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Sneakers, snacks and shelter - CAM event connects homeless to services in San Antonio FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 Andrew Wright, who has been living in a tent near the Interstate 37 overpass, tries on a new pair of shoes he received at an outreach event on March 16, 2021, at Christian Assistance Ministry near downtown San Antonio.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of10 John Mellow sweeps the area around his friends’ tents under the Interstate 37 overpass near McCullough, east of downtown San Antonio. Mellow says he does so to keep things as clean as possible and make livin...

Freezing on the streets In a city lacking stable housing for the homeless, February's record cold exposed the vulnerability — and shortage of options — for those living in a tent camp under Interstate 37. Freezing on the streets In a city lacking stable housing for the homeless, February's record cold exposed the vulnerability — and shortage of options — for those living in a tent camp under Interstate 37. March 12, 2020 Under the Interstate 37 overpass on the north side of downtown, Leslie Hester dug through her tent for a washcloth and bottle of water. Still huddled in her sleeping ...

Commentary: Modernize the infrastructure, or face future of more failures Henry Cisneros and William Fulton, For the Express-News Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A worker in Dallas seeks to restore power during the arctic blast. A failure to invest in infrastructure is a failure to invest in our present and future.Smiley N. Pool /Associated Press The loss of electrical power in neighborhoods across Texas last week has been attributed to breakdowns in the ERCOT system. ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, was set up to share and distribute power across the interconnected util...

BCSO says 150 people fled from 18-wheeler suspected in human smuggling operation FacebookTwitterEmail The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said approximately 150 immigrants on Thursday fled from a semi-truck parked at a gas station in South Bexar County and used in a suspected human smuggling operation. Sheriff Javier Salazar is seen during a news conference about the incident.Screenshot- Facebook The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said approximately 150 immigrants on Thursday fled from an 18-wheeler parked at a gas station in South Bexar County and used in a suspected human smuggling operation. ...

Texas Blackouts Hit Minority Neighborhoods Especially Hard James Dobbins and Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times Feb. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Jorge and Fidel Benitez grill meat outside their home in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, as they have been without power since Sunday evening. Huge winter storms have plunged large parts of the central and southern United States into an energy crisis this week as frigid blasts of Arctic weather crippled electric grids and left millions of Americans without power amid dangerously cold temperatures. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)Ilana ...