Ivalis Meza Gonzalez has defeated opponent Paula McGee in the runoff race for San Antonio City Council District 8.

A former mayoral staffer touting her experience is facing off against an attorney promising to bring an “outsider perspective” to San Antonio City Hall in the District 8 city council race.

Bicyclists in San Antonio and across the globe will participate in the annual Ride of Silence on Wednesday, a commemorative procession honoring cyclists killed or injured on public roads.

“Gregg Popovich International Airport” has a certain ring to it. Five rings, actually.

San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to create a new “Project Finance Zone,” a funding source connected to plans for a downtown NBA arena.

A city council member is hopeful that its international airport will bear the name of a San Antonio icon.

City council members approved a new requirement on Thursday for tobacco and vape shops to operate away from San Antonio schools.

Facing a widening budget deficit, the next San Antonio City Council may have to make some hard budget decisions.

San Antonians will elect a new mayor and vote in all 10 city council seats in the May 3 election. And a whopping 27 people have set their sights on the job.

Six people are on the ballot, and current councilman Manny Pelaez is not in the race.

The latest campaign finance reports show only a handful of mayoral candidates are bringing in big money, which is often out of their own pocket or from out of state.

The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Report are set to host “The Final Round” mayoral debate on Tuesday.

San Antonio will make another attempt to help fund out-of-state travel for women seeking abortions. But whether any groups successfully apply for that money or are able to use it in the face of possible legal challenges remains to be seen.

Manny Pelaez is running in the 2025 San Antonio mayoral election and was interviewed by KSAT as part of the "3 Questions" series.

This is where San Antonio-area nonprofits, organizations, small businesses and individuals can send in their 2025 medals to be featured on KSAT.

San Antonio residents who live near areas with big problems with big rig parking will have an easier route to keeping them out in the future.

San Antonio residents who live near areas with big problems with big rig parking will have an easier route to keeping them out in the future.

The San Antonio Food Bank is preparing for an increase in demand following recent employee layoffs due to federal budget cuts made nationwide under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and council members are calling on the city government to help federal employees who were recently laid off under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Councilman Manny Pelaez is drawing criticism online for a video in which he appears to frame many panhandlers as drug users and urges drivers to donate their money instead to nonprofits, such as the one his mother runs.

San Antonio is preparing for a change in leadership across each council district with the May 3 election approaching.

The ballot order for San Antonio’s May 3 election is set, including for the packed crowd of mayoral candidates.

Drivers of 18-wheelers could soon have an even harder time finding a place to park within San Antonio city limits.

San Antonio’s Ethics Review Board sanctioned Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) Tuesday night over his October 2024 attempt to kill a semi-truck dealership project.

San Antonio is months away from choosing its next mayor, but the process of candidates putting their names in the hat has officially begun.

The stakes are higher for the May 3 election, with four-year terms instead of two, and larger salaries approved by voters. It will also be the first mayor's race without an incumbent since 2009.

The San Antonio City Council’s Planning and Community Development Committee voted 4-0 on Friday morning to keep a one-year, $50,000 pilot program to cover pet deposits for low-income residents from moving forward.

Two years after a pair of council members pushed to ban carriage rides for hire, the San Antonio City Council voted 10-0, with one abstention, on a compromise plan to phase out the carriages over the next five years.

The opportunity to go after the first open San Antonio mayor’s seat since 2009 has drawn a wide pool of applicants. However, a local political consultant told KSAT that they’ll likely need deep pockets to rise above the rest.

District 9 City Councilman John Courage has dropped out of the race for San Antonio mayor in 2025.

San Antonio City Council members were split over a recommendation plan to phase out horse-drawn carriages.

Council members on the Intergovernmental Relations Committee want the city's state legislative priorities to more explicitly include support for the LGBTQ community.

Five months after they agreed to a policy meant to soften the blow of future CPS Energy rate hikes, some members of the San Antonio City Council want to consider bypassing it.

In a rare hearing Wednesday night, the City of San Antonio’s Ethics Review Board ruled that Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) abused his position when he tried to get local law enforcement to respond to a local attorney’s home this spring.

San Antonio voters will be asked whether to raise council members’ pay by tens of thousands of dollars and to double the length of their current terms.

A week after a shooting in a North Side neighborhood, people who live there are getting answers.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man shot and killed outside a party at a ununregistered short-term-rental home on the city’s North Side last week.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man shot and killed outside a party at a ununregistered short-term-rental home on the city’s North Side last week.

High school students are getting the chance to develop essential skills and connect with community leaders through a District 8 program.

The District 8 councilman sits down with KSAT reporter Garrett Brnger to talk about his aspirations for a different seat at City Hall.

“Panhandling. It’s OK to say NO,” state the signs on Wurzbach Road, Huebner Road, De Zavala Road, and La Cantera Parkway. The signs feature a crossed-out image of money changing hands over a plea to donate to local charities instead.

Two years after the mass shooting in Uvalde left 19 children and two teachers dead, the concern it could happen here lingers in many parents’ minds.

The city council’s Governance Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to send a proposal to ban horse-drawn carriages over to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for consideration. The specifics haven’t been decided yet, but the vote means the 16-month-old request is still alive.

The City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation is hosting community meetings to consider naming parts of Wurzbach Road as Silk Road.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg on Tuesday spent a significant portion of his State of the City address defending the city’s workforce development program, Ready to Work!

District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez announced his campaign for mayor Tuesday on social media.

A plan to further restrict 18-wheeler street parking in San Antonio is on the road again and headed to the full city council.

A Charter Review Commission is considering whether to adjust council members' salaries, though voters would have the final say.

San Antonio City Council members are discussing changes that could speed up how quickly their proposals are actually considered.

At least one San Antonio councilman thinks it’s time to shift gears on the city’s highly touted workforce training program, which he believes is falling short of its goals.

Less than three weeks after issuing its third formal reprimand to a council member in the past 15 months, the city council voted 8-2 to adopt a new code of conduct. However, it’s debatable if the code would even apply to all three incidents, and the enforcement measures included in the code are all largely symbolic.

Some pro-Palestinian protestors have been turning up the heat on San Antonio City Council members with whom they are angry for not passing a ceasefire resolution regarding the Israel-Hamas War.

Courage’s announcement is the first significant campaign event in the 2025 race for mayor.

Activists carried signs reading “Free Palestine;” Councilmembers McKee-Rodriguez, Castillo left with fists in air in support

Mayor Ron Nirenberg says "the special meeting will not be scheduled now that the request lacks the required support."

San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood is slated to announce his retirement, multiple SAFD sources confirmed to KSAT Wednesday.

Mayor said he’s working to schedule special meeting on Jan. 11

The San Antonio City Council voted 10-1 Tuesday to allow city staff to finalize a $1 billion contract with one of the largest aviation construction contractors in the country, Hensel Phelps Construction Company.

Rather than getting additional points in the scoring process for non-low-bid contracts, city staff say all small businesses should get the same leg up over larger companies.

Unconstitutional and improper taking of private property; that is how a lawsuit filed this morning against Toyota and the City of San Antonio describes a 20-year-old agreement between the city and the automaker.

The city-owned gas and electric utility will request an increase of its gas and electric base rates by 4.25% from both the CPS Energy Board of Trustees and San Antonio City Council on Nov. 8 - a move it says would raise many customers’ bills by less than $5.

San Antonio District 7 and District 8 City Council members are inviting residents to attend a community town hall to discuss juvenile crime.

The city council passed the $3.7 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2024 Thursday morning in a 10-0-1 vote. It will take effect Oct. 1 at the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year.

Prue Road between Babcock and Bandera roads has been nicknamed “Dead Man’s Curve” because of the high number of traffic crashes along the winding road. Residents who are fed up have been trying to get someone to hear their concerns for two years.

San Antonio’s City Council successfully doubled the city’s homestead tax exemption to 20%, the maximum allowed by state law.

Less than a week after being sworn in for his final term, a North Side councilman is already hinting at a 2025 run for mayor.

The nightclub where a man was killed and three others were injured could potentially be shut down if the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission rejects its license renewal next month.

The City of San Antonio may soon begin to consider how to deal with the owners of buildings left abandoned after an increase in the number of complaints and fires surrounding those properties.

A longtime resident of San Antonio’s Deco District says the constant presence of a homeless encampment in the alley behind his home is negatively impacting his daily life.

7 Council incumbents were re-elected, including one by a razor thin margin

Following a briefing on the the current legislative session, District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez highlighted the fact that the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce had testified in favor of a pair of bills the city has been fighting.

In a near unanimous voice vote Thursday, the San Antonio City Council passed a new “Proactive Apartment Inspection Program,” which stems out of the attention that properties with numerous citations like Seven Oaks Apartments attracted in the summer of 2022.

Because the proposed charter amendment was the result of a successful petition, the city’s legal team said the city council had no choice but to put it on the ballot.Even so, three North Side councilmen made sure to leave council chambers rather than help pass it: Councilman Manny Pelaez (D8), Councilman John Courage (D9), and Councilman Clayton Perry (D10).

The City of San Antonio received $145 million worth of funding requests. Though that far exceeded the money it had available, the city still didn't award all of its budget.

In recognition of Agent Orange Awareness Day, San Antonio City Hall will be lit orange on Wednesday.

San Antonio’s resolution does not legalize or decriminalize abortion in San Antonio. However, it does make a policy recommendation against spending city money -- outside of what is “clearly required” by state and federal law -- to catalog, collect or share with other government agencies information on instances of abortion strictly to pursue criminal investigations.

More than 39,000 San Antonio residents are now in a new city council district after the 10 present members of the city council unanimously adopted a new council district map Thursday.

The owner of a San Antonio bar is crediting his security team for reacting quickly to an early morning shooting.

A local realtor on San Antonio’s facilities bond committee said there was no justification to include money for a questionable K9 nonprofit in the city’s latest bond package.

The proposed expansion of a veteran service dog program in San Antonio has been criticized as voters decide whether to give it more than $2 million in city bond money.

The San Antonio City Council is hoping the revamped car brand from the Back to the Future movie franchise will bring economic success back to San Antonio in the future.

After being extended five times over the past two years, San Antonio's eviction moratorium is coming to an end on Feb. 28.

Though San Antonio already participates in a cite and release program, it wasn’t passed by city council, and District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez says it’s time to “codify something.” But with Pelaez submitting his request for a marijuana-only program - just one day after meeting with SA Stands member who want to include several other misdemeanors - the coalition smells a rat.

The utility needs council’s support to institute a two-pronged approach to raising customers’ bills: a 3.85 percent increase to the base rates and a bump in the fuel adjustment charge. Combined, CPS officials say those changes would raise the average residential customer’s bill by about 3.3 percent - or $5.10 per month.

The city’s director of airports presented city council members with a a new Strategic Development Plan to expand the San Antonio International Airport’s capacity and turn it into a “world-class” facility.

Though they’re avoiding an all-out offensive, San Antonio business groups are resisting the idea of expanding the city’s non-discrimination ordinance commonly referred to simply as the NDO.

San Antonio councilman Manny Pelaez is asking that city council consider a request to mandate that any school district or university that takes city funds teach family violence, teen dating, or sex trafficking to students, without the option to opt-out.

The “Human Performance Campus” would contain a new training facility for the team; restaurant, retail, and commercial space; a “human performance research institute;” a 22-acre park; and an outdoor plaza. Bexar County Commissioners have already committed $15 million toward the project, and the San Antonio City Council will vote Thursday on providing $17 million in tax rebates.

San Antonio’s Metropolitan Health District will begin handing out $100 H-E-B gift cards in an effort to boost arm jabs.

City council voted Thursday morning 9-1 to approve $1 million of federal grant dollars to spend on up to 10,000 gift cards that will be given to people who complete their vaccination series at Metro Health vaccination sites.

District 8 Councilman Manny Peláez will hold the town hall on his Facebook page from 6-7 p.m.

As the city of San Antonio continues to grow, the homeless population is becoming even more apparent.

The Committee on Emergency Preparedness presented its analysis of what went wrong during the extended freezing temperatures and how the city and its utilities could prepare better next time.

As members of the bicycling community gathered at a City Council meeting Thursday, it didn’t take long for conversation to turn to how much is left to make San Antonio more bike-friendly.

Defense attorney Patrick Hancock criticized Manny Pelaez’s efforts as “inappropriate,” “cold” and uniformed.

“If the plea bargain does not include imprisonment, then that plea bargain will be perceived by San Antonians as insufficiently serious,” the letter reads.

Taking city incentives like fee waivers or tax abatements could mean future housing developments in San Antonio would be required to accept housing vouchers, like Section 8, from their renters.

With several crowded races on the ballot — more than 80 candidates are running for 11 seats — hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions and expenditures have run through local campaigns.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio seniors will soon be able to sign up for a vaccine registry, which could make it easier for them to get an appointment. The San Antonio City Council members present voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon. AdIt could take three to four weeks to develop and open up the registry, Bridger said, which the city will develop with Health Access San Antonio (HASA), a local, health information organization. So Courage, along with District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran and District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval, called for a special city council meeting to address it again. “Once ready, the registry will make it significantly easier for residents 65 years and older to obtain a vaccine appointment.”

SAN ANTONIO – Northwest Side homeowners living on Prue Road are concerned about the increasing number of crashes on a segment of the road called “Dead Man’s Curve” and asking the city to find a solution to slow down drivers. Robert and Belinda Hughes say five vehicles have crashed into their backyard fence in 20 years. “Most recently, it has been occurring more frequently this last year, about a month and a half apart,” Robert said. “Everybody takes that curve like they’re speed racing because it’s such a winding road. “Although some of the long-term solutions may take time to develop, we will continue to coordinate between the City departments and neighbors.