Nearly 100 residents displaced after massive fire at North Side apartment complex
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Benita Ruiz De Garcia
Bianca Juarez and her mother Elia were sitting in their apartment at the Villa Rodriguez Apartments when they heard banging on their front door and a man yelling Get out! Fire, fire!
Bianca said she was shaking as she quickly grabbed their dog and ran out of the building as the fire burned on the floor above them.
San Antonio firefighters were called to the apartments, located at 3270 Nacogdoches Road on the North Side, just after 10 a.m. for a fire that started on the third floor.
Garcia: City government transparency becomes an issue in mayor s race
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Last July, Greg Brockhouse submitted a massive open-records request with the city of San Antonio.
In anticipation of workforce development and public-transit proposition campaigns he planned to oppose, the former councilman wanted to be armed with as much information as possible on related communications from Mayor Ron Nirenberg and his staff members.
Eight months passed and Brockhouse received no documents from the city.
So, last Thursday, Brockhouse, who is currently challenging Nirenberg for mayor, fired off a press release threatening to sue the city over its lack of transparency.
What s the latest on the winter storm in San Antonio?
San Antonio Fire Department is “stretched to the max” during the ongoing and extreme weather conditions. On an average day we get about 5-600 calls into our center. With those calls, say it s a house fire automobile accident, we re going to send multiple units to that incident, said Fire Chief Charles Hood So for that day (Monday), we had 2,604 unit responses, and a lot of those are attributed to motor vehicle accidents. A lot of people were slipping and falling out on the ice. And then we had several house fires.
With final freeze still to come, sunshine bathes a battered San Antonio
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CAM’s director of outreach Valerie Salas (left) and and Centro’s Morgan Handley (right) check in on residents at a camp downtown at midweek to make sure they have enough to eat.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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People carry food given out for children at Nimitz Middle School on Friday. School districts in the area fed many people whose food supply had run low as a result of cold weather shutdowns.Billy Calzada /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A Continental Airlines jet approaches San Antonio International Airport on Friday afternoon, signaling that the airport is now open. It had been closed since Monday because of the subfreezing temperatures and snow.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio Fire Department s EMS will soon have more response options for non-life-threatening calls
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Firefighters and paramedics with Bexar County Emergency Services District No. 2 go through a decontamination process Thursday, April 2, 2020, after responding to a medical call on Vandenberg Way in west Bexar County. First responders have been implementing new safety protocols since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic arrived in Bexar County, including a thorough decontamination process after each call.William Luther, Staff / Staff
Starting next month, San Antonians who call 911 for medical help might not always get an ambulance sent to their home.
Instead, emergency responders will have a variety of options, depending on the severity of the problem.