Derick Garcia

Brownsville

Reporter at KVEO-TV (Brownsville, TX)

Start your morning🌄 with me at 5am on @CBS4RGV ⚓ Navy Veteran. 🐾 TXST alum. ⚒ Straight Edge advocate. 🌱 Vegan lifestyle 🤔Story ideas? [email protected]

Articles

RGV True Crime: Anonymous tip leads to double murder suspect

1 month ago | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of RGV True Crime, we examine the mind, motives and makings of a killer. A once peaceful neighborhood in Harlingen turned into a crime scene where investigators spent countless hours solving two murder cases. Anthony Eliff III was found guilty of fatally shooting his roommate inside a car with a single gunshot to the chest on Feb. 6, 2020. Guillermo Garcia’s death marked the first murder case of 2020 for the City of Harlingen.
Healthy restaurant, Lettuce Eat Salad, earns top performer

1 month ago | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Lettuce introduce you to this week’s top performer!Going above and beyond to make your salads more tasty!And a super tea special-tea!Plus, a supermarket says they’re going to do better after we found issues they admit would have been violations on a re-inspection. It’s a step in the right direction of the food patrol’s mission to keep it clean.
El superintendente de Brownsville conserva su puesto tras la reunión de la junta

2 months ago | valleycentral.com | Alejandra Yanez |Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas ( ValleyCentral ) — El superintendente del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Brownsville todavía tiene trabajo después de una reunión de la junta escolar el martes por la noche. Sin ninguna explicación, hubo un intento fallido de despedir a Jesús H. Chávez. Derick García, de CBS4, estuvo presente en la reunión el martes por la noche e informó que muchos docentes del distrito defendieron a Chávez.
Brownsville superintendent keeps job following board meeting

2 months ago | valleycentral.com | Alejandra Yanez |Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Independent School District’s superintendent still has a job after a school board meeting Tuesday night. Without an explanation, there was a failed attempt to terminate Jesus H. Chavez. CBS4’s Derick Garcia was at the meeting Tuesday night and reported that many teachers from the district stood up for Chavez.
Restaurant with roaches declines ‘revisit’ to prove its cleaned up

Mar 5, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, the Food Patrol visited DK’s Stix and Stuff for the third time. Did the pool hall win and sink the eight ball or lose and sink too soon? Before we take you to DK’s Stix and Stuff at 1655 Ruben Torres Blvd in Brownsville for our third visit in 6 weeks, let us explain why we are here again. DK’s Dec. 2 inspection reports have a lot of problems. The bar had a score of 84 and the kitchen a 67.
‘Pizza my heart’: Piccola Italia earns Top Performer sticker

Feb 27, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, we surprised the folks at Piccola Italia Food Truck located at 898 North Austin Street in San Benito. We also headed to a restaurant that got busted lying to the Food Patrol. Piccola moved from Harlingen to the new spot and owner Lorenzo Taddei was moved when we showed him what he earned. “We barely moved here and we have been so proud of San Benito,” he said. “It’s a good area.
Revisit to restaurant with roaches admittedly goes 'bad'

Feb 19, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, we are honoring a handshake deal to DK’s Stix and Stuff at 1655 Ruben Torres Blvd in Brownsville. They let us see the kitchen after its December health inspection report found dozens of violations. Its Dec. 2 inspection reports have a lot of problems and a low score of 67 for its kitchen inspection. It passed a city reinspection but the manager and owner admitted doing “bad” when we found plenty of violations.
Speakeasy style bar earns top honors

Feb 14, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, is the tale of two bars: one is a Top Performer and one of Brownsville’s best-kept secrets with a speakeasy-type atmosphere. The other has a dog, cats, rats and roaches. The smell almost had the bar manager and Food Patrol throwing up. Here’s what is que rico and que asco this week. We visited one of the most unique kitchens and bars, El Camino Social Club located at 2233 Central Blvd.
Dogs, cats, roaches and rats found inside bar kitchen

Feb 12, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, is the tale of two bars: one has a dog, cats, rats and roaches. The smell almost had the bar manager and Food Patrol throwing up. The other is a Top Performer and one of Brownsville’s best-kept secrets with a speakeasy-type atmosphere. We visited one of the most unique kitchens and bars, El Camino Social Club located at 2233 Central Blvd. El Camino is this week’s Top Performer for passing its Brownsville inspection report.
Weslaco's Daily Grind brews up Top Performer

Feb 7, 2025 | valleycentral.com | Derick Garcia

WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week’s Food 4 Thought, the Food Patrol went to a coffee shop with military core values and a salute to a different type of service. We also visited a pool hall where the manager on duty decided to take a gamble on its cleanliness. The violations are racking up and they are going double or nothing on a promise to do better. A Top Performer sticker was awarded to the military-themed coffee shop Weslaco’s Daily Grind located at 409 S. Missouri Ave. in Weslaco.