VOL. 8, ISSUE 6 | DEC. 15, 2020-JAN. 12, 2021
LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWS
LOCALCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM
LOCAL OPINION | PG. 08
FRESH LOOK AT SAPD
HAPPENING LOCAL | PG. 07
LOCAL LOWDOWN | PG. 10
RIVER WALK LONE STAR DOG LIGHTS GROOMING
TALK LOCAL | PG. 04
PUBLIC ACCESS
CIBOLO • CONVERSE • GARDEN RIDGE • LIVE OAK • SCHERTZ • SELMA • UNIVERSAL CITY • WINDCREST
COVID-19's impact on homeless, renters, homeowners could linger
PANDEMIC PUSHES CHANGES TO URBAN LANDSCAPE
by EDMOND ORTIZ
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has stretched thin community resources, but some of the hardest hit may be those striving to keep a roof over their heads or just find shelter.
Meanwhile, property owners and landlords — many sympathetic to their tenants’ plights — are trying not to go bankrupt. Social-service agencies are assisting, but many SHELTER continues on pg. 14
by SUSAN YERKES
IT’S EASY TO TALK ABOUT RETURNING to normal when the pandemic is tamed. But, normal is unlikely to mean the same — especially when it comes to the fates of offices, malls and shopping centers.
Will large retail outlets turn into empty wastelands as online shopping and delivery services like Amazon expand? Will office towers PROPERTIES continues on pg. 12
by EDMOND ORTIZ
CITIES HELP IMPROVE FLIGHT SAFETY FOR RANDOLPH AFB RECENT CLEARINGS OF VACANT HOMES IN UNIVERSAL CITY, Schertz and Converse will make communities safer around Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s flight path, officials said.
The destruction of housing near the air base is the
initial use of a blanket intergovernmental support agreement, or ISA, between the Alamo Area Council of Governments
DEMOLITION continues on pg. 20