{"id":102342,"date":"2025-12-28T04:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/102342\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T04:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:40:10","slug":"bexar-county-precinct-4-judge-michele-garcia-dead-following-battle-with-cancer-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/102342\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County Precinct 4 Judge Michele Garcia dead following battle with cancer, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Judge Michele Garcia, Bexar County justice of the peace for Precinct 4, has died, county officials said Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Calvert shared the news on Facebook, along with other leaders sharing tributes to Garcia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHer legacy of service, compassion, and resilience will never be forgotten,\u201d Precinct 4 Constable Kat Brown said on social media. \u201cHeaven has surely gained a beautiful and courageous angel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In the post, Calvert said he asked for the precinct\u2019s office flag to be flown at half-staff for nine days in Garcia\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to posts by Brown and Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark, Garcia\u2019s death came after a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cShe fought her battle with cancer with remarkable strength, grace, and courage,\u201d Brown said, \u201cinspiring so many along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Garcia was elected in 2022, with one year remaining on her term. She did not file for reelection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KSAT 12 has reached out to Bexar County leaders for more information and comment on Garcia\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Judge Michele Garcia, Bexar County justice of the peace for Precinct 4, has died, county&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,46679,46681,46682,46680,82,84,83,4044],"class_list":{"0":"post-102342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-bexar-county","9":"tag-bexar-county-precinct-4","10":"tag-kat-brown","11":"tag-lucy-adame-clark","12":"tag-michele-garcia","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","15":"tag-san-antonio-news","16":"tag-tommy-calvert"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}