 Janet Kwak has joined News 4 WOAI and her debut in the San Antonio market came off without a hitch and with excellent delivery and professionalism. Janet comes to San Antonio from Abilene, Texas where she anchored the 5 pm newscast. A graduate of University of California at Berkely, she majored in Political Science and Mass Communications.  Delaine Mathieu is doing more broadcast time on News 4 this month and many hope she continues. Delaine is half Venezuelan and an Emmy award winner for her investigative reporting. She also works out and is a runner.  Beautiful and talented Sarah Lucero from Ken 5 continues to built on her high popularity on evening news in San Antonio.  Deborah Knapp is a seasoned television news reporter that also anchors KENS-TV afternoon news cast and has received countless awards for her work.          |
The Mystic Knights car club of San Antonio and the Canela band with the help of many in the southside community sponsored a collection drive to help the victims of the recent flooding in Coahuila Mexico and also to collect school supplies for needing families of San Antonio. Despite the high temperatures many took part in this event. Members of the Mystic Knights displayed their show cars and Canela delighted the crowd with tunes from the 60's and 70's. Canela's duel lead singers were Margie Pacheco and her brother, Alex DeLeon. Photos by SouthSaToday.Com  The Krayolas Venture into the Southside To the delight of many sitting in sizzling temperatures, the renown garage band known as "The Krayolas played for hours in the parking lot of Los Valles Fruits & Food whose banner reads "Refrescate el dia, tenemos licuados". While one person wondered out loud why such a terrific group was playing in a parking lot, another wished she had known about it earlier so she could bring all her friends. Needless to say, Los Valles were doing great business. Related Link The Krayolas  City holds third meeting on Heritage South Plan by Robert Castillo Staff from the City of San Antonio held their third community meeting on the proposed Heritage South Sector Plan Land use. Saturday morning's meeting lasted about two hours and was held at the San Antonio Police Academy with approximately 50 in attendance. The presentation done by city staff was divided into several components, which included land use and urban design, transportation, utilities, housing, economic development, community services, education, parks and natural resources and historic preservation. According to their printed material, this plan will determine appropriate uses and development within the south side area bounded by: Loop 410 to the north; the extraterritorial jurisdiction boundary to the south; I-35 to the west; and Hwy 181 to the east. Questions raised by the public included whether there were any plans for hospitals in the southside while another person commented about the growing congestion on Roosevelt.  Ernest Chacon, a southside resident addressed the group from a prepared written statement concerning the buffer zone around the Toyota plant. According to Chacon, he owns several acres and felt that because of the concession made to Toyota, he is now locked in and cannot sell his property. " Nobody here went to the meeting." said businessman Roman Pena, "the problem that is occurring is that you keep telling us that at the last meeting this was developed and nobody here was at the last meeting. So the thing is..you need to have a little more respect for the people. " Pena asked that ample notice be given about such meetings. City staff pointed out that information about Heritage South Sector Plan Lane use and meetings are on their website. Many planned to attend the next meeting scheduled on June 22, 2010 at 6:00pm. The location will be 1901 S. Alamo. (http://www.sanantonio.gov/planning/south_sector_plan1.asp)  Southside holds Legendary Tejano Night concert SouthSaToday.Com by Robert Castillo Hundreds kept a date with Sunny Ozuna this past weekend when they attended the Legendary Tejano Night concert on the grounds of St. Cecilia Catholic Church. In the audience were many baby boomers that shared their own personal stories about Sonny Ozuna. Most already knew that he had grown up in the southside of San Antonio and had attended Burbank High. The legendary singer also recounted how and when he attained nationwide fame with his song "Talk to Me." "It was a very exciting time for me in 1963. That was my senior year at Burbank and I remember talking to Mr. Terrell Gates, the school principal. Our song had just gone national and was listed in the Top 40. I asked Mr. Gates to give me a break so I could attend Dick Clark's American Bandstand." explained Ozuna. It was February of 1963 that Sonny did two shows on American Bandstand at the age of nineteen. Among the other performers at Saturday's event was Ernie Garibay , who thrilled the audience with his vocals (I'd Rather Go Blind) and instrumental hits. Also from the sixties fame was energetic Rudy T. Gonzalez, the lead singer for the group originally known as Rudy Tee and the Reno Bops who is currently promoting a recent CD. Also performing was Jimmy Edward that brought young and old to their feet with his hits from the 1970's (Todos Dicen, Bring It on Home to Me), and instead of taking center stage moved down among the crowd and delivered a performance that kept dancers on the floor throughout his set. "Being here is actually being home. We grew up in this area and many of our songs and memories are from here." said Sunny Ozuna. The Legendary Tejano Night concert ended late at night with crowds estimated in the hundreds during the day long event.  The Vincent
Valdez mural is destroyedSouthSaToday.Com In 1994 Vincent Valdez, a 16 year old student at Burbank High School in San Antonio was allowed to paint a mural on a west side wall at the school which was visible from interstate traffic. The mural remained at Burbank High until this past weekend when school adminstration approved its removal. While questions are being asked as to how this could have happened. It was reported that the artist's father, Arthur Valdez and Fernando Velazques visited the school on Monday with the hope of meeting with school Principal Mona Lopez. School staff informed them that she was not available until later. During the course of the day, both were met by assistant principal Roy Gregg and informed that Mona Lopez would not be available after all. According to the news report, both Velasquez and Valdez were met by Gregg accompanied by two campus police officers. The sudden removal of this mural has angered some in the community and they hope that those responsible will offer the public a thorough explanation as to how they reached the decision to have the mural removed. Related Articles: Update: Artist Vincent Valdez Mural Destroyed by SAISD Principal Mona Lopez Loss of mural spurs call for apology SAISD "History in the Making" - Facebook  Recent storms cause minor setback Terrential
rains that measured up to several inches fell on San Antonio Friday
afternoon causing a massive runoff that flowed into the San Antonio
River. Soil erosion was most visible in the Mission Reach
segment
of the river which starts from Lonestar Boulevard south to Loop 410.
The current was high enough and carried enough
force to
gouge the embankment near the Theo street bridge. Further upsteam, the
ground held well.
The San Antonio River Improvements Project plans to complete riverwalk improvement to enhance 13 miles along the San Antonio River at an estimated cost of $384 millon. Photo by SouthSaToday.Com  Eva
Longoria on the set of Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria Parker is back to work on the new season, shooting episodes of Desperate Housewives in California. In the shot, Vanessa, Marcia, Eva, Teri and Felicity on the set for season number seven.  Morgan's
Wonderland becomes a reality
By Robert Castillo - SouthSaToday.Com SAN ANTONIO - Mothers with their children slowly inched ahead hoping to get near the stage where San Antonio's famous actress, Eva Longoria Parker was busy signing autographs and posing with many for that much-sought photo. Minutes earlier, she had thanked the estimated audience of 2,000 that took part in the official opening of Morgan's Wonderland, a unique recreational project developed by former real estate developer, Gordon Hartman. The 25 acre park was designed to serve those with mental or physical disability and took an estimate amount of $30 million to complete. Eva's family was also in the audience, including her sister whom she acknowledged as an inspiration. With his daughter at his side Hartman thanked his daughter who he has stated has a cognitive delay condition. "Thank you, Morgan, for opening the eyes of your parents. With your attitude you have done so much for so many people" "We love you Morgan," Hartman stated. Among the celebrities addressing the crowd, former Spur player David Robinson spoke about giving back to the community and helping all such projects as Morgan's Wonderland come to fruition. Well-known Pastor Buckner Fanning, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and U.S. Congressman Charlie Gonzalez also participated in the official opening, followed by Grammy Award winning artist and percussionist Nina Rodriguez and her group "Unlock The Rhythm." The opening activities were scheduled to end by 9 pm. COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS September 12, 2010 - Los
Intocables at the Alamodome - ..free event. Only $10 parking.
 |
 Other News    San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo  State Farm Turkey Giveaway  Dr. John M. Gonzalez  Rock n Roll SA Marathon  2009 Start! San Antonio Heart Walk  Halloween 2009  St. James Parish Festival  Pablo Rosales, Trenzas Gloriosas.  Palm Heights National Night Out      |