Going beyond the badge: East Side SAFFE officers help family with no AC
Two San Antonio Police East Side SAFFE officers went beyond the badge to help a grandmother and her two granddaughters who were living in a home without AC.
Hugo Chรกvez statues targeted across Venezuela in post-election unrest
Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chรกvez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of elections by the late presidentโs handpicked successor, Nicolรกs Maduro.
Valencia fans who insulted Vinรญcius are first to be convicted for racism abuse in Spanish soccer
Three Valencia fans have been handed eight-month prison sentences after pleading guilty to racially insulting Real Madrid forward Vinรญcius Jรบnior.
Quality early education can be expensive or hard to find. Home visits bring it to more families
Home visiting programs are providing a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to quality early education is scarce or out of reach financially.
Northern Hills/Valencia neighborhood leaders look to increase involvement through voluntary HOA
Valencia only has 75 households out of the estimated 700 participating in its voluntary homeowners association.
Fitness, fun and friendship: Seniors thrive in Northern Hills/Valencia
Exercising and playing games are some of the keys to staying happy and healthy for seniors in the Northern Hill/Valencia neighborhoods. An average of 450 seniors visit the Northeast Senior Center every day.
History shows Northern Hills/Valencia has an Alamo connection
Many Northern Hills and Valencia residents probably don't realize that this part of Northeast San Antonio has a connection to the Mission San Antonio de Valero, best known as the Alamo.
Northern Hills/Valencia: Balancing preservation and progress in aging neighborhoods
In this episode of โKnow My Neighborhood,โ we explore the good, the bad and the frustrating in Northern Hills/ Valencia, and the neighborhoodsโ desire to have community involvement now and in the future.
Know My Neighborhood: Northern Hills-Valencia, Getting Involved
In this episode of โKnow My Neighborhood,โ we explore the good, the bad and the frustrating in Northern Hills/Valencia, and the neighborhoodsโ desire to have community involvement now and in the future.
Forensic police find a 10th body in the charred remnants of a Spanish apartment building
The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia has risen to 10 after forensic police found one more body inside the charred building Saturday.
Death toll in Spanish building fire hits 9, with 1 missing, as questions grow about speed of blaze
The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia has risen to nine as questions were raised about whether construction materials caused the fire to spread so rapidly.
Fire engulfs 2 buildings in Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least 4 people. Nearly 20 missing
A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least four people and injuring at least 13 others.
Driver arrested after striking two officers downtown while trying to flee traffic stop, SAPD says
A driver was arrested after striking a park police officer with his Lexus, fleeing the scene and then hitting a second officer on Friday night in downtown San Antonio, according to police.
Winds from Storm Ciarรกn whip up a wildfire in eastern Spain as 850 people are evacuated
A wildfire abetted by winds from Storm Ciarรกn has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land in eastern Spain and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns.
Evolving crisis fuels anxiety among Venezuelans who want a better economy but see worsening woes
Venezuelans have come to feel the decade-long crisis that undid their country as one numbingly featureless expanse of struggles.
Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other and streets awash in red pulp in Spanish town's Tomatina party
Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spainโs annual โTomatinaโ street battle in the eastern town of Buรฑol.
Lavish 5,000-year-old tomb belonged to woman previously thought to be high-status man
An ornate tomb discovered in 2008 in Valencina, Spain was previously thought to belong to a high-status young man but new research shows it was actually the tomb of a woman.
Racist abuse of Vinรญcius Jรบnior highlights entrenched problem in soccer
The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinรญcius Jรบnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world's most popular sport.
With section of stadium closed after racist abuse against Vinรญcius, Valencia draws at home
Valencia has played its first home game with a section of Mestalla Stadium closed as punishment for the racist abuse against Vinรญcius Jรบnior last weekend.
Spain takes action against racism after Vinรญcius case but punishing fans remains a challenge
The attention brought by the latest case of abuse against Real Madrid forward Vinรญcius Jรบnior has taken Spain to what could be a turning point in the fight against racism in soccer.
Real Madrid players and fans honor Vinรญcius Jรบnior after Brazilian was racially abused
Vinรญcius Jรบnior was watching from the stands as Rodrygo raised his right fist above his head to celebrate his late winner.
Vinรญcius Jรบnior soccer racism dispute ignites heated off-field debate in Spain
Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vinรญcius Jรบnior have unleashed a heated debate in Spain about tolerance for racism in a society that is becoming rapidly more diverse on and off the field.
Racial abuse against Vinรญcius Jรบnior brings arrests and partial closure of Valencia stadium
Spanish police say they have arrested seven people accused of racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinรญcius Jรบnior.
Spanish acknowledge they have a racism problem after more abuse of Vinรญcius Jรบnior
Spanish soccer is again embroiled in a racism debate and the support for Vinรญcius Jรบnior is growing rapidly after yet another case of abuse against the Brazil forward this weekend.
Vinicius Junior says Spanish league โnow belongs to racists' after enduring more abuse
Vinรญcius Jรบnior has been subjected to racist abuse yet again and says on Instagram that the Spanish league โnow belongs to racists.โ.
Spain's 'Tomatina' battle returns after pandemic hiatus
People from around the world have pasted each other with tomatoes as Spainโs famous โTomatinaโ street tomato fight took place once again following a two-year suspension owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
Spain probes private taxidermy museum with 1,000 animals
Spainโs Civil Guard says it is investigating a businessman in the eastern Valencia region who owned a private taxidermy collection with more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including just over 400 from protected species and at least one specimen of a North African oryx, already extinct.
โThe Good Bossโ starring Bardem big winner at Spain's Goyas
Fernando Leรณn de Aranoaโs โThe Good Bossโ has beenthe big winner of Spainโs most prestigious film awards, winning six prizess including best picture and best actor for Javier Bardem.
2-day job fair connects potential employees with hospitality industry in San Antonio
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on our local economy but as we return to normal, more and more jobs are becoming available.
Red-hot US housing market: January new home sales jump 4.3%
Sales of new homes fell by 3.5% in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 959,000 million units. The Commerce Department said Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, that despite the modest decrease, sales of new homes are up 32.1% from a year earlier, as the housing market remains strong despite the pandemic. โ Demand for new homes in the U.S. surged 4.3% in January with the housing market still one of the strongest segments of the economy. Last month's increase pushed sales of new homes to an adjusted annual rate of 923,000, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The housing market has remained remarkably resilient in the face of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pandemic help wanted: Fast food managers, road race experts
Event organizers and other unconventional logistics experts are using their skills to help the nation vaccinate as many people against COVID-19 as possible. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)A year into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are painfully aware that overcoming the scourge is a marathon, not a sprint. The race director of the Boston Marathon, which is on hold until fall, has been tapped by the state of Massachusetts to run mass vaccination operations at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park. In California, Disneyland โ hit hard by the global health crisis โ is hosting a mass vaccination effort, as is Six Flags Magic Mountain, about 60 miles north. Philadelphia officials chose a 22-year-old Drexel University graduate student in psychology to help get a mass vaccination site up and running quickly.
F1 season to start in Bahrain after Australian GP postponed
The start of the 2021 Formula One season has been delayed after the Australian Grand Prix was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian race in Melbourne has been rescheduled from March 21 to November 21. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)LONDON โ The start of the Formula One season was delayed by one week on Tuesday after the Australian Grand Prix was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the race in Melbourne moved from March to November, the season will now start in Bahrain on March 28. The season will instead start with the Bahrain Grand Prix less than four months after the Sakhir venue held two races as part of the 2020 season.
Valencia 'surprised' at Atalanta coach's virus revelation
When Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini was struggling with the coronavirus in mid-March, the prospect of entering Bergamos hospital which was overflowing with COVID-19 patients at the time made him fear for his life. The 62-year-old Gasperini started feeling sick on March 9, a day before Atalanta played at Valencia in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. With the virus advancing rapidly across Europe, the second leg in Valencia was played without fans. Previously the only member of Atalanta who was confirmed as testing positive for the virus was reserve goalkeeper Marco Sportiello. Atalanta can help Bergamo recover, while respecting the pain and those in mourning, Gasperini said.