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This year, the frights are intensifying at SeaWorld San Antonio.

If you haven’t already heard the news, KSAT 12 has a new mascot named Mic.

KSAT has welcomed some new team members over the last few months, including producer and content creator Daniela Ibarra.

The KSAT Sports team is welcoming a new reporter named Mary Rominger who will help cover everything from Wembymania to Big Game Coverage.

The KSAT team cares about your experience with our apps, as they help keep you informed on the go. This update specifically addresses duplicate push alerts that app users reported seeing.

You’re going to start seeing a new face on KSAT this month — the talented Philadelphia transplant Avery Everett who will be joining the team as our newest multimedia journalist.

To remember the great moments together, we’ve shared a video and photos from the 2023 KSAT Fiesta parties in this article.

Larry Ramirez has been named Sports Director of KSAT 12.

Join us for KSAT's parade viewing parties at Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau in April.

Several members of KSAT Insider joined us on the Alamodome field for the San Antonio Brahmas game on Feb. 19.

Twenty-nine winners (and one guest per winner) will join us on the Alamodome field on Feb. 19.

Five winners (and their guests) will join us in the KSAT Insider wagon on Saturday, Feb. 4.

Orellana started at KSAT as an unpaid intern in 1996.

You can now watch the event with the Texas Crime Stories podcast team on demand.

The season 3 premiere of the ‘Whatever the Weather’ podcast is all about KSAT’s newest meteorologist

Members of KSAT Insider are invited to the first showing of this one-hour special with our photojournalists

The EPPY Awards, which honored digital news publishing sites across more than 30 diverse categories, named KSAT.com’s ongoing “Remember Their Names” project as the “Best News or Event Feature Video” in the large category, which includes outlets with 1 million or more unique visitors each month.

Graham Media Group, the local media division of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC), announced Wednesday that Ashley Parker has been named Vice President and General Manager of KSAT.

KSAT Meteorologist Sarah Spivey is celebrating her new status as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society.

Allysa Cole will join the KSAT 12 team in September. She comes from a local TV station serving the Rio Grande Valley, KRGV.

Camelia has brought us timely updates during broadcasts and written many local stories, including some stories around education issues and the military community.

Mia comes from the local TV station KBTX serving the Brazos Valley but is not a stranger to San Antonio.

Through journalist Leigh Waldman’s experience, we invite you to learn about our role as journalists on May 24 & members of this local community.

KSAT Digital Journalist Ivan Herrera has been named the 2022 Media Icon by the San Antonio Pride Center.

These women are great journalists and even better mothers.

KSAT viewers and readers made this year’s Fiesta special by choosing to celebrate with their local KSAT journalists!

San Antonio's first in-depth local streaming program has been honored with a national award recognizing the work of KSAT's talented team of journalists.

We asked the KSAT team what odd items have been found during the routine draining and cleaning of the San Antonio River.

Graham Media Group, the parent company of KSAT 12 and six other local news stations, announced Tuesday that CEO Emily Barr will retire this month and Catherine Badalamente will be her successor.

In a new role for KSAT 12, Rocio Hernandez will work to listen to and engage Insiders, a community of more than 50,000 members that support our station and get free access to exclusive benefits.

Joining the KSAT 12 team, Waldman returns to her home state and finds herself in a city close to her heart.

KSAT.com was honored as the “Best Local TV News Website” in the large category, which includes websites with more than 1 million monthly unique visitors.

How well do you know the newest addition to the KSAT Newsroom?

Your KSAT 12 Nightbeat team is getting a new anchor this month - the wonderfully witty Stephania Jimenez.

Stephania Jimenez will join Steve Spriester, Adam Caskey, and Greg Simmons on-air beginning in mid-October.

Steve Spriester and Ursula Pari reflect on covering 9/11 as KSAT anchors.

A behind-the-scenes profile of a KSAT 12 Defenders team member.

A lot goes into the process of becoming a U.S. citizen -- it can sometimes involve winning a lottery, waiting a long time, lots of paperwork and passing a test.

There is a new addition to the KSAT family!

In this episode of Whatever the Weather, meteorologists Kaiti Blake and Sarah Spivey walk through what it takes to become a meteorologist, what a day in their shoes looks like, and how they present the weather on television.

John Paul Barajas is the newest member of the talented KSAT 12 news team.

"I am honored by your loyalty as I move on with wonderful memories of a career that I truly loved. And friends that I’ll never forget."

If you’re a KSAT viewer then you likely already recognize Steven Cavazos, but as he transitions into a new role as the KSAT morning traffic guru, it’s time to get to know him a little better.

On Friday, veteran reporter Paul Venema gave his final sig-out after a 47-year career with KSAT.

Paul’s KSAT colleagues have already started wishing him farewell, but no send-off would be complete without messages from the most important people of all: KSAT viewers.

It’s a dream come true to announce to a community I love, that I’m pregnant. I have gathered so much information and have been able to personally ask the experts about these difficult choices I’m facing. I’m also talking to the concerned family members and friends of those who are expecting. Hopefully, that transparency will make us all feel a little more human, and a lot more at ease. I’m excited to learn alongside you and hope to offer you that same confidence and comfort that I’ve been able to find.

At KSAT 12 we love to talk to students and educators about what we do behind the scenes and why we are so passionate about what we do.

Johnathan Cotto is the newest member of the KSAT team, joining the station’s talented ranks on Monday.

My family is out of quarantine 14 days after my son began having a fever.

She said she wanted to check for the flu and then asked if I would like to do a COVID test. It wasn’t the notorious COVID test that involves sticking the swab up your nose to nearly tickle your scalp. Then she checked my son’s COVID test result. My son’s symptoms mostly subsided the day after his first positive test. My husband has had no symptoms 7 days, and now 21 hours and 6 minutes, into quarantine.

Samuel King, KSAT’s new traffic anchor and news reporter, will become a familiar face as he reports on transportation stories and gives you all the local traffic updates to help ease your commute on GMSA in the mornings.

You may recognize Stephanie Serna from her years at KSAT as a reporter and weekend anchor but now you’ll get to see her bright and early on weekday mornings on Good Morning San Antonio.

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SAN ANTONIO Mark Austin had an early birthday celebration on Friday. Check out the video and watch him get surprised with a cake on GMSA at 9. His birthday is Sunday, Aug. 2.

On Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. on our Chat with KSAT page, right after Spriester and Arthur finish anchoring the 6 p.m. newscasts, online viewers on can submit questions and get answers straight from the anchors.

SAN ANTONIO As protests against police brutality and racism have played out across the country and here in San Antonio, it has become clear how crucial it is to have a diverse newsroom. Sometimes you need people who understand, said Alexsis Page, a KSAT producer. Having a diverse newsroom forms a conversation inside the newsroom, more education inside the newsroom, Gray said. Its the goal of a new digital KSAT show were launching this week. KSAT Explains will debut with an episode focused on the unrest weve seen across the country, a look at how protests have played out in our city and an examination of what it means to be Black in San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO Veteran KSAT anchor Myra Arthur will return to KSAT Wednesday as she heads back to work after the birth of her second child. Its bittersweet when maternity leave ends. What did Myra enjoy most about maternity leave? Before her maternity leave, Arthur was reporting and anchoring KSATs 6 p.m. newscast and the digital-only News at 9. So onto the next phase in the 9 p.m. evolution.Related: Get to know KSAT 12s Myra Arthur

Living in the Hill Country will make social distancing a little easier for KSAT’s David Sears. David is relaxing at home this week after his vacation was canceled due to the novel coronavirus. He told GMSA @ 9 that he and his wife were planning on visiting their grandchildren in Alabama. KSAT’s Mike Osterhage self quarantines after son came into contact with coronavirus-positive personHe added that he’ll even spend some time outdoors. And because his neighbors live several hundred yards away, social distancing won’t be a problem.

KSAT is experimenting with Leslie anchoring from home to prepare for any stay-at-home order due to the novel coronavirus. Leslie wants viewers to know that she is not self-quarantining due to COVID-19, and there may be a delay. See Leslie and Mark explain the experiment in the video above. KSAT’s Mike Osterhage self quarantines after son came into contact with coronavirus-positive personCOVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019. A stay-at-home order was issued by California Gov.

SAN ANTONIO – KSAT News at 9 anchor Myra Arthur gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Wednesday. Arthur said he arrived “fast and furiously, much to the shock of mom, dad and hospital staff!”Get to know KSAT 12′s Myra ArthurThe baby weighed 9lbs, 5oz and measured 21.5″ long. Mom, dad, baby and big brother are all ecstatic and doing well. Congratulations! Scroll down for more adorable pictures of Myra and her baby boy:

Japhanie Gray celebrates a birthday on Jan. 12.

SAN ANTONIO – Happy birthday to KSAT 12′s wonderful Good Morning San Antonio anchor Leslie Mouton! Check out what Leslie said about her battle with breast cancer, her must-have snack food and what event she loves to cover most. What has been one of the biggest highlights of your career at KSAT so far? While the diagnosis and the battle were frightening, the station and the community embraced it and lifted me up. I love the Battle of Flowers Parade - hosting it every year is a true honor!

That means 40 years for the breast cancer that ravaged my healthy tissue once do the same thing again. Because it is relatively new, only a few doctors in the country specialize in the DIEP breast reconstruction procedure. Please keep me close in your prayers as I embark on another chapter of my battle - this time to prevent breast cancer!!! We decided he would make sure the vessels are viable before Dr. Rosenthal removes my breast tissue - just in case. I trust you, if it doesn't look right don't do it, and you can make me a new one later".

Christmas Day is a day to be spent with the ones you love most — but just like every other day, news does not take a day off. KSAT will air the Nightbeat at 10 p.m. on Christmas Day, and anchors Japhanie Gray and Deven Clarke will be there with you to celebrate the end of the night. On Christmas Day, I always get my dog, Beau, a big bone and we watch “A Christmas Story.”Japhanie's dog, Beau, with his Christmas present. For example, the past three years now it’s been a tradition for me to anchor the Christmas Day newscast. KSAT 12's Jessica Hunt, Courtney Friedman, Japhanie Gray and Kaiti Blake.

SAN ANTONIO – Congratulations are in order for KSAT meteorologist Kaiti Blake who is officially engaged to Mark Chapin. As they walked out onto the platform of the amphitheater, Mark got down on one knee and asked Kaiti to marry him. KSAT meteorologist Sarah Spivey is engagedSurprise No. My stepdad referred to it as ‘the CIA document’ and I didn’t have clearance to look at it,” Kaiti said. Mark arranged for Kaiti to be off work for the entire weekend so she could spend time with everyone and celebrate the engagement.

Isis Romero joined KSAT 12 just a couple months before her 30th birthday. For the past couple of years, you’ve been working on some long-form projects (Up Close with Isis Romero and Conviction). As a field reporter, sometimes you get an entire work day to turn a story; other times, you get less than an hour. Get to know more about Isis Romero in our new series 12 Questions with KSAT! More about Isis Romero:Anchor Biography: Isis RomeroIsis Romero, Dillon Collier take questions on KSAT's new series 'Conviction: The Bingo King Murder'Up Close with Isis Romero: Special Delivery

Adam Caskey joined the KSAT 12 weather team in April 2014 and has become an iconic figure in San Antonio for his homemade thermometers shown on Thermometer Thursday,

But facing cancer makes you appreciate the moments, not just the years. Cancer makes you angry. Cancer makes you cry. Cancer makes you strong. Cancer makes you a fighter.