KSAT Reporter Patty Santos was surprised by the local non-profit leaders for her community impact stories.

Meat thawing in a bucket in a mop sink, roaches in the kitchen, and a restaurant forced to close due to no hot water -- those violations led to some low scores for a trio of restaurants.

Breakdown with #StephAndSteve debuts Feb. 9 and will take a look at a range of major issues affecting the people of San Antonio, Bexar County and surrounding areas. We’ll talk to experts on the front lines and break down what you need to know.

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Stephania Jimenez will join Steve Spriester, Adam Caskey, and Greg Simmons on-air beginning in mid-October.

Homeland Security Investigations responded to a call from San Antonio after police say 80 to 100 people escaped from the back of an 18-wheeler when an officer arrived to investigate the suspicious big rig at a far East Side truck stop.

A man in his 30s who was shot by police after he had shot his child’s mother’s friend at an East Side apartment has died, according to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. McManus said the man in his 30s confronted his child’s mother’s friend and then shot him. An officer who was nearby arrived moments later and found the shooting suspect. The officer confronted the man, and the shooting suspect pulled out his gun, McManus said. The shooting suspect was taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

SAN ANTONIO – Renee Watson is the chair of The City of San Antonio’s MLK Commission. Catch up on all of the latest KSAT Q&As here or watch them live at 6:30 p.m. and on the Nightbeat.

2020 has been a challenging year for many reasons. However, we hope to bring you some holiday cheer. In case you missed it, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Sarah Spivey and her husband, Michael, ended the Nightbeat singing the holiday classic. From all of us at KSAT, we hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Mayor Ron Nirenberg joins KSAT Q&A most Wednesdays after his coronavirus briefings. Watch live at 6:30 p.m. or on the Nightbeat Monday through Friday. RELATED: Wolff declines to reopen bars in Bexar County after Abbott issues order

The City of Hollywood Park is trying to figure out how to clean-up an underground town of homeless people uncovered this week. The underground tunnel was uncovered when an officer saw a homeless person crawl in to a drainage tunnel. “And it really is like a small little town down there.”The tunnels are covered with trash, shopping carts, food, feces and furniture. Since the tunnel town was uncovered, officers have check on them at least twice a day to clear people out. The tunnel crosses 281 underground, which is TxDOT jurisdiction, and exits into San Antonio’s jurisdiction.

SAN ANTONIO – For more than a decade, the Dangerous Assessment Response Team has targeted the “worst of the worst” nuisance properties in San Antonio. But seeing the issues corrected doesn't always mean the multi-agency task force deals with the worst property owners. In the best cases, the owners are also willing to fix the code and criminal violations that brought the DART unit to their door in the first place. City Hall reporter Garrett Brnger talked with one owner who said the intervention by DART showed he and his partner how to improve their hotel. MORE DART STORIES:Dangerous Assessment Response Team targets ‘worst of the worst’ propertiesProgram aims to rid city of San Antonio of problems with propertiesMeth seized, five arrested in bust at Northwest Side ‘problem’ house

Christmas Day is a day to be spent with the ones you love most — but just like every other day, news does not take a day off. KSAT will air the Nightbeat at 10 p.m. on Christmas Day, and anchors Japhanie Gray and Deven Clarke will be there with you to celebrate the end of the night. On Christmas Day, I always get my dog, Beau, a big bone and we watch “A Christmas Story.”Japhanie's dog, Beau, with his Christmas present. For example, the past three years now it’s been a tradition for me to anchor the Christmas Day newscast. KSAT 12's Jessica Hunt, Courtney Friedman, Japhanie Gray and Kaiti Blake.

Isis Romero anchors the Nightbeat and creates long-form reporting series for KSAT. She joined the KSAT 12 news team in 2010.

Isis Romero anchors the Nightbeat and creates long-form reporting series for KSAT. She joined the KSAT 12 news team in 2010.

SAN ANTONIO – KSAT 12 Nightbeat anchor Isis Romero returns with two new episodes of her original news program, “Up Close with Isis Romero.”The two 30-minute episodes will air back to back beginning at 9 p.m. on Thursday on KSAT 12 and on KSAT.com. You will also be able to find the episodes on Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV. This episode of “Up Close with Isis Romero” explores the issue of missing persons in Bexar County and beyond. Host Isis Romero takes an up close look at the mysterious disappearance of HEB employee Pauline Diaz in 2010, and the notorious case of Heidi Seeman, whose disappearance prompted an unprecedented search and the subsequent founding of the Heidi Search Center in the early ‘90s. With cesarean sections on the rise across the country, Romero shares her own experience with the procedure and welcomes viewers inside the operating room as she undergoes her third C-section and the birth of her third child.

Time to run around South Texas for the Big Game Coverage Road Trip. Game 1: Schertz John Paul II Guardians at Natalia Mustangs. This marks the fourth straight season the Guardians and Mustangs will open against each other, with Natalia winning the previous three. Game 3: Brackenridge Eagles at Somerset Bulldogs. Last season, Somerset edged Brackenridge 20-19 in Week 1.