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Nurtured with faith, a community garden in San Antonio springs back from the devastating winter storm
Read full article: Nurtured with faith, a community garden in San Antonio springs back from the devastating winter stormThe harvest from the St. Phocas Garden feeds predominantly Hispanic, low-income people living on the West Side of San Antonio ā its vitality determining whether many families will be able to eat fresh produce. AdNamed for the patron saint of gardeners, the St. Phocas Garden helps supplement a local food pantry operated by Catholic Charities of San Antonio. At St. Phocas, the sowing extends to the hollows of the multicolored painted concrete blocks that line 12 garden beds. āI need to feed people.āIn lieu of fresh produce, the staples of St. Phocas in the last week have been continuity and renewal. In recent days, volunteers armed with wheelbarrows, shovels and hope returned to St. Phocas.
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Bexar County requires face masks in businesses as coronavirus surges, despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order that masks can't be mandatory
Read full article: Bexar County requires face masks in businesses as coronavirus surges, despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order that masks can't be mandatoryChristopher Lee for The Texas TribuneBexar County Judge Nelson Wolff issued an order Wednesday directing businesses to require employees and customers to wear face masks when social distancing is not possible. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on June 3 banning local governments from imposing fines or criminal penalties on people who don't wear masks in public. Wolff's order states that, through the end of the month, businesses in Bexar County have until Monday to start requiring face masks "where six feet of separation is not feasible" before the business risks facing a fine of up to $1,000. The order also states that, consistent with Abbott's executive order, "no civil or criminal penalty will be imposed on individuals for failure to wear a face covering." On Tuesday, nine mayors from Texas' biggest cities wrote a letter to Abbott, urging him to grant them the authority to mandate face masks in their own cities in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.