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🌱 Patch AM: Will Hildebrand’s closure derail your commute this week?

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In today's newsletter:

  • Will Hildebrand’s closure derail your commute this week?
  • How an East Side carjacking turned into a dangerous high-speed chase
  • How a $7 million gift could reshape UTSA and UT Health

Also on today's calendar: Let's Build: Lego Club and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in San Antoniofor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Monday: Sunny intervals, with a high of 57 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, temps: high: 58, low: 55.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, a shower; warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Busy San Antonio road closing for days — what to know (mysanantonio.com) — Hildebrand Avenue between Howard and McCullough in San Antonio is closed in both directions from Monday, December 15, through Friday, December 19, for major SAWS sewer line upgrades. Drivers will be detoured to West Olmos Drive, and nearby commuters are urged to plan extra time while crews install new gravity sewer mains to reduce overflows citywide.
   

2. Suspect hospitalized after high-speed carjacking chase from San Antonio to Universal City (news4sanantonio.com) — A violent carjacking that began on San Antonio’s East Side led to a high-speed chase into Universal City and ended with the suspect crashing and being hospitalized. Police sources say the car was taken near WW White and Houston Street with a woman still inside, and witnesses described the suspect speeding and losing control before officers tackled him after the wreck.
   

3. $7 million commitment to UT San Antonio will aid health care, engineering and athletics (star-telegram.com) — A major $7 million gift is headed to the University of Texas at San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio, boosting local health care research, engineering education, and athletics. The Whitacres’ donation honors former UT Health president Dr. William Henrich, supports metabolic health work, expands engineering student success programs, and increases scholarships and services for Roadrunner student-athletes across San Antonio.
   

4. Our Arklahoma Heritage: Muskogee-born ZerNona Stewart Black taught and fought for civil rights for over seven decades (todayinfortsmith.com) — San Antonio readers can trace how ZerNona Stewart Black helped shape the city’s civil rights movement, from running a USO club for Black troops to teaching at St. Philip’s College and founding senior daycare centers. Her legacy lives on through local scholarships and the ZerNona S. Black Multigenerational Community Center on the East Side, continuing her focus on education, family, and community service.
   

5. San Antonio mom gets holiday homecoming surprise from active-duty military sons (ksat.com) — A San Antonio mom got the ultimate holiday surprise during a visit to La Cantera when her two active-duty military sons returned home after more than a year away. With help from the Miles for Military nonprofit and a special message from Victor Wembanyama, the family’s emotional reunion highlighted the sacrifices and joy surrounding local military families this season.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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