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Edmond Ortiz, a lifelong San Antonian, is a freelance reporter/editor who has worked with the San Antonio Express-News and Prime Time Newspapers.
The City Council approved annexation of a Babcock Road commercial corridor and three enclave areas off Vance Jackson Road near North Loop 1604, Foster Road, and around Interstate 10 East and Loop 1604.
More than 130 people gathered at City Hall on Wednesday night to speak in favor or against the proposed removal of a Confederate monument in Travis Park.
Trustees of the North East Independent School District voted unanimously in a special meeting Tuesday to rename Robert E. Lee High School.
City Council on Wednesday was briefed on the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budgets for the City’s parks and recreation, libraries, and municipal court systems.
The proposed district would have encompassed less than 14 acres, mostly along a stretch of East Mistletoe Avenue between McCullough Avenue and Kings Court.
Apartment units will range in size from 650 to 1,050 sq. ft. Fourteen of the units would be sold at market rate while the rest would be rent-controlled.
The Historic and Design Review Commission approved the final design of an eight-story hotel on the River Walk.
Most City Council members said Tuesday that the proposed budget for infrastructure and transportation improvements for fiscal year 2018 could provide equity among all 10 Council districts.
The federal government has opted not to renew a $400,000-a-year grant that enables CISSA to prepare South San Antonio High School students for college.
The Planning Commission recommended the annexation of five corridors and enclaves, denied annexation of a sixth area, and took no action on a seventh.