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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Santiago Esparza |Patty Santos
LA COSTE, Texas – The old West Side favorite Acadiana Café is making a comeback — this time in Medina County. Owner Dave Saylor closed the restaurant in August. Rodney Hitzfelder, a good friend of Saylor, is now the new owner. “I bought the Acadiana Café name, the intellectual property rights, the recipes, everything from him, and he agreed to help me get going. He’s still helping me,” said Hitzfelder. “He taught our cooks how to fry the catfish exactly the way they do it at Acadiana.
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2 weeks ago | 
tspantx.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
San Antonio – San Antonio resident Chris DeVicariis has struggled with his weight for over 40 years. “For most of my life, even as a child, I spent a lot of time overweight,” he said. His focus on making long-lasting changes to his health started after a bad experience while on a flight. “I was on the plane to fly there back in 2021, and I couldn’t fit in the seat,” he recalls the life-changing moment. “I had a hard time fitting in the seat.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
San Antonio – San Antonio resident Chris DeVicariis has struggled with his weight for over 40 years. “For most of my life, even as a child, I spent a lot of time overweight,” he said. His focus on making long-lasting changes to his health started after a bad experience while on a flight. “I was on the plane to fly there back in 2021, and I couldn’t fit in the seat,” he recalls the life-changing moment. “I had a hard time fitting in the seat.
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2 weeks ago | 
tspantx.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
SAN ANTONIO – More than 33,000 residents over the age of 65 in Bexar County are currently living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a number that experts predict will triple in the next decade. Kristina Bailey, whose parents Robert and Renata Olson are both in their 80s and receiving care at Seasons Memory Care and Assisted Living, emphasizes the importance of early planning.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
Published: April 4, 2025 at 4:05 AMTags: San Antonio, Health, Community, East SideSAN ANTONIO – An East Side nonprofit is hosting a resource fair and bike giveaway event this weekend. Big Mama’s Safe House is hosting the G.R.E.A.T Resource Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, at Phillis Wheatley Park. Organizers will also host a free bike giveaway for community members who have preregistered; they have about 40 people on the list.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
SAN ANTONIO – More than 33,000 residents over the age of 65 in Bexar County are currently living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a number that experts predict will triple in the next decade. Kristina Bailey, whose parents Robert and Renata Olson are both in their 80s and receiving care at Seasons Memory Care and Assisted Living, emphasizes the importance of early planning.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
San Antonio – State standardized testing gets underway across public schools in early April. Families can take a look at the sample questions that their children will see on the Texas Education Agency website. Christina Pina, a teacher at Southwest Independent School District, said she is focused on reviewing the core skills her students have been learning all year.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Devan Karp |Santiago Esparza
SAN ANTONIO – City leaders and local nonprofits held the first in-person Food System Summit in San Antonio today, working with the community to help better understand the challenges and strengths of the food ecosystem in the city. “Many of us play a very narrow role in this food system. And so this is an opportunity to look at it holistically,” said Director of the World Heritage Office of San Antonio Colleen Swain.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
SAN ANTONIO – More than 30 organizations in the South San Antonio community are standing behind the effort to revive an old parade and uplift the youth in their community. Jesus Rendon, with the nonprofit Building a Purpose, is setting out to build up the youth in his community. The Old South San Parade used to be a tradition 49 years ago, he said. An article he found talked about how it celebrated the people and strong history of the side of town. South San was a town of its own in the early 1900s.
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4 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Patty Santos |Santiago Esparza
Published: March 26, 2025 at 6:53 AMTags: KSAT en Espanol, FiestaSAN ANTONIO – Maureen Berryman es voluntaria del Comité de Cascarones de Night in Old San Antonio, una tradición que comenzó hace 35 años con su madre. “Crecí con ellos, y crecimos haciendo esto para Pascua,” dijo. Berryman es una de varios voluntarios que trabajan durante todo el año para hacer los cascarones que se venden durante NIOSA. A tres por $1, los fondos se destinan a ayudar a preservar edificios históricos en San Antonio.
