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National Cancer Act made CTRC, more cures possible

Written by Elizabeth Allen on Dec 22, 2011

December 23 marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act, which established funding and designations for cancer centers like the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.Partly because of the national support for research set up through this act, several once-deadly cancers are very treatable today.

Christmas and New Years holiday city services schedule

Written by City of San Antonio on Dec 16, 2011

Updated for 2017: When do you have to take out the trash during the Christmas and New Year's break? Monday trash, recycling and garbage will be collected on Tuesday Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, while Tuesday collection moves to Wednesday Dec. 27 and Jan. 3. Got that? City Hall and most municipal offices will be closed Dec. 25, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018 in observance of the holiday season. Public safety and emergency services will remain in operation. Other City services will operate as follows: Open:

Need up, donations down for charities this holiday season

Written by nancypjohnson on Dec 16, 2011

With mere days left until Christmas, some local nonprofits are grappling with less donations during their biggest push of the year.The local Salvation Army has collected $12,000 less than what it had by this time last year for Angel Tree donations and the Red Kettle campaign is on track to fall short $20,000 compared to last year, said Danny Hermosillo, Salvation Army San Antonio Area Command Business Administrator.

Bond committee doubles funds for MLK Park to $2 million

Written by Joe Ruiz on Dec 07, 2011

After a relatively quiet discussion by the bond committee focused on streets and sidewalks, members of the parks committee shifted dollars around to potentially increase funding to one of the city's oldest parks in an effort to modernize and enhance its appeal.

New website for CI:Now, NOWData and NOWTech

Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Dec 01, 2011

Check out the brand new website of CI:Now, the collaborative that is a funder and co-founder of NOWCastSA.CI:Now, short for Community Information Now, is a partnership of more than 25 public, private, governmental, educational and healthcare organizations working together to "democratize the data" since 1998.