them the OK to return to the spot where the city first fell in love with them: Hemisfair.

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended with two separate shootings on Friday night.

Bexar County leaders are voicing concerns on the controversial Guajolote Ranch development proposed for northwest Bexar County.

COPS/Metro gathered on the steps of City Hall on Friday to protest Proposition B, a measure that would allocate Bexar County dollars to help pay for a new Spurs arena if voters approve it in the Nov. 4 election.

The City of San Antonio, Bexar County and the San Antonio Spurs are pouring into a large pot of money. Here’s how.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones will not be sanctioned for soliciting the Democratic National Convention to come to San Antonio after the city’s Ethics Review Board dismissed an ethics complaint the mayor called “politically motivated.”

Marina Alderete Gavito (D7) and Ivalis Meza Gonzalez (D8) took a tour of the Guajolote Ranch development earlier this week and have since filed a report, calling for their fellow council members to discuss the issue for the first time.

Earlier this summer, San Antonio police officers began to provide Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones after-hours security at her home, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The nonprofit organization COPS/Metro hosted a press conference on Thursday in opposition to Proposition B, which appears on the November election ballot.

The Ethics Review Board will hear a complaint on Monday regarding Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ solicitation of the Democratic National Convention to come to San Antonio.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and City Manager Erik Walsh said they do not expect any immediate effects on city services that rely on federal funding during the government shutdown.

An economic impact analysis on Project Marvel commissioned by the City of San Antonio will cost taxpayers more than $330 thousand dollars, according to records obtained by KSAT Investigates.

Two San Antonio city councilwomen got their first look Tuesday of the site of a controversial housing development that borders their districts in northwest Bexar County.

On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited Hemisfair to chat with District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur outside Commonwealth Coffeehouse & Bakery.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' first 100 days has been marked by city council power struggles, tackling a growing deficit and losing a collection of high-profile votes. But the freshman mayor says success is about being able to "look in the mirror."

In her time as mayor, Jones has notably lobbied for delays to Project Marvel and changes to the Council Consideration Requests (CCR) process amid a constant back-and-forth with city council members.

Neighbors have called KSAT three times this year about crashes on Heather Meadow, the main road that runs through the Blue Ridge Ranch neighborhood.

A local Republican Party official who filed an ethics complaint against Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones over her pursuit of bringing the Democratic National Convention to San Antonio wants Jones to offer the same opportunity to his party.

A median project on Pleasanton Road intended to improve pedestrian safety has frustrated residents and business owners on the South Side.

The San Antonio City Council voted 9-2 on Thursday to amend an ordinance for the city’s policy proposal process amid a power struggle at City Hall.

Facing a budget crunch amid flagging property and sales tax revenues, the San Antonio City Council still passed a $4.06 billion budget Thursday morning.

Fifty people were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Wednesday for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

A set of new fines for people who abandon animals in San Antonio has a much narrower scope than originally described.

A power struggle is continuing at City Hall as four council members challenged San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ push to overhaul the process for advancing policy proposals.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales has recused himself from District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez’s DWI case.

City Council approved a new set of fines for people caught abandoning animals in San Antonio in a 10-1 vote Thursday morning. In a statement emailed to news outlets after the vote, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said, “it lacked the required due diligence and public engagement.”

The latest Pickup Lines segment features Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia. She and Ernie discussed her childhood, being the first in her family to get a college degree, caring for both of her parents as they battle Alzheimer’s disease, and her brand-new health initiative

San Antonio City Council passed a motion to censure District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez after her arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in July.

During a budget work session Wednesday, Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) referenced a KSAT Investigates story about the mayor’s use of Washington, D.C.-based Frontwood Strategies to, in part, handle her media communications.

Less than three months into her first term, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is losing at least her third staff member.

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has refiled the DWI charge for District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez.

An outside media consultant brought on board by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones in late August is costing taxpayers $10,000 a month, internal city records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Low-attendance classes offered by the San Antonio Parks & Recreation Department are on the budget chopping block as the city tries to close a looming deficit.

The San Antonio Housing Trust has closed on the Robert E. Lee Apartments downtown.

On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited the North Side to chat with District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears at The Mermaid Cafe.

Citing “new information,” San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called a special meeting to consider censuring District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez after her arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in July.

A proposal to fine people caught dumping unwanted pets and other animals in San Antonio will get a council vote after all.

A project to make improvements along a major East Side roadway is causing growing pains for some people in the area.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones delayed a proposal this week that aimed to punish people who abandon animals in San Antonio, a source told KSAT.

As the City of San Antonio tries to close a yawning budget deficit, part of staff’s solution is to raise various fees and fines, including parking tickets.

The San Antonio Spurs’ first public rally in favor of a new arena will be in an area they hope to call home soon: downtown San Antonio.

An ensemble of labor organizers in San Antonio met Monday morning in opposition to Project Marvel, the city’s planned sports and entertainment district at Hemisfair.

City Manager Erik Walsh acknowledged Assistant City Manager Lori Houston’s retirement in a Friday afternoon email to the city executive team. Her last day at the city is Sept. 26.

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As Councilwoman Sukh Kaur (D1) read off written audience questions during her district’s budget town hall Tuesday night to be answered by city staff at the meeting, some had to do with the city’s plans for a sports and entertainment district around Hemisfair or the proposed $1.3 billion Spurs arena that would serves as its centerpiece.

The cluster of bar and restaurants at the Southwest corner of Hemisfair is a little over a quarter-mile walk from the proposed site of the arena, the former Institute of Texan Cultures building. Should the arena be built, they anticipate a bump in traffic and sales.

Just months after winning a reelection bid, District 10 councilman Marc Whyte may have his eyes on another elected office.

The San Antonio City Council has approved a funding deal for a $1.3 billion Spurs arena after shooting down the mayor’s request for a pause.

District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito joined Wednesday’s 6 O’Clock News for a KSAT Q&A to discuss San Antonio city council’s upcoming Project Marvel vote.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wants the city to hold off on approving the nonbinding terms until a new economic report can be completed and the city can hold numerous community meetings. Supporters say it's time to push ahead so voters have a clear idea of the larger deal when they go to the polls in November.

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 includes 25 new patrol officers, but a group of North and Northwest Side council members say it’s still not enough.

The vote on funding for Project Marvel, the proposed sports and entertainment district in downtown San Antonio, has been postponed.

A firm hired by the City of San Antonio to study the economic impact of Project Marvel has extensive business ties to a minority owner of the San Antonio Spurs, according to an analysis of background checks by KSAT Investigates.

Jones said she still intends to look at ways to improve the process, but asked council members to provide feedback.

City staff presented a draft spending plan for Fiscal Year 2026 to council members Thursday morning. The entire $4.04 billion budget is a 2.2% increase over the $3.96 billion budget the previous council approved for the current fiscal year, ending on Sept. 30.

For Emily Hutcheson and her young children, biking isn’t just a fun family activity: it’s a way to build community and promote healthy habits.

KSAT's Ernie Zuniga Visits Morgan’s Wonderland in District 10 and chats with Councilman Marc Whyte about budget needs, new colleagues and Project Marvel spending.

As Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones doubled down on changing the process for submitting council member proposals, a majority of the city council pushed back on her attempt to unilaterally make that decision.