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In today's newsletter:

  • Why San Antonio’s New Year’s fireworks ban is widely ignored
  • Where and when to recycle your Christmas tree for free
  • How a San Antonio Roblox game turned into a police swatting scare

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📰 News we're reading

1. San Antonio Explained: Isn't popping fireworks banned in the city? (star-telegram.com) — San Antonio residents are technically banned from popping most fireworks inside city limits, but many neighborhoods still light up the sky every New Year’s Eve despite the ordinance and potential fines. Locals share why they keep the tradition alive, the rare enforcement by police, and concerns about fire danger, noise, and pets and livestock frightened by the blasts.
   

2. Here's how to recycle Christmas trees, lights in San Antonio (ksat.com) — San Antonio residents can recycle live Christmas trees for free at several Solid Waste Management drop-off sites across town starting January 3, with mulch later made from the collected trees. The article also highlights a local metal recycler paying cash for old Christmas lights, with specific rules on what they’ll accept.
   

3. Girl playing Roblox targeted in 'swatting' attack, hostage situation reported to police (news4sanantonio.com) — San Antonio police rushed to a reported hostage situation on the city’s North Side Sunday morning, only to find it was a swatting hoax targeting a girl playing Roblox at home. Officers responded to a house on Brightwood near New Braunfels Avenue, and investigators are now working to determine who was behind the false emergency call.
   

4. Tejano music legacy lives on in new San Antonio museum (mysanantonio.com) — A new Totally Tejano Hall of Fame and Museum on Fredericksburg Road is celebrating San Antonio’s Tejano and West Side Sound roots with outfits, instruments, photos, and other memorabilia from local legends. Musicians like Sunny Ozuna and Patsy Torres helped open the space, which aims to preserve family-friendly Tejano culture and honor trailblazers who shaped the city’s distinctive sound.
   

5. Questions remain after two Bexar County deputies shot during domestic violence call (news4sanantonio.com) — Two Bexar County deputies are recovering after being shot during a domestic violence call on San Antonio’s far North Side, where a family escaped a gunman who broke into their home. The suspect, a 38-year-old man with prior warrants and an extensive criminal history, was killed when deputies returned fire, prompting renewed questions about how the justice system handled his earlier cases.
   

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