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The car smashed through the window, pushing gym equipment out of the way.

SAN ANTONIO — A car drove through the front of a gym in a shopping area near North Star Mall early Friday morning.

This happened at the Hasfit Gym on McCullough around 4 a.m. The car smashed through the window, pushing gym equipment out of the way.

Police say the driver took off from the scene and has not been arrested. The KIA was reported stolen, officers said.

They are looking at surveillance video to help identify that driver. No one was hurt in the accident.

This is a developing story and further details will be added as they are received. Check back to this article for updates.

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Top draft pick Victor Wembanyama scored 15 points in 21 minutes to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 117-103 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets in preseason action on Wednesday night.

The 7-foot-4 Wembanyama missed all five of his shots from the field in the first half, but made 7 of 8 from the free throw line to help the Spurs (2-2) to a 60-44 advantage at halftime. He hit 3 of 5 shots in the second half ,with two 3-pointers, and finished with six rebounds and two blocks.

Devin Vassell hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead the Spurs. Zach Collins had 11 points, nine rebounds, three assists. He also accounted for six of the Spurs' 22 turnovers.

Amen Thompson, the fourth overall selection in June's draft, and 20th pick Cam Whitmore started and combined to score points in the first half for Houston (3-1). Thompson and Whitmore scored 15 points apiece in the Rockets' 99-89 win over the Spurs in Houston on Monday night, with Wembanyama sitting out.

Thompson finished with five points, four rebounds and four assists. Whitmore scored 14 of his 17 in the second half. Jeenathan Williams added 19 points and eight rebounds off the bench.

WIZARDS 131, KNICKS 106

Jordan Poole scored 41 points in 27 minutes and Washington rolled past New York at Madison Square Garden.

Poole hit 10 of 19 shots, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range, and made 15 of 16 free throws — in three quarters — as the Wizards remained unbeaten in three preseason games.

Mike Muscala scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half on 5-for-5 shooting from long distance. Tyus Jones added 13 points and seven rebounds.

Julius Randle paced the Knicks (1-3) with 20 points and 10 rebounds. RJ Barrett had 19 points and seven rebounds, and Mitchell Robinson added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Poole scored 29 points in the first half and helped the Wizards to a 65-52 lead at the break.

Bilal Coulibaly, the seventh overall pick acquired in a trade with Indiana, had seven points and three steals in a start for Washington.

NETS 107, HEAT 104

Reserves Lonnie Walker IV scored 22 points and Day'Ron Sharpe added 19 points on 6-for-7 shooting and 11 rebounds as visiting Brooklyn held off Miami.

Walker made half of his 14 shots and was 4 for 7 from long distance for Brooklyn (2-2).

Haywood Highsmith and Cole Swider scored 15 apiece to lead Miami (2-2). Jamal Cain had 14 rebounds and seven points.

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Utility still expected to propose another rate increase within the year

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CPS Energy rate hike conversation takes place at city council

SAN ANTONIO – A proposal to stave off future CPS Energy rate increases by taking a smaller cut of its revenues has evolved into a smaller-scale plan to send money back to the utility only when its revenues far exceed estimates.

City staff say the idea won’t prevent a rate increase, but it could mean those increases are smaller than they would be otherwise.

Council members voted in early 2022 to raise the base gas and electric rates by 3.85%, and the utility has said it plans additional increases for its 2025 and 2027 fiscal years, which run February through January.

It’s unclear when the utility will propose the FY 2025 rate increase.

“We are still evaluating and aligning on the exact amount of the rate increase with our regulator and owner, the city of San Antonio,” a utility spokeswoman said in an emailed statement Wednesday. “We do anticipate to have rate increases on a more regular basis going forward. Without more frequent and incremental rate increases, our ability to address infrastructure, resiliency, growth, technology and security, as well as retaining and hiring employees while remaining financially healthy will be at risk.”

As the owner of CPS Energy, the City of San Antonio gets 14% of its gross revenues as a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) -- one of its single, largest funding sources. In FY 2024 alone, the city expects to collect $421 million from the gas and electric utility.

Shortly before the city council voted on the FY 2024 budget last month, Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda (D6) floated an idea to take only 11% or 12% -- roughly $60 million or $90 million.

In a subsequent council consideration request, she suggested that the utility could improve its resiliency and that a rate increase could be avoided for at least five years.

In a presentation to the council’s Governance Committee on Wednesday, though, city Chief Financial Officer Ben Gorzell indicated the original idea had significant hurdles.

He said the utility would need long-term, recurring support to stave off a rate increase, and Cabello Havrda’s plan might not be enough anyway.

When CPS Energy pitched its previous rate increase, it used “placeholders” of 5.5% for the planned increases in its 2025 and 2027 fiscal years. While stressing those numbers were based on older forecasts, Gorzell said increases of that size would bring CPS Energy another $110 million each.

Sending $90 million back to CPS each year “would not fully offset that one (FY 2025 increase), nor would it begin to address the one in 2027,” he told committee members.

However, losing that much money would blow a hole in the city’s $1.6 billion general fund budget and could require discussions about cutting entire city programs or departments.

Instead, he suggested an alternative plan, which Cabello Havrda supported.

In years when the PILOT payments are 10% or higher than the city originally budgeted -- as has happened the past two budget years -- it will split the extra money above the 10% mark between CPS Energy and itself.

The majority of those windfall funds, 80%, will go toward CPS Energy resiliency and reliability projects, and the other 20% will be put into the city’s Resiliency, Energy Efficiency, & Sustainability (REES) fund.

Though Gorzell confirmed this plan would not guarantee the utility won’t ask for a rate increase in the future, he said it could affect how much the utility requests.

Had the policy been in place the past two years, Gorzell said, the city would have had $61.1 million to distribute -- or about $48.9 million for CPS Energy and $12.2 million for the REES Fund.

“And I mentioned the fact that in some cases -- not all, but in some cases -- it would mean that CPS is also generating additional revenue. So you take those elements, and you roll them into a rate case in the future, it could have some potential impact,” Gorzell told reporters after the meeting.

Cabello Havrda said she felt “fantastic” about the plan and noted that her goals had been “reliability and affordability.”

“At this point, any reduction in a proposed rate increase is still a win. It’s still less money that our ratepayers have to look at,” she told reporters.

“Even if it’s half a percentage point, I think it matters.”

The long-term benefits of shoring up the utility’s resiliency would benefit the community, too, she said.

Though the policy would not be adopted until the fall of 2024 when the city council passes the next budget, City Manager Erik Walsh said city staff would incorporate it within the early budget work session in April.

“Between now and then, I mean, like beginning next week or this week, we need to go talk to the rest of the council members. Obviously, this has been a high profile issue, and I think we ought to I think we ought to do that posthaste,” Walsh said.

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Becky Hammon is no longer on Gregg Popovich's staff, but the San Antonio Spurs coach is still a huge fan of hers. On Wednesday, Popovich said he considered getting ejected from his preseason game against the Rockets so he could watch Hammon win her second WNBA title.

Hammon was an assistant coach on Popovich's staff from 2014-22 before becoming the Aces' head coach. She has now helped Las Vegas become the third team in WNBA history to win back-to-back championships.

It's a good thing Popovich didn't leave early because his Spurs ended up getting a 117-103 victory, but he was ready to get out of Frost Bank Center as soon as possible and wasn't hiding his enthusiasm.

"Ask them quick, I don't have a whole lot of time," Popovich told reporters. "I gotta go celebrate.

"I thought about getting booted tonight because it was exactly the same time, but I just thought this has to be my priority. But it was close. Congrats, Becky. Yeah, baby. Good stuff."

#Spurs win tonight 117-103, but the only team Gregg Popovich wanted to talk about in the postgame press conference was Becky Hammon's WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces. Hammon served as a Spurs assistant under Pop from 2014-22."I gotta go get some wine....can I say that?" @LVAces pic.twitter.com/IAu0KZlm9I

— Nate Ryan (@nateryansports) October 19, 2023

The Aces took the first two games of the series against the New York Liberty, but they lost Game 3 and arrived to Barclays Center missing some key players due to injuries. The Liberty had the momentum and home court advantage, but the Aces reminded everyone that what you win in Vegas stays in Vegas.

It's still unknown if Popovich will make it to the championship parade, but either way it looks like he is ready to celebrate Hammon's accomplishment.

Civic Park at Hemisfair using unique water irrigation system to keep springs flowing

SAN ANTONIO – The term “nuisance water” might have a negative connotation, but that’s not the case for San Antonio’s newest public park — Civic Park at Hemisfair.

“The nuisance water system that we have here at Civic Park is one of the most unique features about the park,” said Meredith Balzen, Hemisfair director of external relations.

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The nuisance water under the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is part of the unique irrigation system at the park, which officially opened in late September.

“What the design does is capture that nuisance water from the French drains around the convention center,” said Tom Hull, SKANSKA senior project manager. “We’re able to capture that before it went down to the city storm sewer system and redirect it on site.”

The groundwater is then filtered and fed to the great lawn and five connecting springs that represent the Texas Hill Country.

The water does not come from the Edwards Aquifer or the city’s water system, meaning there will be no watering restrictions during drought periods.

“Believe it or not, we installed this lawn in July when we were in the middle of the 103, 105-degree days. This lawn was fully irrigated with that nuisance water. We never had to pull potable water and this lawn was emerald green from the day we put it in.”

Another interesting aspect of the irrigation system is the underground cistern directly below the great lawn. It is a total of 40 feet below ground and collects more than 41,000 gallons of water.

“If you can imagine, it’s as big as a swimming pool, it’s huge,” said Balzen.

“There are 16 different parts that made a kind of clamshell. There’s eight bottom pieces and they go around, they interlock together. They butt next to each other and there’s a top piece that goes over it to create a box,” said Hull. “The excavation was pretty large, pretty impressive. It was a really interesting build, not something you do every day.”

The irrigation system also waters the park’s 200 trees and shrubs, all part of Hemisfair’s self-sustainability and conservation efforts at Civic Park.

“When we were thinking about the design, we were thinking about water sustainability and being able to use nuisance water is one of the most sustainable practices that we could think of,” said Balzen. “It’s been such a joy to watch people come in and enjoy the springs, dip their feet in the water.”

“Nuisance water is a little bit more novel. That’s not really used much around San Antonio, but Hemisfair had a lot of forethought on how to design this park and realized it was easy to capture through construction and really provides this park a sustainable way to maintain the green grass and beautiful trees,” said Hull.

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