
Clara Benitez
Anchor and Reporter at KRIS-TV (Corpus Christi, TX)
Anchor/Reporter @KRIS6News | Latina 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 | @Cronkite_ASU Alum 🌞😈 | @NAHJ ✊🏽 #MoreLatinosinNews | Lista para un cafesito ☕️
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Sep 23, 2024 |
telemundocc.com | Clara Benitez
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Si vas a un restaurante mexicano o tiendita en Corpus Christi, vas a mirar la palabra 'antojito' en el menú. Los antojitos mexicanos, son bien populares y La Fresa Homemade Ice Cream & More en Port Ave. esta sirviendo todos los antojos populares. “Quería mostrar a la cuidad algo único y diferente,” dijo Salvador Torres, dueño de La Fresa Homemade Ice Cream & More. El menú cuenta con un rango de cosas saladas, picantes y dulces, pero lo más popular son sus paletas y nieves.
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Aug 16, 2024 |
wfla.com | Clara Benitez
SAN DIEGO — If you haven’t heard of a pupusa, this is your month to try one. “Basically like a stuffed tortilla and you can stuff it with different ingredients. The most popular are beans, cheese and pork,” said Monica Aguilar, daughter of owner of Cuscatlan Salvadorean Food in Kearny Mesa. The popular Salvadorean dish can be found all over San Diego, from North County to the South Bay. Juan Alvarenga, owner of Cuscatlan Salvadorean Food, opened his restaurant in August 2021.
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May 30, 2024 |
kristv.com | Clara Benitez
Nursing Home Neglect: Part 1 - Patient dies one month after being transferred to Pelican PointeA family member who had her loved one inside Pelican Pointe Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, earlier this year is speaking out about the treatment and cleanliness her family member received inside the facility. Speaking to KRIS 6 anonymously, due to potential retaliation, she says her family member called 911 after being denied immediate medical care inside the facility.
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May 29, 2024 |
kristv.com | Clara Benitez
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — James Craig Bell was 55 years old when he passed away inside Pelican Pointe Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center on Sunnybrook Road. Transferred and admitted into Pelican Pointe on September 18th, 2023 - dying 30 days later on October 17th, 2023. A death, his sister, Sue Bell says was due to neglect from the staff and was preventable. “Do you think if the right people were still working at Pelican Pointe your brother would still be alive?”“Absolutely.
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May 29, 2024 |
kristv.com | Clara Benitez
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Emergency Management Coordinator for Nueces County, Dee Hawkins has been preparing year-round for disaster to strike. As the 2024 hurricane season starts in June, Hawkins has been playing out several scenarios to prepare the county residents. “Whenever we know something is coming our way. Then we have certain things in place through our emergency operations plans that we start electing happen at that point,” said Hawkins.
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