Residents of Oakland Estates have long been vocal about issues affecting their community. What they did not anticipate was a shift in focus to a new and pressing matter: a large-scale drainage project in the area.

The history of the Oakland Estates neighborhood can be traced back to a land grant awarded to a man who fought in the Battle of Bexar to defend San Antonio and force Mexican forces to retreat.

Oakland Estates is named for the numerous oak trees that line this area, which sits along Huebner Road, not far from the Medical Center, Interstate 10 and Babcock Road.

Improved bike lane infrastructure around Woodlawn Lake will again be discussed at a public meeting with San Antonio’s Transportation Department.

It will be about three weeks before San Antonio ISD knows how its hard stance on terms for handing over a downtown parking lot to a minor league baseball stadium project shakes out. However, some of the early responses are less enthusiastic than the district might have hoped.

Generations Federal Credit Union (GFCU) has kicked off its 12th annual “Turkey Express,” providing free turkeys and hams to San Antonio first responders ahead of the holiday season.

KSAT explores Oakland Estates, a rural neighborhood in an urban setting. The neighborhood sits not far from San Antonio’s Medical Center along Huebner Road, Interstate 10 and Babcock Road.

The “Beyond the Bite” podcast examines how new terms may impact upcoming election.

The San Antonio Independent School District is trying to run up the score in a land deal with the San Antonio Missions and its partners for a 2.3-acre parking lot. "

Downtown San Antonio got into the Christmas spirit this week with the arrival of the H-E-B Christmas tree.

The City of San Antonio and San Antonio Sports will announce a new “major running event” to replace the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series.

Two sports franchises and two possible downtown San Antonio stadiums will be in the spotlight again this week during public meetings.

As a museum, the former home of the Institute of Texan Cultures at the Southeast corner of Hemisfair is history. But it’s also historical, which could cause problems for apparent plans for a future San Antonio Spurs arena in the area.

If you want to get rid of hazardous waste sitting around your house, you can do so this weekend.

A new San Antonio Spurs arena will become an official discussion topic during a city council meeting next week.

The San Antonio Independent School District on Friday celebrated Texas Recycles Day with a focus on recycling and sustainability, culminating in a revitalized playground at Sarah King Elementary.

After serving the running community for 16 years, the Rock n’ Roll Running Series announced its departure from San Antonio, as this year’s December event will be their last “run.”

Faced with a crisis, City of San Antonio officials are working on a solution to support people during a mental health crisis.

The City of San Antonio Solid Waste Department has announced their new Materials Recovery Facility at Balcones Recycling.

People will notice litter booms placed at Salado Creek in Comanche and MLK Park this week. The floating devices are set to help catch floating trash without impacting wildlife. River Aid San Antonio, a nonprofit organization, has been instrumental in raising awareness about the trash littering our waterways.

Several city, county and state government offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

The changes don’t become official until the San Antonio City Council canvasses the results on Nov. 19 but not all of them take effect right away.

Thousands of mental health calls are made to 911 in San Antonio each year. KSAT is taking a closer look at the effectiveness of the city’s crisis response team.

A school on a major road on the Northeast Side of San Antonio is giving parents cause for concern about safety while dropping off and picking up their children.

San Antonio Councilman Marc Whyte agreed to a plea deal Wednesday that changed his December 2023 drunk driving case to a non-DWI charge.

San Antonio now has its first Narcan vending machine, and it’s free.

San Antonio City Council members were split over a recommendation plan to phase out horse-drawn carriages.

The City of San Antonio Animal Care Services has a new director coming to town from Oklahoma City.

Broadway Street in downtown San Antonio is open to traffic as a reconstruction project nears completion, according to the City of San Antonio.

Trey and Saybra Sekula are seeking justice after a San Antonio police officer shot and killed their dogs in their yard.

The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Public Opinion Research (CPOR) polled likely voters in September and October about the six proposed city charter amendments on the Nov. 5 ballot. However, it recorded big shifts in voter’s opinion, depending whether it used plain language to describe the amendments or the exact ballot language.

Big decisions are made on behalf of San Antonians inside City Hall. However, in the early 1970s, Rosie Castro said the people in charge didn’t reflect the entire city.

San Antonio may be experiencing some relief now from the dog days of summer, but in the Thompson neighborhood, problems with dogs — themselves — persist.

More than 100 property owners are in danger of losing their homes over a plan to build a drainage pond that could mitigate flooding in the Thompson neighborhood.

A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull in her driveway, and her mother is urging for stronger action to be taken.

All six proposed San Antonio Charter Amendments, including a repeal of caps on the city manager’s pay and tenure, held approval to pass.

Honor and celebrate loved ones who have passed during the 12th annual Día de los Muertos festival, also known as Muertos Fest, at Hemisfair.

Less than a year after it was sued by anti-abortion groups, the City of San Antonio revealed its Reproductive Justice Fund probably won’t help women access abortion care after all.

After a long wait, San Antonio will soon have a direct flight to the nation’s capital.

Three San Antonio workers were recognized for their hard work and technical skills at the Solid Waste Association of North America’s national Road-E-O competition.

Friday, Oct. 11, has been declared an Ozone Action Day in San Antonio by The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

From elote to corn on the cob, The City of San Antonio is celebrating all things corn.

There are more than 180 dogs that have been classified as either dangerous or aggressive by San Antonio Animal Control Services. Here's a breakdown of how that process happens and the consequences that come with it.

The City of San Antonio provided an update on construction efforts underway on the North Side to connect East Sonterra Boulevard to North Loop 1604.

Launch SA has opened its newly redesigned space in the San Antonio Central Library to help local entrepreneurs and small businesses with much-needed resources.

Oct. 1st is National Night Out, and several organizations, including the City of San Antonio, are hosting events around the city to foster community.

Tuesday, Oct. 1, has been declared an Ozone Action Day in San Antonio by The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

The City of San Antonio said its Lower Broadway road reconstruction project is weeks away from completion.

The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association is considering whether to turn its political influence hose on a new charter amendment campaign to undo city manager caps.

The airline filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court against the city and San Antonio International Airport Director of Airports Jesus Saenz.

The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture announced today that they are hosting an open call for artists and providers to apply for their prequalified public art list.

Hollywood has taken over several blocks of downtown San Antonio for the Paramount+ show “1923.″

NBA and minor league baseball stadiums both had below 40% favorability in a September poll conducted by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Center for Public Opinion Research.

One day after KSAT’s “Know My Neighborhood” spotlighted an illegal dumping area, a South San resident shared an update along Quintana Road.

The San Antonio Philharmonic, which was born from the ashes of the San Antonio Symphony in 2022 with some of the same musicians, saw the City of San Antonio and Bexar County set aside a combined $411,000 for its benefit.

Christian Moreno was sentenced to 18 years in prison while Abiliene Schnieder was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a dog attack that killed an elderly man.

The City of San Antonio will be able to hire 50 new police officers, funded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services through the Department of Justice.

San Antonio City Council approved a $3.96 billion budget Thursday morning that, despite its record size, includes several belt-tightening measures.

The City of San Antonio’s Transportation Department is seeking public input on bike lane improvements at Woodlawn Lake Park.

The $15,000 grant from San Antonio’s Office of Sustainability will also support renovations of a greenhouse near the Headwaters Sanctuary, construction of pollinator gardens and a seed library, and expanding a compost site.

Roughly 76% of the union membership voted on the contract, which passed with 97% approval. Only 35 of the 1,363 members who cast a ballot voted against it.

The City of San Antonio and H-E-B launched the Diabetes Insulin Assistance Program to help residents struggling with the high cost of insulin.

Missing manhole covers are not exactly a new problem, according to neighbors in the Southwest side neighborhood where a woman fell Thursday afternoon.

The proposal for a $160 million San Antonio Missions ballpark relies on also developing the surrounding area, including the low-cost Soap Factory Apartments. Thursday's vote would give the go-ahead to the broad strokes of a deal with the city, county, Missions ownership, and a downtown developer.

San Antonio is one of 14 cities piloting a Google-powered artificial intelligence tool to understand better how tree coverage and reflective surfaces can mitigate the urban heat island effect.

Residents of the 381-unit Soap Factory Apartments worry that affordable housing will be out of their grasp if a downtown baseball stadium project forces them out as planned.

The Najera family is suing the City of San Antonio and City Attorney Andy Segovia for damages arising from “a grievous and preventable tragedy.” The lawsuit was filed on Friday.

What will it cost to build a new Spurs arena and an entertainment district in downtown San Antonio? Emails from the city show an ambitious price tag as the city tries get the Spurs back to their roots at Hemisfair.

The $30 million initiative advances the city’s goal of attaining a net zero capacity for all municipal buildings by 2040, a step outlined in the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.

The filming of a Paramount+ show will impact several closures in downtown San Antonio in the coming weeks.

The city and fire union shook hands on a deal that will be nearly $28 million more expensive over three years than for which the city had planned.

The city planned for 700 cleanups this year. It passed 1,100 and is planning 1,300 for FY 2025.

While supporters like Mayor Ron Nirenberg say the ball park proposal is a fair deal with a group of local owners, a ball team’s worth of opponents came to a public hearing Thursday afternoon to object to the funding method, a lack of public input on the plan so far, and residents’ displacement from a low-cost apartment complex.

Over the past three years, a pot of federal COVID relief money has helped the City of San Antonio not only keep its budget balanced but also fund a variety of community programs. But that money is steadily dwindling, and both the city and the groups it has funded are preparing to go without it.

Security footage captured the moment a vehicle sped through a West Side intersection and crashed into a car.

Honor and celebrate the loved ones who have passed during the free 12th annual Día de los Muertos festival, also known as Muertos Fest, at Hemisfair in October.

Having negotiated since late March, bargaining teams for the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association shook hands on a new contract just before midnight Saturday.

Facing a growing budget deficit, the City of San Antonio has proposed cutting or shifting around tens of millions of dollars over the next two years. But what does that look like for you?

As the city tries to balance its budget by cutting or moving around tens of millions of dollars in spending, it also has plans to raise fees and other small costs in everything from EMS transport, to concert tickets, to transit permits for dead people.

San Antonio International Airport hit a record number of passengers in July, with 1,032,610 flights in or out of the airport.

Bexar County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to set aside $100 million for an East-West rapid transit route through downtown San Antonio. County and transit officials say it’s needed to lock in federal funding for the $289 million project.

The five-member Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously Monday to ask city staff to develop options for phasing out horse-drawn carriages within one to three years.

Residents who have an opinion or questions about the City of San Antonio’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 are encouraged to provide feedback at a series of town halls.

San Antonio is considering raising the false alarm fee for all unpermitted burglar and fire alarms to $250. The fees for permitted systems would not change.

The details on how a potential San Antonio Missions’ downtown baseball stadium would be financed were revealed Wednesday during a city council meeting.

San Antonio City Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia (D4) on Tuesday became the third city council member and first woman to enter the 2025 San Antonio mayor’s race.

A day before it closes, the City of San Antonio’s survey on horse-drawn carriages has already received a huge response online.

Wider sidewalks, improved ADA accessibility and better access to bus stops are among the improvements coming to the Medical Center area next year.

The ecosystem is comprised of the San Pedro, Apache, Alazán and Martínez Creeks; each creek will retain its name, a Public Works press release said.

Got a new puppy at home and need help training? Animal Care Services is offering a free Puppy 101 course for new pet parents this Sunday.

Former San Antonio poet laureate Nephtalí De León is suing the City of San Antonio for defamation and wrongful termination of his contract.

The San Antonio Missions are expected to have a new ballpark built in downtown San Antonio by April 2028, according to a letter from Bexar County and the City of San Antonio to Major League Baseball.

The City of San Antonio’s financial performance remains stable and positive, according to bond ratings released recently by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

The City of San Antonio will head into its budget planning next week with a multi-million dollar question mark in the place of its second-largest contract.

The San Antonio Missions are set to have a new ballpark built in downtown San Antonio by April 2028, according to a letter from the City of San Antonio sent to Major League Baseball.

Thursday, Aug. 8, has been declared an Ozone Action Day in San Antonio by The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.ity.

The city of San Antonio has a survey open and wants to know what you think about horse-drawn carriages.

The City of San Antonio's Solid Waste Management Department said it is cleaning up streets and is also pushing for surveillance and education, as well.

A new partnership between Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) and Pre-K 4 SA will help connect military families to child care options both on and off base while offering additional community resources, according to a press release.

While some families may already be focusing on back to school, know that there are still fun summer events planned for this weekend around San Antonio.