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3:07pm: The Spurs have officially signed Stanley Johnson, the team announced in a press release.

11:04am: The Spurs have waived big man Alize Johnson, who was on a non-guaranteed contract, the team announced today in a press release.

Johnson initially signed with San Antonio two weeks ago when the club was seeking frontcourt depth following injuries to forward Jeremy Sochan and center Jakob Poeltl. During his brief tenure in San Antonio, he logged 30 minutes across four games, scoring seven points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Poeltl, who has a bone bruise in his knee, isn’t taking contact yet, so he’s probably still a ways off from playing, tweets Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News. However, as Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News notes (via Twitter), Sochan returned to action on Monday, reducing the need for Johnson, who hadn’t appeared in the Spurs’ last two games.

With their newly opened 15th roster spot, the Spurs intend to sign free agent swingman Stanley Johnson to a one-year contract, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).

The eighth overall pick in the 2015 draft, Stanley Johnson recently signed a G League contract and joined the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Miami’s affiliate. He has appeared in three games since then and was off to a slow start, averaging 2.3 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 3.0 APG in 19.2 minutes per game. The 26-year-old has converted just 2-of-16 field goal attempts, including 1-of-11 three-pointers.

Stanley Johnson appeared in 48 games for the Lakers last season, starting 27 of them and averaging 6.7 PPG, 3.2 RPG, and 1.7 APG on .466/.314/.716 shooting in 22.8 minutes per contest. He’s primarily known for his defensive versatility and the energy he brings to the court, having never made much of an impact on the offensive end.

The last two players the Spurs have signed to fill their 15th roster spot – Jordan Hall and Alize Johnson – have been on non-guaranteed deals, so it seems likely that Stanley Johnson’s contract will also be non-guaranteed. However, Charania’s report doesn’t confirm that.

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SAN ANTONIO (December 19, 2022) – The National Weather Service has forecasted that a strong arctic cold front will move through the San Antonio area and will bring the coldest temperatures we have seen this season. Temperatures are expected to drop below 20 degrees on Thursday night and Friday morning, with wind chills ranging from -10 to 10 degrees. CPS Energy has strengthened the resiliency of is power plants against sustained freezing temperatures by implementing winterization initiatives. ERCOT has said it expects sufficient generation to meet forecasted demand, but CPS Energy urges energy conservation to help residents save money on their bills. The City, County and partners strongly urge all residents to prepare for cold weather by remembering the Four Ps: People, Pets, Plants & Pipes.

Keep warm and dress in layers. Check on family, friends and neighbors who may be more vulnerable to this week’s cold weather or may not have access to housing and heating, including the elderly and those with special needs.

San Antonio Fire Department recommends:

311 Customer Service is open from 7 a.m. to midnight on Thursday and Friday, December 22 and 23, 2022. 311 will operate throughout the holidays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents may call 311 (210-207-6000) or use the 311 SA mobile app.

Landlords are obligated to maintain their rental properties to the minimum standards set by the San Antonio Property Maintenance Code (Sec 6-52). Heating equipment must be able to maintain a minimum inside temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit (measured three feet above the floor). To report suspected violations, call 311 (210-207-6000).

The City and County will open seven warming centers to offer short-term emergency shelter starting this Thursday, December 22, 2022, at 3 p.m. Anyone coming to the center should bring clothes, supplies and medicine. The centers are accessible and inclusive. Kennels will be available in a separate area for pets at Normoyle, South Side Lions and Garza centers.

VIA passengers may travel fare-free to or from a warming center. Passengers using VIA bus service or VIA Link should alert the bus operator when boarding; VIAtrans passengers should alert the reservation agent when booking a VIAtrans trip.

Residents may also call 311 (210-207-6000) to request a trip to a warming center. Emergency trips cannot be arranged directly with VIA.

Last week, the City and its non-profit partners including Corazon Ministries, Christian Assistance Ministry, Haven for Hope and Communities Under the Bridge began contacting unsheltered individuals to provide them with warm weather clothing, blankets, transportation, shelter and meal information. Haven for Hope has expanded intake hours and emergency bed capacity. Communities Under the Bridge will open for meals and shelter December 22-25, 2022.

The Homeless Connections Hotline (210-207-1799) is available Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, December 22, and December 23, 2022.

Pets should be brought indoors and provided with a warm place to sleep.

State law dictates dogs cannot be tethered with any size chain at any time; it also states dogs cannot be left outdoors restrained and unattended in the case of officially defined extreme weather or situations in which an animal is in severe distress including conditions in which the actual or effective outdoor temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Animal Care Officers will be on patrol through the rest of the week. Potential violators can face impoundment of their pet, fines up to $2,000 and 180 days in jail for repeat offenders. To report suspected violations, call 311 (210-207-6000).

Farm animals and livestock rely on their humans to protect them and keep them safe.

Plants may need to be covered or brought inside to avoid frost damage.

SAWS has created a webpage with infographics and how-to videos in both English and Spanish to prepare for and prevent water emergencies at saws.org/BeReady (English) or saws.org/Preparate (Spanish). Know where your meter cutoff valve is. If pipes freeze, SAWS has created a video on how to turn off water at the meter: https://youtu.be/BYp_9JZQb3A (English) https://youtu.be/mghj_zDD7IU (Spanish)

CPS Energy crews are prepared to respond to any local weather-related outages. High winds are in the forecast, and CPS Energy reminds residents to stay away from downed power lines and report them at 210-353-4357 (HELP). Do NOT attempt to move or drive over the lines.

Sign up for Energy Alerts or call 210-353-2222 to provide your emergency contact information.

CPS Energy has created winter preparation pages in English at CPSenergy.com/Prepare and Spanish at CPSenergy.com/Preparar. For additional winter safety tips, visit www.cpsenergy.com/wintersafety.

has dreamt of improving the quality of life for others through medicine since she was in elementary school. Although she originally wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon, she realized that she could actually build the equipment surgeons use and indirectly reach even more people. Thanks to the scholarship bearing the namesake of one UTSA’s named colleges, she is already making huge strides in the field as a junior in the UTSA Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Penn found herself in San Antonio—and ultimately at UTSA—when her father was stationed to Fort Sam Houston in 2019. As a new San Antonian at the time, Penn wanted to become involved on campus and meet new people in the city. She joined UTSA’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter. This professional development organization creates a family-like atmosphere to support black engineers in their academic and professional development, while also encouraging the growth of minority representation in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

“When I started at UTSA as a freshman, I made my first friends from joining UTSA’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. The members of the organization became a second family to me and inspired me to step up and push myself in ways I didn’t think were possible. I have grown into a person I never thought I could be,” Penn said.

During her sophomore year, Penn was the fundraising chair for the local NSBE chapter. Increasing financial constraints, however, almost brought all of her extra-curricular involvement to a halt. Paying for her own education, by fall 2020 Penn was working multiple jobs to cover all of her expenses. Unfortunately, she had to take on so many hours that she was forced to drop her fall classes before the end of the semester.

A paid internship with Stellantis, formerly known as Fiat/Chrysler Automobiles, that Penn received through NSBE, and summer tuition assistance, enabled Penn to catch up on some of her classes during the summer of 2021. Thanks to savings and a paid internship with Johnson & Johnson the following fall, she was able to re-enroll for the fall 2021 semester.

Upon her return to UTSA, Penn received both the Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Scholarship in Chemical Engineering and the National Society of Black Engineers Academic Excellence Scholarship. She served as the treasurer for NSBE and even started a financial literacy series for the society’s members to help them learn how to pay off loans and become financially responsible. She was recently elected president of NSBE for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic year.

Penn spent this past summer interning at Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she enjoyed performing equipment validation and verification and helped design a test fixture for a fellow team. Her plans after receiving her bachelor’s degree in 2024 include receiving her doctorate in biomedical engineering and working for a medical device company. Later in life, she even hopes to pursue entrepreneurship opportunities and receive her MBA. With a bright future ahead of her, Penn expresses gratitude for her scholarships, noting that they have made all the difference for her current and future successes.

“Honestly, without my scholarships, I probably would not even be in school. They have taken away the stress I’ve had on my back and allowed me to excel in my classes and out of class activities. From the bottom of my heart, I could not be more grateful,” Penn said.

Local pizza lovers were heartbroken when the East Side's Truth Pizzeria closed last October.

However, a partnership involving the defunct restaurant's next-door neighbor in the Hackberry Market strip center may ease the ache by bringing wood-fired pies back to the food-focused development.

Black Laboratory Brewing has joined forces with newcomer 2-1-Dough Pizza Co. to offer pizzas, sandwiches, salads and shareable snacks in Truth's old space at 1602 E Houston St. #111.

The pizza outfit is the brainchild of locals Caleb Lott and Adrien Flores, who operated fiery yardbird pop-up Chi Chi Birds Hot Chicken together. Lott also ran Slam Daddy Baddies, a regular burger pop-up at Black Laboratory Brewing.

"We're super excited to work with these two talented chefs. We've seen what Caleb does with hot chicken and burgers and he doesn't disappoint," Black Lab co-owner Tim Castaneda told the Current. "We're excited to see what him and [Adrien] do with this concept. We make great beer and they make great food. I think it's the perfect match."

Castaneda said the crew knocked down a portion of the shared wall to combine the two spaces, essentially doubling the size of Black Laboratory's taproom. The team will make use of the oven left behind by Truth Pizzeria, so all pizzas — and future menu items such as baked pastas — will be wood-fired.

The new eats, including vegetarian options, will start flying from the kitchen this Wednesday, according to social media posts from the brewery.

2-1-Dough’s social media pages note that its operating hours will be 3-10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and noon-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. On opening day, it will operate from 3 p.m. to sellout.

The Hackberry Market strip also houses Korean-inspired spot Magpie, vegan bakery Cake Thieves and The Farmer’s Butcher.

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HOUSTON - Four years ago, we told you the incredible and heartbreaking story of Baby Ja'bari Grey - the little baby born here in San Antonio with much of his skin missing.

He was given little chance to survive, but he has and he just celebrated his fourth birthday on Sunday.

"He's a fighter, that's for sure," said Ja'bari's mother, Priscilla Maldonado.

Ja'bari continues to defy the odds, as he battles a condition that still doesn't have a name. Born on New Year's Day 2019, he was missing most of the skin on his body. He underwent a skin graft surgery to 95% of his body before he was one year old.

Maldonado says doctors in San Antonio told her he would not survive, but he was flown to Texas Children’s Hospital for continued medical care and today he's a happy four-year-old.

“He’s happy. Very funny," she said. "Even though he can’t talk, he’s very funny.”

He doesn’t look or act like most four year olds and only weighs 18 pounds. Because of his missing skin, his arms fused at the elbow where skin was growing and the same happened with his chin, fusing to the skin on his chest and with one leg.

“So they automatically did a natural thing and attached to where there was skin.”

Skin also grew over his eyelids, leaving him blind.

An original diagnosis in San Antonio was later nixed by doctors in Houston and now...

“Nobody knows anything," she said. "Like they try putting two and two together and nothing is adding up at all.”

But she says this little guy has overcome every single health challenge and she says he is eager to grow and develop.

“And we wants to be able to do stuff, but he just can’t," she said. "Like you can see, he is trying and trying and trying and he’s like hey what’s going on and he doesn’t have that balance because of his arms and legs and stuff. He just doesn’t have the balance for his body.”

So next month, he’ll have two more major surgeries to try to release the fusing of one arm and leg.. and around his neck. Surgeries mom hopes will bring more mobility to her developing son, and relieve the public scrutiny and internet trolling this family has received.

"I honestly just pay no more mind to it because I feel like when I do pay attention to that, it's dragging me down."

Getting through it she says with

“A lot of strength, faith and hope.”

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