SAN ANTONIO — As temperatures dip into the 40s and 30s, Communities Under the Bridge (CUB) says the danger to San Antonio’s unhoused residents rises sharply — long before the winter-weather shelters open.

“People come to us really for life-saving measures,” said Dominic Yanas, executive administrator at Communities Under the Bridge. “That blanket keeps them not just warm and comfortable overnight, but it keeps them to see the morning the next day.”

Yanas said once temperatures fall into the 40s, the nonprofit sees a surge in requests for basic survival items. “More need for blankets, more need for gloves, for warm hats, socks, clean underwear,” he said.

CUB shelters typically open only when temperatures reach freezing, but Yanas emphasized that cold-weather risks begin much earlier.

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