Clack: In vaccine search, love and community find a way
April 3, 2021
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106-year-old Ethel Carroll gets vaccinated thanks to a community effort to get shots into arms. “We call it Black Girl Magic,” says Bonnie Prosser Elder, one of the women who started the COVID Community Outreach Program.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
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The more shots in arms, the better. For weeks now, a small group of women have been working tirelessly to make this happen for others.Billy Calzada /Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less
A few weeks ago, two teachers who’d once worked together crossed paths in a local Costco. It had been more than 20 years, but even behind their masks, the two women recognized each other.
Overwhelming number of broken pipes after freeze prompts Bexar County to enter plumbing dispatch business
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Sotero Gutierrez cleans a row of chairs inside the Freeman Coliseum on Feb. 10, 2021. Bexar County commissioners received an update Tuesday on improvements at county facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect public health. About $1.2 million in upgrades were made at the coliseum and surrounding grounds, according to a staff report.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Plumber Alex Ortega of Beyer Boys works on rupture pipes on a home in the Stone Oak area of the city on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The recent subfreezing temperatures across Texas caused many pipes to burst.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
Bexar County commissioners in first-ever virtual meeting say they want COVID testing at rodeo
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Bexar County Commissioners Rebeca Clay-Flores, from left, Justin Rodriguez, County Judge Nelson Wolff, Trish DeBerry and Tommy Calvert bow their heads during the opening prayer by San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, not pictured, for the Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting in the Bexar County Courthouse on Jan. 12, 2021. Commissioners Court will hold a virtual meeting Tuesday after one of the commissioners tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 15.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Newly elected Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores responds to a concern brought to the court by a group of her constituents during the Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting in the Bexar County Courthouse on Jan. 12, 2021. Behind her is Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert.Lisa Krantz, Staff / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Not traditional policing : San Antonio initiative aims to prevent mass violence, targeted attacks
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Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio Division, right, and Sam Ukeiley, special agent in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, middle, listen as Randy Reyes, an arson investigator with the San Antonio Fire Department, speaks about a new multiagency initiative to identify and assess possible threats in Bexar County.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer
The social media posts, allegedly written by a former teacher in the Northside Independent School District, started with a demand for money he claimed he was owed.