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A far north San Antonio pizza restaurant was cited last month after a city health inspector found dead pests, a live roach, and the presence of flying insects.

Center Court Pizza and Brew, located in the 20700 block of Wilderness Oak, received a score of 78 and was also written up for having no hot water in some handwashing sinks, Metropolitan Health records show.

The establishment also was docked for having heavy grease and debris accumulation on its vent hood system.

To see more health inspection scores and to go Behind the Kitchen Door with Dillon Collier, click HERE for our special section.

Score Guide:

100-90 = A (Very Good to Acceptable)89-80 = B (Acceptable to Marginal)79 or lower = C (Marginal to Poor)

Metro Health indicates that scores of 69 or lower are failing scores

Other scores this week:

Bar Louie, 15900 La Cantera Pkwy., 100The Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star St., 100Sushi Box, 3239 Goliad Rd., 100New Wu’s Kitchen, 15179 Judson Rd., 98Pizza Patron, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd., 96Texadelphia, 11255 Huebner Rd., 96Charley’s Philly Steaks, 1603 Vance Jackson, 95El Folklor Bakery, 8141 Bandera Rd., 95La Sultana Del Norte, 4403 Blanco Rd., 93Tejas Cafe, 12120 O’Connor Rd., 93Panda Express, 8303 State Hwy. 151, 92Yogurt Zone, 6301 NW Loop 410, 92Sea Island Shrimp House, 5959 NW Loop 410, 88Primos Food Mart, 2220 S. Flores St., 87Regio’s Tacos A Vapor, 11470 Perrin Beitel, 87Taqueria Los Dos Laredos, 1303 S. Hackberry St., 86Fajita Express Mexican Grill, 10531 Culebra Rd., 85Real Pho Restaurant, 11223 Potranco Rd., 81Taqueria Guadalajara, 2702 Roosevelt Ave., 80Center Court Pizza and Brew, 20711 Wilderness Oak, 78

For food establishment complaints in the city of San Antonio, send an email to Metro Health or call 210-207-8853.

Check out more restaurant scores by clicking here.

A 19-year-old woman was shot in the arm during an altercation on the city’s Northeast Side early Monday morning, San Antonio police said.

Officers were called around 3 a.m. to the 5800 block of Spring Valley, not far from Judson Road and Nacogdoches Road after receiving word of a person wounded.

According to police, two women were having an altercation in the street when one of the women pulled out a gun and fired, shooting the victim in the arm. The suspect fled in a red vehicle, police said.

The wounded woman then went to a nearby house where she asked for help. She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center by EMS for her injury.

SAPD said they are now talking to a witness who fled in a car when the shooting happened. Officers currently do not know why they were on this particular street.

As of now, the suspect has not been found. A description of the woman was not released. SAPD also did not say what the argument was about.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

San Antonio police are investigating after two people were wounded in a shooting on the city’s East Side early Monday morning.

The incident occurred around 1 a.m. in the 300 block of Bellinger Street, not far from Interstate 10 and Martin Luther King Drive.

According to police, a man and a woman were leaving a bar when three people began shooting at them from across the street. That’s when, police say, the pair got into a car and drove to a hospital to get help.

Police said the man and woman are presently listed in stable condition at Brooke Army Medical Center. Their names and ages are not currently known.

SAPD did not give a motive for the shooting. A description of the suspects was not released.

Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.

A San Antonio family’s truck was stolen but it’s what was inside of the vehicle that has them desperate for its return.

“Bebe passed away on January the 31st. My birthday was on February the 2nd. On February the 4th, I lost Pearl,” Patricia Arredondo said.

It’s been a hard month for Patricia and the Arredondo family. They lost two of their beloved pets — Bebe the toy poodle and Pearl the umbrella cockatoo.

“The house is very quiet now,” Arredondo said.

As she’s done with others, Arredondo had her pets cremated at Becker’s Animal Hospital and her husband offered to pick up their urns on the way to his cousin’s funeral.

“He picked them up for me and he came to the rosary,” Arredondo said.

While her husband was inside for his cousin’s service, thieves were out in the parking lot working on taking off with his truck with the urns still inside.

“Losing them the first time was really, really hard,” Arredondo said. “Then to lose them a second time, it’s like unbelievable.”

The red 2001 Ford F-250 with the license plate GLB4090 was gone without a trace.

In 2021, an SAPD report showed that was the second-most stolen vehicle in our city.

Arredondo’s husband’s truck isn’t the only one stolen recently. On February 19th, a vehicle left running at a convenience store was stolen with a 7-month-old baby girl in the back seat.

Vehicle burglaries are on the rise across the city. An undercover officer with SAPD says they’re crimes of opportunity.

An opportunity that took away something irreplaceable to the Arredondo family.

“Just have a heart, have a heart and just let…let me get them back home,” Arredondo said.

SAPD is trying to find Arredondo’s truck.

Patricia is begging whoever took it to at least return the urns, she says they can be dropped off at Becker’s Animal Hospital with no questions asked.

As sunnier and warmer days approach, it’s time to step outside and smell the tulips. Texas-Tulips is officially open for the season in Pilot Point, Texas, about an hour outside of Dallas.

Texas-Tulips allows guests to frolic through the tulip fields while they pick their own tulips to take home.

Guests can choose between many tulip options such as Roman Empire, Spring Break, Happy Generation, Abba, and Black Hero.

The types of tulips vary throughout the season, and Texas-Tulip officials said they have around 100 variations of tulips to choose from.

There is a general admission price of $5 and each stem you pick is $2.50, according to their website.

The field is located at 10656 FM 2931, Pilot Point, TX.

Texas-Tulips is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. For more information, you can click here.

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Eight people are injured, including two children, in a crash involving a bus and another vehicle in Austin, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.

The crash happened just before 3 p.m. Sunday on IH-35 northbound service road and E. 11th Street, EMS officials said in a Twitter thread.

It’s unclear what led to the crash; however, first responders said six adults and two children were injured.

Two adults were pinned inside of a vehicle that was involved in the crash and had to be extricated. EMS officials said they also had to perform CPR on one of the children at the scene.

The two children involved were taken to Dell Children’s Medical Hospital in critical condition. Three adults have been taken to Dell Seton Medical Center, one with life-threatening injuries and two with serious injuries, according to EMS.

This is a developing story and we’ll bring more updates as they become available.

UPDATE 3 Vehicle Rescue at N IH 35/E 11TH ST #ATCEMSMedics have transported 3 adults to Dell Seton Medical Center, 1 w/ serious, potentially life threatening injuries & 2 w/ potentially serious injuries. 2 additional patients have been reported, total patient count now 8. MTF…

— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) February 27, 2022

#ATCEMS & @AustinFireInfo are on scene of a Vehicle Rescue at N Ih 35 Svrd Nb / E 11th St (14:43). #ATCEMSMedics reporting a Bus vs Vehicle collision w/ 5 patients involved, 2 adults & 3 children. 2 patients are reportedly unconscious & 1 child has CPR in progress. More to follow

— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) February 27, 2022

“Right now, I cannot be in Ukraine. I wish to be able to do something more concrete there, but prayer unites us. Prayer helps us to be one mind and one heart,” said Archbishop Gustavo-Garcia-Siller, of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.

On Sunday, Archbishop Gustavo presided over a special morning mass at the San Fernando Cathedral.

Typically, between the end of Christmas and the beginning of Lent, an archbishop’s vestment would be green. This morning, purple was worn ahead of Lent to convey through symbols a powerful message.

“The symbol of penance, of fasting, prayer, abstinence and at the same time and as you can hear in the background that is the bells are in a tone of a funeral, “Archbishop Garcia-Siller said.

There was a somber ringing of the cathedral’s bells, symbolizing the lives already lost in what the archbishop calls a useless and selfish situation.

At the center of the oldest, continuously operating cathedral in Texas, a white candle dressed in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

“With an image of our lady, they have a devotion to our Lady of Pecoff, which to intercede for them and we will continue to be as close as we can to their situation,” Garcia-Siller said.

Pope Francis delivered the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peters square at the Vatican and made a special invitation to everyone on Twitter.

I renew my invitation for everyone to take part on 2 March, Ash Wednesday, in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in #Ukraine, in order to be near to the suffering Ukrainian people, to be aware that we are all brothers and sisters, and to implore God for an end to the war. pic.twitter.com/ecNo53Ofya

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 27, 2022

“The pope’s message is that this coming Wednesday that we title Ash Wednesday be a day of fasting, prayer and sacrifice for the people of Ukraine,” Archbishop Garcia-Siller said.

Through collective prayer, congregants at the San Fernando Cathedral humbly made their special petitions for the men, women and children in Ukraine.

“So, I believe that our prayer and the prayer of the whole world, especially on Wednesday, will make a difference,” Garcia-Siller said.

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San Antonio City Council recently approved contracts for community partners to implement the $200 million SA: Ready to Work program.

The goal of the program is to place more than 28,000 people into either certification or degree programs and get at least 15,700 of them into “high-quality,” in-demand jobs.

Director of the initiative Michael Ramsay joined Leading SA Sunday to discuss the details of the program and what it could mean for the future of the Alamo City.

“SA: Ready to Work is a unique program. On the scale of waste, no other municipality in the country is making this type of an investment in its people. SA: Ready to Work has the potential to provide a talent base necessary for continued economic growth for companies that exist here today in San Antonio, as well as attracting new and emerging companies, get high-quality jobs for people. So we believe that that alignment between the skills that those companies are looking for, the talent base that we have here in San Antonio could be a game-changer economically for our community,” Ramsay said.

As San Antonio grows population-wise and company-wise, the hope is that this program better prepares San Antonians for the evolving job market.

“As those jobs continue to flood into the San Antonio community, the people who live here have to be equipped with the skills and the education that’s necessary to be qualified to fill those jobs. We know that a high-quality job is the answer to many of society’s ills, such as affordable housing… Making sure that individuals in the community have those access to those training and education programs to be competitive for those jobs when they arrive. And the jobs that are already existing here in our community is going to help those segments of the population who have been historically underserved and on the outside of those career pathways to building a leg in and make sure that our talent base here is strong for decades to come,” Ramsay said.

This program is expected to help thousands and thousands in San Antonio. The process to enter the program is simple, Ramsay said.

“If you’re a citizen here in San Antonio and you’ve been unemployed or underemployed and you’re looking for that pathway to get on to track to getting a career in an in-demand area and high growth, high wage sectors here in our city. Call 3-1-1. It’s as simple as that, and we can pre-register for the program that starts in April, and you’ll be assigned once those case management agencies are up and running later on this, this spring, you decide the case manager is going to help to coach, mentor and guide you and help you to navigate through the educational process to make sure that you matriculate through that training and development program on the air that meets your interests, your skills, your aptitude and is aligned with a good-paying job here in San Antonio. That is our commitment to you and take this opportunity to allow the community to wrap its arms of support around you to help you to achieve your goals,” Ramsay said.

If you have any questions about the program, you can find the answers here.

You can also watch the full interview with Ramsay in the video player above.

A man is in critical condition after San Antonio police say he was punched several times and stabbed in the leg while he was asleep.

The incident happened around 12:58 a.m. Sunday in the 12000 block of Applewood.

Police said the suspect, a man between the ages of 21-25, went into the victim’s bedroom while he was sleeping and punched him several times before stabbing him once in his left thigh.

The suspect took off in a black Cadillac sedan before officers arrived, but SAPD is still looking for him.

The injured man was taken by EMS to the Brooke Army Medical Center in critical condition. The investigation continues.

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A toddler has died from her injuries in the hospital after she was shot in the head while at her family’s Southeast Side duplex earlier this month, according to officials.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified the toddler as Julez Gonzalez, 3.

San Antonio police were called to Julez’s home around 7:55 p.m., Feb. 18, in the 100 block of Dublin Avenue, near Pickwell Drive.

Initially, officers were sent out for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, when they arrived, they found Julez had been shot in the head.

It’s still unclear how the child got shot. Police said Julez’s mother and her boyfriend were inside of the duplex when the shooting happened.

She was taken by EMS to University Hospital and was in critical condition before she succumbed to her injuries.

The firearm was found outside of the home by police and her mother was cooperative in the investigation.

At last check, no charges have been filed in the case. The investigation is ongoing.

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