WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – At least some San Antonio-area religious schools are preparing to bring students back to campus weeks before their public school counterparts.While the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has forbidden any private or public schools from resuming in-person instruction this fall until at least after Labor Day over COVID-19 concerns, Texas . With Paxton’s blessing, some San Antonio schools have already announced plans to bring students back.“August 17th, Cornerstone Christian Schools will be open with children...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – At least some San Antonio-area religious schools are preparing to bring students back to campus weeks before their public school counterparts.While the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has forbidden any private or public schools from resuming in-person instruction this fall until at least after Labor Day over COVID-19 concerns, Texas . With Paxton’s blessing, some San Antonio schools have already announced plans to bring students back.“August 17th, Cornerstone Christian Schools will be open with children...WW…

, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: August 6, 2020, 6:59 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 7:59 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: August 6, 2020, 6:59 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 7:59 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – After months of activists and demonstrators calling for local governments to “defund the police,” the City of San Antonio’s first draft of a FY 2021 budget goes the other way, and police reform activists are having none of it.City of San Antonio staff presented a to city council members on Thursday. Though it included...…, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: August 6, 2020, 6:59 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 7:59 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: August 6, 2020, 6:59 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 7:59 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – After months of activists and demonstrators calling for local governments to “defund the police,” the City of San Antonio’s first draft of a FY 2021 budget goes the other way, and police reform activists are having none of it.City of San Antonio staff presented a to city council members on Thursday. Though it included...WW…

, Reporter/Anchor, PhotojournalistPublished: July 6, 2020, 12:49 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter/Anchor, PhotojournalistPublished: July 6, 2020, 12:49 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – As San Antonio and other cities around Texas continue to see a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases, it seems as though more Americans are feeling more comfortable about getting on planes.While airline travel isn’t anywhere close to pre-pandemic levels, it did rebound a bit last month as airports and airlines put precautions in place.“I’m comfortable on flying,” airline passenger...…, Reporter/Anchor, PhotojournalistPublished: July 6, 2020, 12:49 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter/Anchor, PhotojournalistPublished: July 6, 2020, 12:49 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – As San Antonio and other cities around Texas continue to see a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases, it seems as though more Americans are feeling more comfortable about getting on planes.While airline travel isn’t anywhere close to pre-pandemic levels, it did rebound a bit last month as airports and airlines put precautions in place.“I’m comfortable on flying,” airline passenger...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Top officials of ERCOT, the Texas council that regulates the state’s electric grid, spent less than 40 seconds discussing the impending winter storm during the entity’s board meeting last week, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.ERCOT President & CEO Bill Magness briefly addressed the winter weather at the start of his report before quickly moving on.“One thing I want to say before I really get into the presentation is it’s actually going to be winter here pretty soon, as many of...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Top officials of ERCOT, the Texas council that regulates the state’s electric grid, spent less than 40 seconds discussing the impending winter storm during the entity’s board meeting last week, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.ERCOT President & CEO Bill Magness briefly addressed the winter weather at the start of his report before quickly moving on.“One thing I want to say before I really get into the presentation is it’s actually going to be winter here pretty soon, as many of...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 patients in San Antonio are being treated daily at the Freeman Coliseum with antibody therapy.“Most patients have an immediate positive response to the drug,” said Elliott Mandell, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer for University Health.Patients at the facility are receiving monoclonal antibody therapy called Bamlanivimab.“They are synthetic antibodies that are administered intravenously into your body that help fight off the virus in conjunction with your own antibodies,” Mandell said.In...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 patients in San Antonio are being treated daily at the Freeman Coliseum with antibody therapy.“Most patients have an immediate positive response to the drug,” said Elliott Mandell, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer for University Health.Patients at the facility are receiving monoclonal antibody therapy called Bamlanivimab.“They are synthetic antibodies that are administered intravenously into your body that help fight off the virus in conjunction with your own antibodies,” Mandell said.In...WW…

, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: October 12, 2020, 6:11 pmTags: , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: October 12, 2020, 6:11 pmTags: , SAN ANTONIO – Nathan Martinez was a healthy 30-year-old man with no pre-existing conditions, yet COVID-19 almost killed him.The San Antonio man was hospitalized in early July after a cough and fever persisted for days.“I just remember the first two or three days I was there,” Martinez said.What he didn’t remember was the full 94-day stay in three different hospitals, as he unknowingly fought to...…, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: October 12, 2020, 6:11 pmTags: , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter, PhotojournalistPublished: October 12, 2020, 6:11 pmTags: , SAN ANTONIO – Nathan Martinez was a healthy 30-year-old man with no pre-existing conditions, yet COVID-19 almost killed him.The San Antonio man was hospitalized in early July after a cough and fever persisted for days.“I just remember the first two or three days I was there,” Martinez said.What he didn’t remember was the full 94-day stay in three different hospitals, as he unknowingly fought to...WW…