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New tech training hub at Port San Antonio will provide resources for job hunters
, Reporter/Anchor, Digital JournalistPublished: July 29, 2020, 12:42 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter/Anchor, Digital JournalistPublished: July 29, 2020, 12:42 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – During the coronavirus , thousands of people here in San Antonio have lost their jobs.In an effort to help locals with employment, Port San Antonio has created a new tech training hub that will provide a variety of educational and economic development activities.The San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT) will launch the facility within weeks at the Port SA...…, Reporter/Anchor, Digital JournalistPublished: July 29, 2020, 12:42 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Reporter/Anchor, Digital JournalistPublished: July 29, 2020, 12:42 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – During the coronavirus , thousands of people here in San Antonio have lost their jobs.In an effort to help locals with employment, Port San Antonio has created a new tech training hub that will provide a variety of educational and economic development activities.The San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT) will launch the facility within weeks at the Port SA...WW…
Lulu’s Bakery & Cafe is selling everything in an online auction after closing for good
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s Lulu’s Bakery & Cafe, which closed in March 2020 as COVID-19 began its surge in the U.S., has shut its doors for good.The local food icon has placed all of its items up for auction in a liquidation sale by RCI Online Auctions.“A San Antonio icon has closed and all equipment, fixtures and furniture (and T-Shirts!) are being offered in an absolute auction,” the listing by RCI states.The online auction, which touts everything from double fryers to “Thank you” bags to cabinets to frying oil, is open...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s Lulu’s Bakery & Cafe, which closed in March 2020 as COVID-19 began its surge in the U.S., has shut its doors for good.The local food icon has placed all of its items up for auction in a liquidation sale by RCI Online Auctions.“A San Antonio icon has closed and all equipment, fixtures and furniture (and T-Shirts!) are being offered in an absolute auction,” the listing by RCI states.The online auction, which touts everything from double fryers to “Thank you” bags to cabinets to frying oil, is open...WW…
These emergency supplies will be tax-free in Texas April 24-26
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – To help Texans prepare for possible violent spring storms and the upcoming hurricane season, Texas will have a tax holiday for emergency supplies this month.The sales tax holiday for emergency supplies, which is held every spring, will be April 24-26.Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminded Texans that the tax holiday could help them stock up on crucial supplies. The event is expected to save shoppers $1.8 million in state and local sales taxes.“While we can’t know when the next flood, tornado or hurricane may strike, we can...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – To help Texans prepare for possible violent spring storms and the upcoming hurricane season, Texas will have a tax holiday for emergency supplies this month.The sales tax holiday for emergency supplies, which is held every spring, will be April 24-26.Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminded Texans that the tax holiday could help them stock up on crucial supplies. The event is expected to save shoppers $1.8 million in state and local sales taxes.“While we can’t know when the next flood, tornado or hurricane may strike, we can...WW…
WellMed consolidating COVID-19 vaccinations to one site due to less demand, more availability
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – WellMed will soon move its COVID-19 vaccine efforts to one site.The health care company announced that starting next week, all new appointments for the Moderna vaccine will be scheduled for the Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Activity Center at 517 S.W. Military Drive.New appointments will no longer be made for the Alicia Treviño Lopez Senior One-Stop Center at 8353 Culebra Road, WellMed said Thursday.Appointments for people needing to get their second shot at the Lopez Center will be held through May 21.Officials said the...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – WellMed will soon move its COVID-19 vaccine efforts to one site.The health care company announced that starting next week, all new appointments for the Moderna vaccine will be scheduled for the Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Activity Center at 517 S.W. Military Drive.New appointments will no longer be made for the Alicia Treviño Lopez Senior One-Stop Center at 8353 Culebra Road, WellMed said Thursday.Appointments for people needing to get their second shot at the Lopez Center will be held through May 21.Officials said the...WW…
Affidavit: San Antonio-area man accused of using slingshot, arrow, metal wire in child abuse case
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – An area man has been arrested for allegedly abusing two children with a water hose, the metal part of an arrow and a metal wire, according to court documents.Booking records with the Bexar County Jail show Fidel Ayala, 29, has been charged with injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, a third-degree felony.An arrest warrant affidavit states the children’s grandparents noticed bruising on them while walking them to school.When they asked the 10-year-old boy what caused the bruise on his upper leg, the child said...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – An area man has been arrested for allegedly abusing two children with a water hose, the metal part of an arrow and a metal wire, according to court documents.Booking records with the Bexar County Jail show Fidel Ayala, 29, has been charged with injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, a third-degree felony.An arrest warrant affidavit states the children’s grandparents noticed bruising on them while walking them to school.When they asked the 10-year-old boy what caused the bruise on his upper leg, the child said...WW…
Traditional Easter weekend camping at SA parks prohibited again this year due to COVID-19, mayor says
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has announced that traditional camping over Easter weekend will not be allowed for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.Nirenberg said that while parks will be open to visitors during the daytime, they will not be open for overnight camping.“I know that this has been a disappointing and difficult year for everyone, and we’re asking for your patience though as we try to put this pandemic behind us,” the mayor said during the on Monday. “We do not have the resources...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has announced that traditional camping over Easter weekend will not be allowed for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.Nirenberg said that while parks will be open to visitors during the daytime, they will not be open for overnight camping.“I know that this has been a disappointing and difficult year for everyone, and we’re asking for your patience though as we try to put this pandemic behind us,” the mayor said during the on Monday. “We do not have the resources...WW…
Bexar County grand jury indicts teen accused of fatally shooting man outside home in gated community
, Digital JournalistTags: Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital JournalistTags: SAN ANTONIO – A grand jury in Bexar County has handed down an indictment for a teenager accused of fatally shooting a man outside his Northwest Side home in late December.Jesus Monsivais Jr., 18, has been formally charged with murder, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.The office said he “intentionally and knowingly” caused the death of , who was found lying at the end of the driveway of a home on Brentcove Street in the Finesilver Ranch subdivision on Dec. 29. He had a single...…, Digital JournalistTags: Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital JournalistTags: SAN ANTONIO – A grand jury in Bexar County has handed down an indictment for a teenager accused of fatally shooting a man outside his Northwest Side home in late December.Jesus Monsivais Jr., 18, has been formally charged with murder, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.The office said he “intentionally and knowingly” caused the death of , who was found lying at the end of the driveway of a home on Brentcove Street in the Finesilver Ranch subdivision on Dec. 29. He had a single...WW…
‘We can’t control ignorance’: Abbott’s mask mandate reversal puts businesses in charge of their own safety, activist says
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Greg Abbott should share the responsibility if a furious customer hurls threats or assaults toward a business that continues its own face-covering requirements, a San Antonio-based civil rights activist said.Rudy Rosales, the director of LULAC Texas, said Abbott has put business owners and employees “in charge of their own welfare” with the and remove capacity limits on businesses at the same time.The Republican governor last week said “it is now time to open Texas 100%,” adding that “Texas is in a far better position...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Greg Abbott should share the responsibility if a furious customer hurls threats or assaults toward a business that continues its own face-covering requirements, a San Antonio-based civil rights activist said.Rudy Rosales, the director of LULAC Texas, said Abbott has put business owners and employees “in charge of their own welfare” with the and remove capacity limits on businesses at the same time.The Republican governor last week said “it is now time to open Texas 100%,” adding that “Texas is in a far better position...WW…
2 San Antonio men arrested in connection with Capitol riot were on a 5-day birthday trip to D.C.
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Two men from San Antonio have been arrested in connection with the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol after they were seen in photographs posted by media outlets.Chance Uptmore and his father, James Uptmore, were arrested by FBI agents on Tuesday and charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, officials confirmed to KSAT.They were taken into custody without incident, and are also facing new charges filed with the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.FBI first...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Two men from San Antonio have been arrested in connection with the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol after they were seen in photographs posted by media outlets.Chance Uptmore and his father, James Uptmore, were arrested by FBI agents on Tuesday and charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, officials confirmed to KSAT.They were taken into custody without incident, and are also facing new charges filed with the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.FBI first...WW…
Whataburger says dining rooms won’t open just yet
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave the order that all retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls in Texas will be allowed to reopen with only 25% occupancy beginning Friday, May 1, Whataburger is not taking the risk just yet as the coronavirus pandemic continues.Although Whataburger restaurants are currently offering drive-thru service and curbside pickup orders, we reached out to see when the restaurant chain plans to reopen its dining rooms.In a statement to KSAT 12, a Whataburger representative...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave the order that all retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls in Texas will be allowed to reopen with only 25% occupancy beginning Friday, May 1, Whataburger is not taking the risk just yet as the coronavirus pandemic continues.Although Whataburger restaurants are currently offering drive-thru service and curbside pickup orders, we reached out to see when the restaurant chain plans to reopen its dining rooms.In a statement to KSAT 12, a Whataburger representative...WW…