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In response to the deadly June 12 floods, the City of San Antonio and Bexar County have issued a joint disaster declaration, according to a news release.
The potential costs of renovating and keeping up county facilities around the Spurs’ current East Side home are quickly adding up.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said he won’t make an official endorsement in the city’s mayoral election during KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday evening.
The Metro SA Chamber hosted its annual State of the County event on Wednesday, featuring a fireside chat with Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai.
New technology ensuring greater accessibility for the deaf community and an expedited check-in process is coming to future Bexar County elections.
A proposed memorandum of understanding between the Spurs, Bexar County and City of San Antonio includes the possibility of a November election on using a county venue tax and collaborating on developing the area around the team's current home.
The Bexar County Election Commission has announced Michele Carew as its new Bexar County Election Administrator, according to a press release.
Months after announcing a nine-figure investment in its San Antonio plant, Toyota said Monday it will make a seven-figure investment for educational and family programs at East Central Independent School District.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai has the green light to negotiate using a county tax to fund a new downtown San Antonio Spurs arena. However, based on Bexar County Commissioners' conversations, the NBA franchise likely won’t get the tax’s full capacity as the county tries to maintain the team’s current home on the East Side.
With a potential Spurs arena planned for downtown, a Bexar County commissioner is hosting town hall meetings to gather public input.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg joined KSAT Q&A to discuss the Spurs arena after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday discussed on a possible tax vote for the downtown arena.
Bexar County voters could be asked to approve using and possibly raising an existing tax to build a downtown arena for the San Antonio Spurs.
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.
Bexar County is expected to use a Department of Energy grant to better track greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across the region, developing a county-wide GHG emissions inventory assessment in response to high local ozone levels.
The number in homicides relating to domestic violence are doubling in Bexar County in just a year, according to Bexar County officials during a press conference.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai has a message for registered voters for the Nov. 5 election -- vote.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and San Antonio City Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda rode an Amtrak train from San Antonio to Austin on Monday morning in an effort to promote the importance of improved rail service in the region.
There is currently evidence at the Bexar County Crime Lab that has been untouched and uninspected for more than a year.
The San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees wants to find out what district residents have to say about the sale of land for a downtown baseball stadium for the San Antonio Missions.
During the hearing, legal representatives for the state Attorney General’s Office and county commissioners made arguments regarding the potential legal action.
The grant would give the county $800,000 over four years. County leaders say they want to build a Senior Justice Assessment Center.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai will hold a news conference about the VIA Rapid Silver Line on Tuesday following the Commissioners Court meeting.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai joined the KSAT Q&A to discuss conversations about the San Antonio Mission moving downtown and the county budget.
The Bexar County Commissioners Court plan to host four budget town halls this month as it prepares to finalize the fiscal year 2024-25 budget.
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.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg joined the chorus of local politicians’ voices who would like to keep the Missions playing baseball in San Antonio for the foreseeable future.
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office took to Commissioner's Court Tuesday to explain why they've already shipped 150 inmates to neighboring counties. There are over 100 more that are ready to be moved as well. BCSO has requested over $4 million for the transporting, but Commissioners Court is holding off for now.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai said there are people working around-the-clock to fix the rocky rollout of the new Odyssey system, but "there's no blame here."
Bexar County planned to reopen its new criminal case data public portal Thursday evening, one day after it was shut down due to complaints that some cases were missing information or had mistakes.
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales updated county commissioners on the progress made by the High Risk Intake Team on Tuesday.
Created by county and city officials to quell violent crime from repeat offenders, the plan identifies significant gaps in the criminal justice system and ways to combat them.
A sheriff’s deputy assigned to County Judge Peter Sakai’s security detail is accused of flashing a gun at a teenager and his family outside a home in Selma, law enforcement records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
The Bexar County Commissioner’s Court approved agreements to help establish San Antonio’s future 188-acre Arboretum, allocating $7.3 million in funding.
KSAT 12 has gotten the first look at some recommendations to improve public safety from Bexar County and San Antonio’s top police and court officials.
City and county leaders announced that JCB, the world’s largest, privately-owned construction, agricultural, and industrial equipment manufacturing company, is expanding to San Antonio.
In early September, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai said he would get to the bottom of the problems between the Bexar County DA and San Antonio Police Department. Nearly two weeks later, internal talks reveal there maybe a communication problem.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus exposed some problems with the Bexar County criminal system that have been brewing for some time, other local police chiefs say.
Bexar County Commissioners are set to vote in the upcoming 2024 fiscal year budget, The DA's office is asking for more than $52 million, which includes pay raises and new positions.
The back and forth between Bexar County leaders continue after the recent string of police shootings in the last two weeks.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai on Friday made his first public comments on the recent rash of police shootings involving habitual violent offenders, saying there need to be “solutions to protect the community and to protect law enforcement.”
KSAT has tried to talk about the recent string of police shootings with Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai for nearly a week.
After several police shootings in the past two weeks, the city and Bexar County will bring together law enforcement and other leaders to discuss the recent violence and come up with plans to address it.
Members of the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association attending a seminar during Fiesta were among the first people to hear the good news: county court judges had days earlier approved a fee increase for misdemeanor indigent defense cases. The pay increase for private attorneys who represent defendants who cannot otherwise afford legal counsel was long overdue, multiple county officials and defense attorneys told KSAT Investigates.
The Spurs’ first game in Austin was considered by many to be a slam dunk as the team sold out and broke the Moody Center attendance on Thursday.
In four days, Judge Peter Sakai will take the reins of Bexar County government from longtime County Judge Nelson Wolff, who is stepping down after more than 20 years in the position.
For the first time in more than 20 years, Bexar County will have a new county judge.
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KSAT anchors Steve Spriester, Stephania Jimenez and Myra Arthur will host a must-watch election results livestream as polls close and results begin trickling in at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8.
The San Antonio chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance is demanding that Trish DeBerry, the Republican candidate for Bexar County judge, issue an apology for making what it deemed a racist remark about her Democratic opponent, Peter Sakai.
To help local business owners and other voters weigh the issues and decide who they want to support, the North San Antonio Chamber hosted a candidate forum with Sakai and DeBerry.
Former district court judge Peter Sakai faces Trish DeBerry, former Pct. 3 county commissioner
Trish DeBerry, a former county commissioner and public relations specialist, cited “multiple sources” tying Henry and Bob Wills, the head of the PM Group, to the “dark money” sponsor of recent television attack ads against her, Friends of Bexar County LLC. DeBerry also accused the Democratic candidate Peter Sakai of “lying” about not having anything to do with the negative ad campaign.
Surveillance video shows someone on a motorcycle firing at the Bexar County Democratic Party headquarters early Tuesday morning.
Innovative specialty courts are continuing to see success in reunifying children with their parents after the completion of court-supervised programs.
The winner between Ina Minjarez and Peter Sakai will face Republican Trish DeBerry, a former Bexar County Precinct 3 commissioner, in the November General Election.
Two Democratic candidates vying for the office of Bexar County Judge will go head-to-head in a forum ahead of the runoff election in May.
Find the latest, updated election results for the 2022 primary election in Texas on March 1, 2022.
Before the general election, which will decide who will succeed Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, a competitive Democratic primary lies ahead in March.
Candidates running for county judge and district attorney have raised thousands of dollars ahead of their races.
In their first forum ahead of the primary election, all four Democratic Bexar County Judge candidates touted their prior experience in an effort to set them apart from their competition.
The race so far to replace retiring Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff is marked by the diversity and public service records of those who’ve announced or are still undecided.
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SAN ANTONIO – The moratorium on jury trials ordered in March over concerns about the spreading of COVID-19 will end on Dec. 31. The decision on whether to extend the moratorium is up to Local Administrative Judge Ron Rangel. “We know that we are in a current surge of COVID cases.”Jury service resumption in Bexar County gets closer lookSeveral judges in the criminal, civil and misdemeanor courts at the Bexar County Courthouse are anxious to begin conducting in person jury trials. “I believe that we should consider resuming jury trials on a case-by-case basis,” County Court 11 Judge Tommy Stolhandske said. Stolhandske also noted that Harris and Kendall counties have already resumed in-person jury trials.
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SAN ANTONIO Citing an 18% spike in domestic violence cases this year, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff wants to include funds for a special Protective Order Court in the countys budget. It provides them with an associate new judge, court manager, program assistance and crime advocates, all the back-up support system they need to have the court work, Wolff said. Senior Civil District Court Judge Peter Sakai praised the creation of the Protective Order Court. This was the countys side of putting in its contribution on the prevention and the fight against domestic violence, Judge Sakai said Wednesday. Hopefully, this will help stem the tide of domestic violence, Wolff said.
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SAN ANTONIO After closing in mid-March amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Bexar County courts complex will reopen next week, according to District Court Judge Peter Sakai. Were probably 60-to-70(percent) capacity of what we were hearing, Sakai said. Were easily back on, and all 14 judges are hearing cases remotely.But like their criminal court counterparts, the civil judges are facing a big problem. Bexar County criminal district courts operating under new orderWe have a backlog in the sense of responding to attorneys who are asking for in-person hearings," Sakai said. He said he is optimistic about reopening since remote hearings will continue to be an option for resolving civil matters.
Civil district courts in Bexar County prepare to reopen after months-long closurePublished: June 10, 2020, 6:14 pmThe mid-March closure of the Bexar County Courts complex amid the coronavirus pandemic had a devastating effect on the local justice system, according to District Court Judge Peter Sakai.
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