The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is hosting a safety and security meeting Thursday afternoon. Agenda items for the meeting will include public comment, feedback on safety concerns around open access to facilities after school and responses to recommendations made in the DOJ report published earlier this year. KSAT has a crew at the meeting … Read more
San Antonio – It’s a few guns shy of RoboCop, but the San Antonio International Airport thinks a nearly 5′ 5″ tall, 420-pound “autonomous security robot” will help improve its security. The San Antonio City Council agreed Thursday to lease a K5 robot from California-based company, Knightscope, to check on alarms set off by opened … Read more
Scientists have discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon in Brazil. A video that you can watch at the top of this article shows Dutch biologist Dr Freek Vonk swimming alongside a 26-foot southern green anaconda (Eunectes murinus). The newly discovered species is the northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima). Credit for the … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Driving the serpentine streets of Shearer Hills/Ridgeview is like looking through a retro lens. “I was flabbergasted. I was like, ‘Wow, look at all these beautiful mid-century modern homes,’” said Andrea Duarte, recalling the time she was making the move from a big city apartment to San Antonio. “It had that very … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The Shearer Hills/Ridgeview neighborhood is centrally located in San Antonio, but it’s that location that also puts those who live there in a precarious position. It sits next to Olmos Basin and lies in the Olmos Creek watershed. Additionally, urbanization has occurred around the neighborhood’s edges, increasing the flood risk. Flooding has … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – People who live in Shearer Hills/Ridgeview describe the community as welcoming, and over the past two years, they’ve welcomed thousands of temporary neighbors. In 2022, the neighborhood became the home of the Migrant Resource Center, located on San Pedro Avenue. The city opened the facility to help asylum seekers reach their final … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Neighbors call it one of the city’s best-kept secrets, a gem. They have the iconic North Star Mall boots in their boundary and a slice of San Antonio nostalgia at the Rollercade. It’s also where political division and humanity meet, as it is the site of the San Antonio Migrant Resource Center. … Read more