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A night of basketball practice ended in a shooting on the Northwest Side, San Antonio police said.

The shooting happened Wednesday night near Loop 1604 and Hausman at a property that belongs to Northside ISD. The district confirmed none of its students were involved.

San Antonio police said the boys basketball team involved came in from the Dallas area.

Officers say someone brought a gun onto their charter bus after practice.

A woman who is a trainer with the team was shot in the ankle. She was taken to University Hospital.

Police are trying to figure out who fired the gun.

We’ll bring you updates as they become available.

In Texas, the courts will decide whether parents of transgender children undergoing the lengthy gender-affirming process should be investigated for child abuse.

In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents such as Equality Florida. The bill limits how sexual orientation and gender identity are taught in kindergarten through third grade.

“They’re trying to take away the ability and the opportunity for parents to parent,” said Robert Salcido Jr., executive director of Pride Center San Antonio.

Salcido said pushback against those targeting transgender children is growing as similar efforts to those in Texas and Florida are spreading across the country.

“Families are embracing together to fight against this because it is fundamentally wrong that be these lawmakers are pushing their way into people’s homes and not allowing them to parent their children,” Salcido said.

He also said not only are organizations like his and Equality Texas educating parents about their rights, “There are groups who are taking this to the courts, and we will advocate and push for better legislation that does truly embrace our LGBT+ youth.”

Dr. Uchenna Umeh, a pediatrician and life coach best known as Dr. Lulu, said, “As a mother of a transgender young adult, if you’re coming for parents, you’re coming for me.”

Dr. Lulu helped lead last week’s transgender rally at the State Capitol and expects to return this weekend for another protest.

She said those pushing the idea of being supportive of their trans child amounts to child abuse don’t truly realize what’s involved.

“Gender affirmative surgery is never done on a child, never,” she said.

Dr. Lulu said it is actually a lengthy process that can take years, beginning with social transition, involving changing their name or pronoun.

She said next comes the medical transition of giving hormones to slow down puberty.

Lulu said those are given in order “to buy time so that a child, their parents, their psychologist, their doctor, all of that entire team, can decide, ‘OK, that’s what we want.’”

Then in late puberty, ages 17-19, when they’re considered adults, Lulu said the legal transition begins. That includes changing official documents like their birth certificate, driver’s license, and passport.

“Only then after years of therapy, do we now ask the child, ‘Do you still want to progress with this?’” Lulu said.

If they agree, the final transition is the surgery, she said.

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Pain at the pump has many considering different ways of getting around town. As the Russian-Ukraine war continues, there’s no telling how high the prices at the pump will soar or when it will end. AAA lists Texas’ gas price average at $3.93.

“We saw this exact same thing happen when the bubble popped in 2008 and 2009 and when gas prices were over $4,” Marty Schlesinger said. Schlesinger is the co-owner of Small Planet E-bike located in the King William District.

Although a bike shop, Schlesinger’s business is dedicated to transportation bicycling. Since the pandemic began, he said more customers have come in to look for more affordable means of transportation.

“Electric assist (bikes have) really changed the way a lot of folks look at bicycles,” Schlesinger said. “When we really got busy, it actually helped us quadruple business in the last year. It’s been amazing.”

Small Planet E-bike had the best year in sales in 2021 however, Schlesinger said this month is proving to be even stronger.

“(Only) two weeks into the month, and we’re already on track to surpass what we made last (March).”

According to Schlesinger, this time around it is due to high gas prices.

“I think this just is going to help usher (e-bikes) in, and have a lot more folks focus on alternate forms of getting around, especially for shorter transportation.”

E-bikes, in comparison to traditional bikes, can go for extended rides, reach higher speeds to keep up with traffic on the roads and the boost of the battery allows for riders to haul heavier items without having to break out a sweat.

Overall, experts agree e-bikes are strong and quick enough to replace a car trip for errands or a short commute to work.

Schlesinger said there’s a variety of electric modes of transportation to choose from at a good price range.

“There (are) one wheels, there’s the Super73 (E-bike), electric skateboards, whatever you’re into, there is now a way to get around (with) more affordably than ever,” Schlesinger said. “(At Small Planet E-bike they start) at $1,300 and our most expensive on the floor from that brand (Aventon) is $2000. There’s longevity in these things. If you really do take care of them, it’s pretty impressive.”

In the last few days, Schlesinger’s team has already sold nearly 10 e-bikes and expect the demand for e-bikes to continue.

Want shinier, healthier hair? How about fewer wrinkles and stronger fingernails? What if you could get it from a pill? Well, that’s what some supplements promise. But do they work? Before you spend your money, Consumer Reports has the facts you need to know.

Drugstore shelves are full of supplements that promise to improve hair, nails, and skin. A month’s supply can cost you anywhere from a few dollars to over $100! Most of them contain ingredients like vitamins A, C, and E; coenzyme Q10; and also biotin, which is a B vitamin.

Hair supplements often contain manganese and selenium, as well as fatty acids like fish oil and flaxseed oil. And all of it might sound good, but where’s the science that says it works?

Well, if your body has a nutrient deficiency, it can cause changes to the hair and sometimes to the skin and nails. For example, not getting enough vitamins A and E can lead to rough, scaly patches on the skin. Or a biotin deficiency can cause eczema and hair loss.

But deficiencies are relatively uncommon. Most people can get the necessary nutrients through a healthy diet. And experts say there’s no good evidence that taking a supplement will help with normal, aging-related hair loss or nail damage, or give you healthier skin.

And what’s worse, getting too much of a nutrient can be bad, too — like taking too much vitamin A can actually trigger hair loss.

But millions of people do take supplements. If that’s you, shop carefully because dietary supplements are not tightly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and might contain substances not listed on the label or have much less or more of an ingredient than promised.

If you choose to take supplements, CR suggests you choose one whose contents have been verified or certified by U.S. Pharmacopeia, ConsumerLab.com, NSF International or UL.

Consumer Reports says simple things like drinking plenty of water, eating a balanced diet, and avoiding too much time in the sun can make a difference in keeping your hair, skin, and nails healthy.

The sign outside Kirby’s Korner Restaurant said it all.

“We thought gasoline $$ was r worst gas problem,” it read, hanging over a largely empty parking lot.

With more than 4,300 customers in Seguin and McQueeney cut off from natural gas service since Tuesday because of a damaged pipeline, restaurants with gas appliances found themselves either struggling to stay open or having to close.

The local gas company, CenterPoint Energy, announced Wednesday the pipeline had been repaired and technicians would begin the relighting process, and it expected most gas service to be back by Friday.

As of the lunch hour on Wednesday, though, Kirby’s grill and fryer, were still out of service. The silenced phone racked up dozens of missed calls from customers looking to place orders that the burger joint couldn’t fill.

“I picked up the phone a second ago, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I got an order for hamburgers,’ and I’m like, ‘Sorry to break your heart, lady. I can’t serve you hamburgers,’” said Kirby’s grill cook, Oscar Reyes.

Instead, restaurant staff spent the day Wednesday cleaning “from the floor up.” They had tried to push through the outage on Tuesday by serving the food items they could still churn out without gas appliances.

“We were trying to stay open mainly on baked potatoes and hot dogs and salads with no chicken,” Reyes said.

On Wednesday, though, Reyes said they “don’t want to break the customers hearts.”

“Like they come in for a hamburger and then they don’t want leave with a big potato, you know?” he said.

Over on Kingsbury Street, Rosie’s Pizza To Go was suffering through its second day having to close, with its gas-powered pizza oven sitting at room temperature.

“We had 25 pizzas for 12 o’clock, and then we had an order for 30 for this afternoon, and all that’s got to be canceled,” said co-owner Rosie Arevalo.

But the outage wasn’t necessarily bad for every business.

Across the street from Rosie’s, Davila’s BBQ was twice as busy as a typical Wednesday, said its co-owner, Adrian Davila, as diners with limited options headed their way.

The gas outage meant they couldn’t do anything fried, and they took mac and cheese off the menu Wednesday because they couldn’t boil pasta. But their pits worked just fine, powered on good ol’ fashioned hardwood.

“It all started with fire. And what you need is fire and heat to cook. You know, it’s pretty simple,” Davila said.

Though the gas outage has been good for business, Davila said, “it’s not always about money.”

“Of course, you know, it’s great for business in a monetary sense. You know, we’re welcome to have it. But as a community, we know a lot of people are frustrated,” he said.

READ MORE: Natural gas service expected to be restored by Friday in Seguin, McQueeney

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The Castroville city council accepted the resignation of their police chief on Tuesday night after he was placed on administrative leave following accusations of repeatedly using the N-word at a murder scene in February.

“Words have power, and we all must choose our words very carefully. Just as we choose the actions that support out fellow mankind, we need to condemn the ones that divide us, that oppress and that subjugate,” said Castroville Mayor Darrin Schroeder during the city council meeting on Tuesday.

Brian Jackson, who was accused of saying the racial slur at least three times while discussing where the murder victim was from, was recorded on a body camera worn by a Medina County Sheriff’s Office deputy, a source familiar with the incident confirmed last month. The City Council then placed Jackson on administrative leave on Feb. 22.

Medina County Sheriff Randy Brown told the KSAT 12 Defenders that he contacted several Castroville city officials after hearing inappropriate language in the footage.

Brown declined to discuss the exact nature of Jackson’s comments and referred additional inquiries to Medina County District Attorney Mark Haby.

Haby was unavailable for comment.

The KSAT 12 Defenders have requested the body-worn camera footage related to the incident.

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including MCSO and Castroville PD, responded near Houston Street and Hwy. 90 Feb. 5, after a body was found.

A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman identified the victim in the case as Elijah Chandler and said a suspect, Jeremiah Brown, has now been charged. The spokesman stated its Rangers division is assisting Castroville PD with the case.

Jackson did not respond to an email seeking comment for this story.

Castroville is now seeking an interim police chief.

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