{"id":318108,"date":"2026-06-01T20:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/318108\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:53:09","slug":"news-release-6-1-26-sandbag-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/318108\/","title":{"rendered":"News Release 6-1-26 Sandbag Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The Corpus Christi Public Works Department will offer residents free pre-filled sandbags at two upcoming events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The first event will occur on Saturday, June 13, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (or until all sandbags have been distributed). Residents can pick up sandbags at Cabaniss Athletic Complex (3061 Saratoga Boulevard).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The second event, also at the Cabaniss Athletic Complex, will take place on Saturday, June 27, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (or until all bags have been distributed).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The right, eastbound lane of Saratoga Boulevard between Ayers Street and Kostoryz Road is reserved for the events. Residents will not be able to make a U-turn from the westbound lane of Saratoga Boulevard to enter the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Residents will receive a maximum of eight free sandbags per vehicle. Drivers are asked to have a clear area in the trunk or bed of their vehicle to store the sandbags. Drivers and passengers must remain inside their cars while sandbags are loaded.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, media representatives may contact Senior Public Information Officer Richard Vargas at 361-826-3420 or by email at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/news\/posts\/news-release-6-1-26-sandbag-distribution\/mailto:richardv2@corpuschristitx.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">richardv2@corpuschristitx.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sandbag-distribution-2026.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The Corpus Christi Public Works Department will offer residents free pre-filled sandbags at two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-318108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318108","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=318108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}