Starr County remains the sole defendant in a suit seeking $1 million in damages filed by Lizelle Gonzalez, who accused local officials of malicious prosecution and conspiracy.

Earlier this month, staff, supporters and participants of Reflejo Court lined up at the Bexar County Commissioners Court and pleaded with the elected body to not defund the treatment program for first-time domestic violence offenders. One issue: the treatment court was not on the chopping block.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing woman with a diagnosed medical condition, last seen in northwest Bexar County.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024.

Authorities in Chile say that wildfires raging across central and southern areas of the country have left at least 18 people dead.

The year is almost over, and we would be remiss if we didn’t highlight some of the top animal stories on KSAT in 2025. From pet Fiesta fashion to new additions to the San Antonio Zoo, this year has had no shortage of animal-related headlines.

Gabrielle Gonzales, known online as ‘Siempre San Antonio,’ challenged people on social media to the #FoodiesFillingPantries challenge.

Former Castle Hills councilwoman Sylvia Gonzalez and the city have agreed to a six-figure settlement following a federal lawsuit that made its way up to the Supreme Court in 2024.

More than 100,000 pet owners have found their missing animals with Petco Love Lost.

San Antonio City Council District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez publicly acknowledged a 2010 driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrest for the first time on Wednesday.

San Antonio City Council District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez was arrested late Thursday on a driving while intoxicated charge, according to a warrant obtained by KSAT.

The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles.

The June 12 floods in San Antonio left Cristine Gonzalez’s fiancé and daughter mourning her loss.

Two people were arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run on a lake over Memorial Day weekend, according to authorities.

The Texas Lutheran softball team is heading to the NCAA Division III Super Regionals after defeating Ithaca College 9-1 on Saturday.

KSAT 12 Sports and CHRISTUS Children’s shine a spotlight on a local senior student athlete

Meet KSAT 12’s newest Scholar Athlete of the Week: Julissa Gonzalez of Taft High School.

Prosecutors in Medina County dismissed a felony charge against a car theft suspect last year amid accusations that a sheriff’s lieutenant searched the man’s home without a warrant, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Support a local business while filling those Christmas stockings with unique items. Gabby Gonzalez tells us about some upcoming street markets.

A popular San Antonio restaurant was reinspected in Sept. 2024 after inspectors found live pests inside and clean dishes sitting on the floor.

A jury decided on an eight-year prison sentence for Samantha Castillo around 8 p.m. Friday, hours after closing arguments took place.

High school started off rough for one senior at Holy Cross, but thanks to her family and the support of her school community she was able to graduate on a high note and now has big plans for herself.

The Democratic runoff race for Bexar County Precinct 1 commissioner has been heated, fueled by accusations of lying and broken promises.

Rebeca Clay-Flores and Amanda Gonzalez are facing off in the May 28 Democratic runoff election.

The former executive director of Blue Cares, the nonprofit arm of the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association, said she was told by association leadership to create meeting records for a charitable bingo application last summer.

Reflejo Court is a 12-month program for first-time offenders of family violence

A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court to charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia.

Fink shared lessons he learned along his journey to becoming a world champion.

The proposed park would use about 50 acres of land near Talley Road and Medio Drive.

Former Castle Hills Council Member Sylvia Gonzalez sued the city after police arrested her for tampering with government records, which she said was in retaliation for her criticism of the city manager.

The case involving former Castle Hills councilwoman Sandra Gonzalez started five years ago when she was charged with tampering with governmental documents. On Wednesday, it will head to the U.S. Supreme Court.

This is the 12th year of the San Antonio Book Festival and nearly 100 authors will be attending.

The Brooks Development Authority has spent thousands of dollars on food, drinks, and tickets for a UTSA football suite in the fall of 2023, according to receipts and a contract obtained by KSAT.

The trial for two men accused of killing Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay will resume Tuesday after opening statements and testimony on the long-in-the-making trial's first day.

It has been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers in the final game of the regular season.

A former officer of the year for the Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department has sued the city under the Texas Whistleblower Act, claiming she was subjected to “prolonged dangerous and abusive behavior” from the department’s police chief, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Almost everywhere selling tamales in San Antonio has lines out the door, with some people sleeping in their vehicles waiting for the doors to open.

The city of Fair Oaks Ranch has released an independent report that clears Police Chief Tim Moring of wrongdoing and claims that officers who came forward with complaints against Moring were attempting to distract attention from their inappropriate relationship with one another.

A former officer of the year for the Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department said she was fired this month after exposing multiple acts of misconduct by the department’s chief.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a former Castle Hills councilwoman who sued city officials following her arrest on a tampering charge after criticizing the city manager.

A small diving group in New York City is trying to do its part in undoing the pollution threatening the oceans and aquatic wildlife.

Yoán Moncada scampered home on a 10th-inning wild pitch that knocked down umpire Cory Blaser, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Police say a man who didn’t want his girlfriend to get an abortion fatally shot her during a confrontation in a Dallas parking lot.

Connie Gonzalez, the Chief Strategy Officer for Brooks, joined Leading SA to discuss the history, plans, and vision for the community.

Bexar County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez won an appeal over her right to display a rainbow flag in her courtroom.

Inside Meemo’s Bakery and Cafe in San Antonio, they crack a lot of eggs. Problem is, the price of eggs is cracking the budget.

The amoeba is a microscopic organism that quickly destroys brain tissue and can kill in just days.

A closed golf course on the city’s Southeast Side could be converted to an arboretum and offer educational programming.

The judicial landscape continues to favor Democrats in Bexar County after six Republican seats up for re-election were overturned on Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills aimed at moving away from reliance on fossil fuel-based energy.

TechFuel is a local startup pitch competition hosted by Tech Bloc and sponsored by the Bexar County Economic & Community Development Department.

A new study finds that minority neighborhoods where residents were long denied home loans through a practice called redlining have twice as many oil and gas wells as mostly white neighborhoods.

The annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City's Times Square has arrived just as the year prior began, with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future.

The timing couldn’t be worse. COVID-19 cases are surging in the middle of mountain cedar season, causing doubts for some who may have seasonal allergies.

Heavy rainfall overnight caused Culebra Creek to rise, resulting in a high water rescue.

With thousands of followers, local TikToker Gabrielle Gonzalez has discovered the path to San Antonio’s heart: food.

To find one San Antonio teacher's true artistic spirit you’ve got to follow the path of her paintings, mural to mural across South Texas.

Bexar County Court Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is awaiting her own day in court after she was forced to remove the rainbow Pride flag and other items from her courtroom in 2019.

The daughter of a woman who was brutally murdered says she sensed something was wrong from the moment she learned of her mother’s disappearance.

Strong winds from a storm caused a couple's RV to tip over while they were inside and also damaged the roof of a motel nearby.

Students in the North East Independent School District and all around San Antonio are taking part in Earth Day activities as a way to celebrate the day and learn about the importance of the environment.

San Antonio – A local clinic hopes to get remdisivir, the FDA-approved treatment option for COVID-19, approved for use outside of the hospital setting. Currently, remedisivir is being used as a treatment for COVID-19 patients only in the hospital. Previously, it was used for treatment of Hepatitis C. They used it in Ebola. “It’s approved to be used in a hospital, so now they’re trying to get to the approval so that it can be used outside of the hospital setting,” Gonzalez said. Related Stories:WHO study finds remdesivir didn’t help COVID-19 patients; UT Health weighs inFDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivirRemdesivir enters third clinical trial in San Antonio at University Hospital

SAN ANTONIO – The coronavirus pandemic has added stress to many relationships, causing some to crumble and others to become stronger than ever. Although mass wedding ceremonies on the Bexar County Courthouse steps have been cancelled for Valentine’s Day, the county is continuing a modified tradition of free wedding ceremonies for Valentine’s Day and during the month of February. Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark will be performing free wedding ceremonies from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12 on the courthouse steps every half hour. Wedding ceremonies are free but a suggested $20 donation to the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter and/or the Bexar County Family Justice Center is appreciated. The San Antonio Sentinel spoke with Judge Gonzalez who said that she’s happy to offer wedding ceremonies to both LGBTQIA and heterosexual couples.

SAN ANTONIO – The inauguration will look different today because of the pandemic and security concerns, but that didn’t stop Bexar County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez from making the trip with her wife. Once President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris were announced the winner of the 2020 election back in December, Gonzalez told her wife to book their flights. “We’re booking for Kamala Harris because she is going to be history-making as a woman of color,” Gonzalez said. “We’re here to watch history be made.”Despite tightened security because of the recent violent insurrection at the Capitol and the uncertainty of more possible violent protests, Gonzalez is not letting it scare her. Read also:Where, when to watch President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugurationPhotos: How Washington D.C. is preparing for the inauguration of President-elect Joe BidenHere are all the celebrities performing at Joe Biden’s inauguration

LAREDO, Texas – Long considered the nation’s largest inland port along the U.S.-Mexico border, Laredo’s World Trade Bridge is recovering after an initial slowdown soon after the pandemic began in March. “We did have a lull in the early part of the pandemic,” said Eugene Crawford, acting port director. “We’re the heartbeat of the country because a lot of commodities from throughout the country of Mexico, not just our neighboring cities, move through this port of Laredo,” Gonzalez said. The main artery leaving Laredo is Interstate 35, up through San Antonio, where trucks can continue north or head east or west on Interstate 10. “That’s vitally important to us to protect the country, to protect the economy,” Crawford said.

SAN ANTONIO – A shipment of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine was well received by staff at an allergy clinic in Olmos Park on Wednesday. “Right now, the priority for phase one is our health care workers and also those people living in long term health care facilities that are of older age and higher risk,” Gonzalez said. Additionally, she became the first health care worker to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at STAAMP. But with the importance of this vaccine, health care workers there say they see the opportunity to administer it as a gift in itself. Related: UT Health San Antonio urges people to ‘be COVID cautious’ over the holidays

SAN ANTONIO – A 12-year-old makeup artist is using her passion for makeup to give back to the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Adrialynn Alvarado started doing makeup a year and a half ago. “I wasn’t upset about the makeup part because she had been doing that since she was a very little girl. Alvarado has been doing live makeup tutorials online since. She was given the opportunity to create her own makeup pallet to be sold.

SAN ANTONIO – Two service members who were found dead in two separate incidents at Joint Base San Antonio last week have been identified. JBSA officials said Army Spc. Details surrounding their deaths were not released, but JBSA officials said foul play is not suspected in the separate incidents. Gen. Caroline Miller, the commander of the 502d Air Base Wing and JBSA, said in a news release. He was assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, officials said.

SAN ANTONIO – The South Texas Allergy & Asthma Medical Professionals (STAAMP) research center is offering thousands of patients the brand name anticoagulant drug Xarelto for free to those with a positive COVID-19 test, mild to moderate symptoms and an underlying risk factor for the virus. The Bill and Melinda Gates Research Institute made the Xarelto trial possible. Dr. Gonzalez said COVID-19 positive patients with an underlying medical condition that puts them at high risk should call STAAMP at 210-980-7711 or visit staampallergy.com. The underlying medical conditions can include asthma, respiratory diseases, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. STAAMP Research is one of six centers nationwide chosen for the trial.

Gonzalez said her father, who is dealing with the death of his wife of 51 years, is home from the hospital but relies on a tracheotomy to help him breathe because of COVID-19. “I think that, obviously, my mom’s perspective would be you should be very afraid of the virus,” Gonzalez said. “I’m more mobile and more able, but I still deal with a few aches and pains I didn’t have before,” he said. Hartman said he was never hospitalized but was diagnosed with a “moderate” case of COVID-19. I had chills, fever, coughs, a lot of typical things you hear that come with COVID,” he said.

CASTLE HILLS, Texas – A former Castle Hills councilwoman charged with tampering with government records in July 2019 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and other officials. The lawsuit filed was filed Tuesday against the City of Castle Hills, Mayor JR Trevino and Police Chief John Siemens. The misdemeanor tampering charge against Gonzalez was dropped after further investigation a month later. The police investigation was in connection with an alleged scheme against City Manager Ryan Rapelye and petition documents. The mayor said the city could not comment on pending litigation.

SAN ANTONIO The fight against COVID-19 has taken on a new meaning for Dr. Erika Gonzalez. Gonzalez said her mission for Con Corazon San Antonio has become more important. She said the first initiative was to raise awareness on the importance of donating plasma, so COVID-19 patients have it when they need it. Although she is still mourning the loss of her mother, she said her mission isnt over. Read also:It saved my life: COVID-19 survivors reflect on importance of convalescent plasma donationsSurvived COVID-19?

Eiza Gonzalez is speaking out after photos of her wearing blackface surfaced online this week. "I am deeply sorry and ashamed about having worn blackface makeup shown in the images circulating," Gonzalez said in a statement to multiple outlets. There's this stigma of doing soap operas and I'm like, soap operas prepped me. Jimmy Kimmel also released a statement and apologized for his use of blackface and the N-word in the past. RELATED CONTENT:Timothe Chalamet and Eiza Gonzalez Spotted Kissing on Romantic VacayHow Eiza Gonzalez Plans to Break Latina Stereotypes in Hollywood (Exclusive)Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes for Blackface, Using the N-Word in 1996 Song

SAN ANTONIO – Two teens were shot while playing with a firearm at a home on the Northeast Side, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said. Officials said the accidental shooting happened at a mobile home in the 8300 block of Villa Drive just after 2 p.m. Thursday. Grandfather, 14-year-old arrested in shooting death of boy, 13Sgt. Elizabeth Gonzalez said a 14-year-old boy was shot in the hand, and a 15-year-old boy was shot in the upper torso. Investigators are interviewing neighbors and waiting for the teens’ parents as they continue to comb through the scene.

CASTLE HILLS, Texas – A petition filed Tuesday by a group of six citizens is calling for the removal of two Castle Hill council members. The petition claims Lesley Wenger and Sylvia Gonzalez are failing to comply with the Texas Opens Meeting Act and Public Information Acts. In a statement sent to KSAT, the group's lawyer said there's enough evidence to remove Gonzalez and Wenger from their seats. The petition against the two councilmembers comes nearly two weeks after Gonzalez, Wenger and Castle Hills councilman, Mark Sanderon, filed a lawsuit against the city. Since then, Judge Peter Sakai ordered that the council could not hold meetings or vote on personnel matters.

SAN ANTONIO – Making the community a safe place is what drives Bexar County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez. Last November, Gonzalez was the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County, and she runs one of two domestic violence courts. "Bexar County unfortunately hails as the record-holder for the most number of domestic violence cases, child abuse cases and drug cases in the state." HB 3529 will allow Gonzalez to establish a drug court within her court to provide court-supervised drug treatment. "We're going to try all those different things to turn this ship around that we know as a domestic violence epidemic in San Antonio and Bexar County," Gonzalez said.

SAN ANTONIO –The Southside High School band is moving to the sound of victory as the We Go Public Cool Schools winner for February! Mike Misko, band director at Southside High School, said he credits the students on all of their hard work for their victory. Crystal Gonzalez, a senior at Southside High School, is the only student in the school to make it to the all-state band. For more on Southside High School, just visit southsideisd.org/shs/. Stay up to date on the next Go Public Cool Schools nominations in March on SA Live!