SAN ANTONIO – On the city’s East Side, neighbors are stepping up to protect their community from crime and violence. The group Neighborhoods First Alliance is dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods through resources and community service. Their latest effort unfolded Saturday morning at the corner of Hays and St. Martin St on the East Side. Saturday morning, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus was present, greeting neighbors and speaking out against violence in the area. “Even though there is strain between the Black community, Hispanic community, the police today, we still got to work together.

SAN ANTONIO – Sylvia Cooper lives in a mobile home community in far Southeast San Antonio. Clients like Cooper have to be referred to the Texas Ramp Project by a third-party health care provider. Swarner is the Texas Ramp project coordinator for San Antonio. For more information on the Texas Ramp Project, click here. RELATED: City of San Antonio marks 30 years of Americans with Disabilities Act with reminder of services

BCSO, judges launch pilot project similar to work-release programThe program allows participants an opportunity to avoid jail time by working weekends doing landscaping and cleanup work around the jail and other county properties. “The participants have a sense that they’re giving back to the community,” Judge Velia Meza said Wednesday. Meza, along with Judge Melissa Vara and the sheriff, launched the program last month. “We’ve already saved $16,000 in housing costs and another $4,000 in hourly wages we would have paid to landscaping companies,” he said. “I would also like to expand this out to help out some of the nonprofits or do more graffiti cleanups,” he said.

Meet 4 Smithson Valley HS students who are doing good with their passions (Part 3)Published: February 18, 2020, 7:48 amFrom cancer and mental health awareness to recycling shoes, four students with Smithson Valley High School have started their own service campaigns for causes that are important to them.

Meet 4 Smithson Valley HS students who are doing good with their passions (Part 1)Published: February 18, 2020, 7:41 amFrom cancer and mental health awareness to recycling shoes, four students with Smithson Valley High School have started their own service campaigns for causes that are important to them.

Meet 4 Smithson Valley HS students who are doing good with their passions (Part 1)Published: February 18, 2020, 7:40 amFrom cancer and mental health awareness to recycling shoes, four students with Smithson Valley High School have started their own service campaigns for causes that are important to them.