Category: San Antonio News

Armadillos — start your engines!

A popular restaurant in New Braunfels will be hosting armadillo races over the next few months.

Krause’s Cafe and Biergarten is hosting the races, which are set to take place on March 6, April 3 and May 1.

A press release states that the March 6 races will be a celebration of Texas Independence Day, which falls on March 2.

The armadillo races will take place from 2-5 p.m. on March 6 with two sets of races occurring every 30 minutes, according to the Krause’s Cafe website.

Tickets for the race are $5 for all spectators age 12 and older.

“Learn about the official small mammal of Texas with armadillo handlers that will be onsite. In between races, the handlers will speak on armadillo education and answer any armadillo-related questions,” said Krause’s Cafe officials.

Specifically, the nine-banded armadillo is Texas’ official small mammal. People see the armadillo’s scaly armor and assume it’s a reptile when it’s actually warm-blooded.

Fun fact: The nine-banded armadillo almost exclusively gives birth to a litter of four pups — identical quadruplets, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Specific details about the races in April and May have not yet been released.

Krause’s Cafe + Biergarten is located at 148 Castell Avenue in New Braunfels.

You have saved all your life and career so, you can retire and be comfortable, but financial experts say many of us may not be as prepared as we think.

A lot of people are making major mistakes when it comes to their retirement because of myths and misconceptions.

“It’s imperative to start planning sooner rather than later,” according to Certified Financial Planner and Advisor Scott Perrone, from Retirement Orlando.

Research shows the average American will retire at age 66 and live until nearly 79. Experts suggest planning to have income for at least 20 years and some say even 30 years. Also, do not assume you will spend a lot less.

“When you’re retired you have more time on your hands. So, you have a more likelihood to eat out, travel, hobbies and various things that cost money,” Perrone said.

Also, do not expect medicare to cover all of your health expenses. The average 65-year-old couple will spend $300,000 on healthcare during their retirement. And have you ever heard you can withdrawal up to 15 percent of your nest egg each year? The safer bet is to follow the four percent rule, which allows you to take out four percent out of your accounts in the first year of retirement and then gradually increase withdrawals each year based on inflation.

Do not fall for one of the biggest misconceptions. According to a fidelity study, more than half of the respondents believe they will need five times their final salary to retire. The real number is more like 10 to 12 times your final salary invested before leaving the workplace.

So do not wait to make a plan. To build a $1,000,000 nest egg by age 65, you would only need to save $381 a month starting at age 25.

Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between KSAT and Live From the Southside, a new local- and Latina-owned magazine that works to improve & expand community relationships through promoting events, stories and businesses.

The Padre Park Community Food Forest, a 4-acre space designed and maintained by the San Antonio community, is coming to the South Side.

The food forest will help provide a source of fresh local food, environmental sustainability, wellness and connections to our flourishing South Side community.

What is the Padre Park Community Food Forest?

The project leaders are committed to community leadership, food sovereignty, and living co-creation with South Side residents.

If you have never heard of a food forest, you’re not alone. Sometimes called forest gardens, a food forest can be a local habitat that mimics the native ecosystem and patterns found in nature. In its nature, a food forest is a living park, designed with the purpose of observing and preserving local climate and customs.

Where is it?

It is located in Padre Park along the Mission Reach section of the San Antonio Riverwalk. This 8-mile linear park has over 16 miles of trail along the river for pedestrians and bicyclists to enjoy, plus a paddling trail for canoeing and kayaking. These trails connect to stunning Mission Portals which are large works of art serving as gateways to the San Antonio World Heritage Mission Sites.

The physical address is 6515 Padre Drive, San Antonio, TX 78214.

Community tree planting slated for Saturday

There will be a community tree planting of 60 pecan and fruit trees at Padre Park. The event will include an indigenous blessing ceremony from American Indians in Texas (AIT), and education about sheet mulching on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers are welcomed.

This article initially appeared on Live from the Southside.

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The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a 39-year-old man who fatally crashed his vehicle due to slick roads earlier this week.

Domingo Rodriguez died at the hospital on Monday morning, authorities said.

Police said he was driving north in the 1300 block of State Highway 16 South, near Zarzamora Road, when he lost control due to the wet surface of the roadway.

He drove down a grassy embankment and the vehicle landed on its side against some trees.

Police said he became pinned inside as a result of the crash and firefighters had to cut him free from the vehicle. A female passenger inside the truck was not hurt.

Rodriguez was taken to University Hospital, where he later died.

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It appears San Antonio police may have cellphone video to thank for helping them to solve a case involving the death of a four-year-old boy.

They arrested the boy’s father, Brandon Cervera, 28, Thursday on a charge of injury to a child causing death.

He is accused of playing a role in the starvation and abuse of Benjamin Cervera, 4, last summer.

An arrest warrant affidavit says another family member brought the child to a hospital in an unresponsive state Aug. 17.

Medical staff then called police after noticing bruises in various stages of healing on the child’s body, the affidavit says.

It says Cervera initially told police his son had caused his own injuries.

However, an investigation that included the discovery of cell phone video disputed those claims.

The affidavit says police observed Benjamin begging for food and water in some of the videos, and at one point, being made to drink hand sanitizer.

It says during an investigation of the family’s home, police found the refrigerator and cabinets locked.

They also found that Benjamin had been sleeping in a locked room that had only a urine-stained mattress on the floor, the affidavit said.

It says the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled out the bruises as the cause of Benjamin’s death, but later determined, based on his malnourished and underweight body, that he died of starvation.

His death happened one day before what would have been his fifth birthday.

The affidavit references another person who appears to be a second suspect in the case.

However, as of Friday morning, that person had not been arrested.

A male driver was detained on suspicion of DWI following a crash in downtown early Friday morning, San Antonio police said.

The crash happened around 3:45 a.m. at the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Augusta Street, not far from North St. Mary’s Street and Interstate 35.

According to police, the driver crashed through a utility pole, rolling the vehicle over.

Police said the man was taken into custody on suspicion of DWI after failing a field sobriety test. His name was not released.

There were no reports of any injuries.

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Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between KSAT and noun, an educational platform designed to provide engaging content online for students and teachers.

Hi students! Have you ever been outside and looked to the stars and just wondered, “What’s out there?”

Well, space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.

Astronomers use telescopes to see the stars and beyond. Astronauts actually go to space during human spaceflight or by the use of probes.

In this week’s KSAT Kids edition of “Kids Wanna Know,” elementary students interview Erik von Ancken, an anchor and space reporter for WKMG, KSAT12′s sister station in Orlando, which is near the Space Coast in Florida.

Von Ancken is covering the next phase of America’s space program: the design, construction and test flight of the deep-space Orion capsule.

In 2014, he got the ride of his life in the back seat of an F-16 aircraft with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

During their interview, students asked about both rocket launches and the space program. You can watch the extended interview shorts for even more from the interview below:

Important 2022 space dates to remember

March 1, 2022 – Rocket Launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) will provide imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans and environment.March 30, 2022 – SpaceX Falcon 9 Axiom-1 is the first private mission to carry a crew of four to the International Space Station.April 15, 2022 – NASA’s SpaceX Crew 4 – The next Commercial Crew Program mission sends astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Noun enables students to explore their school subjects and interests using 20-minute live online interviews with subject-matter guests. Find more information here.

Interested in bringing noun to your school or classroom and take part in an interview? You can do so by clicking here. The animated class interviews will be shown online and in our free KSAT Kids newsletter and may also be seen in future newscasts!