Berenice Garcia

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Berenice Garcia

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — A federal judge in South Texas on Friday extended a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Trump Administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans detained in the Southern District of Texas.

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Berenice Garcia

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — A South Texas county will lose some authority over the beach near the SpaceX launch site if a bill approved by the state Senate Thursday becomes law. Instead, the authority to close access to the beach would go to the proposed city of Starbase, which its residents will vote to incorporate in May. The bill, introduced by state Sen.

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Berenice Garcia

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. EDINBURG — At 2 a.m. Friday, Rick Saldaña was traveling back to Edinburg from Mercedes, a city about 26 miles away, in an area known as the Mid-Valley. The roads were flooded. The frontage roads that feed into the expressway resembled lakes. Hundreds of cars were abandoned by people unable to drive further.

3 weeks ago | hoydallas.com | Valerie Gonzalez |Berenice Garcia

Details 29 March 2025 McALLEN — Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. Local officials also reported at least three people died from the rainstorm. Hidalgo County officials said there was no immediate information on the three deaths, only that they involved law enforcement.

3 weeks ago | rawstory.com | Valerie Gonzalez |Berenice Garcia

3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after severe storms cause flooding"3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after severe storms cause flooding" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.