A San Antonio councilman believes there could be a way to help drivers avoid getting stuck waiting at the dozens of railroad crossings across the city.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is warning the community about a Bitcoin scam targeting relatives of inmates after an elderly Comal County couple lost $25,000 to callers posing as law enforcement and bond agents.
The San Antonio City Council censured Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones during a special meeting on Friday in what appears to be a first since the city charter was adopted 75 years ago.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones announced plans on Friday to introduce a new commission to increase voter participation citywide.
The San Antonio City Council is expected to meet and consider issuing a censure vote against Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones following a confrontation with District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur earlier this month.
VIA officials say scrapping fares could place federal funding for its advanced rapid transit (ART) lines at risk, while employees say they worry about operator safety.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discussed her apology to District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur during KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday night.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones issued a public apology Tuesday for “raising her voice” and “using profanity” after a confrontation with District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur earlier this month.
The San Antonio City Council will vote on whether to censure Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones on Friday in relation to a confrontation with Councilwoman Sukh Kaur (D1).
As the city continues to grow, leaders created a new department to ensure that projects are kept on track in order to meet the needs of that growth.
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by KSAT, Ignacio Zuniga III, 44, made a threatening comment Sunday morning against San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones on the X, formerly known as Twitter, account of a San Antonio news outlet. Zuniga has been charged with retaliation, which is considered a third-degree felony.
As proposals to scrap bus fares on VIA Metropolitan Transit gain traction at San Antonio City Hall, the union representing bus drivers and other VIA employees say they’d rather skip that stop.
Northwest Side residents fighting a proposed housing development said what they believed was a major victory at City Hall was quickly overshadowed.
With the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and a planned detention facility on the East Side drawing vocal opposition from some, San Antonio City Council members have been scrambling to find ways to take action.
The leadership outfit of San Antonio’s newly formed multimodal transportation commission comprises several leaders central to the city’s architecture and advocacy spaces.
The plans to turn an East Side warehouse into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility have some residents and San Antonio officials looking to push back. But what are their options to actually do so?
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked the state’s U.S. senators and five San Antonio-area U.S. representatives in a letter Wednesday to not funnel any money or resources to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)’s recent purchase of an East Side warehouse.
During KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News Tuesday night, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she was focused on “moving forward” while half of City Council calls for her censure.
Censuring the mayor would not remove Jones from office, keep her from voting, or prevent her from completing any of her other duties as mayor. However, there could be political consequences.
Five San Antonio councilmembers have called for a special meeting to propose censuring Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, according to a document obtained by KSAT.
Bonham Exchange's attorney confirmed it signed an agreement with the city Thursday to remain open with reduced occupancy while it installs a required sprinkler system.
San Antonio City Council unanimously voted against approving a financial tool and subsequent development agreement Thursday for a controversial northwest Bexar County housing development.
In a letter sent to City Council ahead of Thursday’s vote, hydrogeologist Dr. Ronald Green argues the safeguards tied to the Guajolote Ranch project will not protect the Edwards Aquifer the way some officials say they will.
Reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has acquired an East Side warehouse to hold detained immigrants had local Democrats burning up Tuesday, even as confirmation remained elusive.
Some neighbors are upset about a North Side street repair project which has crews working long into the night. They also wonder if the work is necessary at all.
A U.S. Army veteran slammed City Manager Erik Walsh and the hiring practices of the San Antonio Fire Department after he was twice disqualified from joining the academy for briefly using a psychedelic drug to treat brain cancer.
The City of San Antonio says the Bonham Exchange, which opened in 1981, is several years overdue to retrofit its 1891 building with automatic sprinklers. But a trio of council members want to extend the deadline a little further.
San Antonio is bracing for another round of cold weather, and the impact is already being felt across the city.
The idea started out as a simple blog. Twin sisters, who loved to read, began writing book reviews. The idea then grew to a city-wide initiative, and now, the San Antonio teenagers are representing literacy on a national level from a big Hollywood name.
The City of San Antonio is opening several overnight temporary shelters to help people without homes with shelter amid plunging temperatures.
A draft of the proposal requests that city staff work with VIA to develop a smaller test run and a plan for a full rollout by 2035. However, it lacks the five signatures needed to start an official policy discussion.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg were among the list of current and ex-politicians who attended a rally Wednesday evening in San Antonio.
A North Side councilwoman accused of driving while intoxicated less than two months into her term has agreed to a plea deal for probation on a lower, non-DWI charge.
While some of its services will remain operational this weekend, the City of San Antonio said others will be closed or adjusted due to this weekend’s freezing weather.
City of San Antonio officials have less than two weeks to decide whether to approve a key piece of a planned housing project in northwest Bexar County, which has long drawn community opposition.
A large, loudly anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crowd filled San Antonio City Council chambers during a lengthy special council meeting Thursday.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT for its weekly Q&A Tuesday night during the 6 O’Clock News. Jones discussed the community’s response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in San Antonio.
The San Antonio River is flowing once again after it was drained for maintenance as a part of the River Walk Maintenance Program.
A majority of San Antonio planning commissioners voted against recommending a financing model application for the proposed Guajolote Ranch project.
San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus announced his retirement Friday, but plans to stay in his role through the end of September, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19, and while thousands are expected to gather for San Antonio’s MLK March, there will be some city closures to know about.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday to discuss an upcoming public meeting regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Antonio.
The utility is considering a set of rate increases that could bring the average monthly residential bill from $60.41 now to $79.47 in 2029 — a 31.6% increase.
District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez has been reinstated to her City Council committee assignments following her July 2025 DWI arrest, according to documents obtained by KSAT.
Crews were seen Monday morning beginning the process of removing rainbow crosswalks from San Antonio’s Pride Cultural Heritage District, after months of back-and-forth between city and state leaders.
San Antonio City Council is planning to hold a special session on Jan. 22 about the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, according to a councilmember’s Instagram post.
The City of San Antonio can continue work on removing rainbow crosswalks and installing rainbow sidewalks in the heart of the Pride Cultural Heritage District, a judge ruled Friday.
Attorney General Ken Paxton is claiming victory over San Antonio and its controversial Reproductive Justice Fund. However, his announcement also comes nearly four months after the city said the controversial fund would not be used to pay for travel for out-of-state abortions, due to a change in state law.
In an attempt to force San Antonio City Council action, a conservative group and the organizer of the local Pride parade filed a lawsuit to prevent the city from removing rainbow crosswalks or installing rainbow sidewalks in the heart of the Pride Cultural Heritage District.
The city is already working to add rainbow treatment to the sidewalks along the stretch of North Main Avenue, known as the “gay strip.”
District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and the city’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission gathered on Monday to officially invite the public to the annual MLK March and Celebration, set for Jan. 19.
Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day.
Attorneys alerted the Scenic Loop-Helotes Creek Alliance this week that state regulators did not act on the nonprofit’s request for a new hearing regarding a controversial housing development.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott that asked him to reconsider a decision that affects federal funding for children’s summer lunch programs.
San Antonio City Council this week approved a renaming for a portion of an East Side street in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, the United States Armed Forces’ first African-American pilots.
San Antonio will move its municipal elections from May to November after a 6-5 council vote Thursday afternoon. The decision came after a last-minute blitz by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, who said she only learned of the opportunity last month.
San Antonio will install rainbow-colored sidewalk treatments on North Main Avenue in order to “recognize and support the LGBTQ+ community,” according to a city spokesperson.
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.
The latest Pickup Lines segment features retired U.S. Marines Maj. Gen. Juan Ayala, the Director of Military & Veterans Affairs for the City of San Antonio.
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.