Firefighters’ union president: Members claim SAFD leadership has ‘management mafia’ culture

San Antonio – The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association president said his conversations with city staff indicate ongoing investigations into the culture inside the San Antonio Fire Department administration. SAPFFA President Joe Jones said there’s no politics behind his outspoken efforts to bring other issues to light after the forced retirement of former Fire Chief … Read more

San Antonio ISD apologizes to parents about cold classrooms, closes 20 campuses Wednesday

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio ISD’s superintendent apologized to district parents after students and staff had to tough it out in cold classrooms on Tuesday. “I regret that our preparations did not meet expectations. We will work around the clock to address these issues,” Superintendent Dr. Jaime Aquino said in a letter. KSAT stopped by … Read more

‘I started doing drugs when I was 8′: Now-sober San Antonio man helping people at shelters get into recovery

SAN ANTONIO – As the homeless shelters pack with people escaping the cold, substance use recovery teams are seeing an opportunity. Volunteers can now offer resources to a larger network of people at Corazon Ministries’ Day Center. Jesus Perez spends almost every day connecting with unsheltered people at the same day center where he used … Read more

Two people, dog trapped after broken sprinkler leads to sheetrock collapse in NW Bexar County

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Firefighters rescued two people and a dog who became trapped in a third-floor apartment on Tuesday, according to the Leon Springs Fire Department. Crews with ESD 8 and Helotes Fire Department were the first to arrive at the apartment complex in the 8900 block of Napa Landing, just west of Interstate … Read more

‘A lot of blood’: Witnesses describe crime scene of double murder in first day of trial

SAN ANTONIO – Witness after witness described a bloody crime scene on the first day of the capital murder trial of Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez. Avelar-Rodriguez is accused in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Milanovich, 23, and Julia Wright, 21, on Sept. 30, 2018. “He saw them both laying in the bed helpless, asleep and bang, bang, … Read more