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Simitian to hold sidewalk office hours at Los Gatos Farmers’ Market

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Simitian’s sidewalk office hoursSanta Clara County Joe Simitian, whose district includes Los Gatos, is once again holding “Sidewalk Office Hours” at local farmers’ markets. Simitian will make an appearance at the Los Gatos Farmers’ Market next Sunday, Sept. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Residents can drop by Simitian’s table without an appointment to ask questions and have discussions about county issues.Volunteer with LGS RecLos Gatos-Saratoga Recreation has released its Fall 2023 Activity Guide. The community center—which offers extracurricular programs, camps during academic holidays and full-time child care—is actively recruiting volunteers and instructors for its upcoming programs. For more information, visit bit.ly/LGSRecFall2023.Construction debris meetingConstruction of new buildings and demolition of old ones can mean exciting changes for the town, but they also produce a lot of waste. Now residents can learn more about how the local government addresses the bulky byproducts of devel...

Friends of the Milpitas Library holding 4-day book sale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Friends book saleThe Friends of the Milpitas Library are holding a book sale Sept. 7-10. Proceeds will go toward library programs and services.Thursday, Sept. 7, is members only night from 5-8:30 p.m. A valid Friends membership card is required for entry; memberships can also be purchased at the door.The sale is open to the public Sept. 8-10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. all three days.Sunday, Sept. 10, is bargain day,  when a paper grocery bag full of books and media goes for $5. Otherwise, books are $1.50 per inch; music and software CDs are four for $1; audio books, DVDs, VCDs and BluRay discs are $2 each; and software and games are $1 each or as marked.For sale and membership information, visit https://sccld.org/milpitas-library/friends.Greek Food FestivalThe 16th annual Milpitas Middle Eastern and Greek Food Festival is set for Sept. 15-17 at St. James Orthodox Church, 195 N. Main St.The festival mixes Middle Eastern and Greek culture with games, live music and dancing and most importantly, ...

Simitian to hold sidewalk office hours at West Valley College Farmers’ Market

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Simitian’s sidewalk office hoursSanta Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian will hold “Sidewalk Office Hours” at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market at West Valley Community College on Saturday, Sept. 9, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Community members are invited to stop by to share their thoughts and concerns about local issues, ask questions and learn about county services. All questions are welcome, and no appointment is required.For more information, visit district5.sccgov.org/5th-district/sidewalk-office-hours.CEQA exemption for housingThe California State Assembly and State Senate have both unanimously passed legislation by Sen. Dave Cortese intended to speed up housing development in the state. Cortese’s District 15 includes Campbell.SB 406 aims to cut repetitive reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) while keeping California’s main environmental law intact. The bill is headed to the Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for consideration.“SB 406 cuts red tape without compromising on env...

Latest line: A good week for Joe Biden, a bad week for the San Francisco Archdiocese

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Joe BidenWhile his main rival for the 2024 election, Donald Trump, is booked on felony conspiracy charges in Atlanta, POTUS #46 and his family vacation at the scenic $15-million waterfront home of investor Tom Steyer at Lake Tahoe.    San Francisco ArchdioceseThe San Francisco Archdiocese, which serves 442,000 Catholics in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid more than 500 child sexual abuse lawsuits dating back decades.   BARTFaced with reduced ridership, the transit agency was hoping for a bailout from a bill to increase Bay Area bridge tolls by $1.50. It stalled due to skepticism from lawmakers. But talks in Sacramento continue. 

What we learned about San Jose State’s season-opening loss to No. 6 USC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Chevan Cordeiro will have a new No. 1 receiver this season with Elijah Cooks gone to the NFL. But in a twist Saturday night in San Jose State’s season-opening loss at No. 6 USC, his primary target was a guy who was challenging him for the Spartans’ quarterback job a year ago.Cordeiro and Nick Nash connected six times for 89 yards and three touchdowns in the Spartans’ 56-28 loss at the L.A. Coliseum.San Jose State wide receiver Nick Nash (3) celebrates his touchdown against Southern California with wide receiver Matthew Coleman during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) “This performance gave me a lot of confidence in myself and for (Cordeiro) to give me the ball,” said Nash, whose big night included a diving catch in the back corner of the end zone while being held on the play.Nash is a full-time receiver after being in the QB mix since arriving in 2019, and his role ...

Inman: Projecting 49ers’ 53-man roster easier with Brock Purdy at full health

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Is it too early for Brock Purdy to pick up the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award?His full-speed-ahead return from elbow surgery is the 49ers’ ideal scenario, and it complements a preseason in which all other starters also escaped serious injury, as far as we know.The 49ers did spend the past month without Nick Bosa, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year. But that may not be the detriment you think. It could behoove them to delay his contract extension until after Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline.See, Bosa does not count toward that, because he is on the reserve/did-not-report list. The 49ers could use that spot on one of several roster-bubble players who are injured.Here is a projected blueprint for how to whittle the roster to 53:QUARTERBACK (3)IN: Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold, Brandon AllenAnalysis: Last season’s ending screams for the 49ers to employ a three-man band. Sam Darnold winning the No. 2 job triggered Trey Lance’s trade to Dallas. And it welcomed A...

She secretly funds psychedelic trips for Bay Area firefighters. Is this the future of mental health treatment?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

For Angela Graham, it all started eight years ago.Nearly two decades of encountering disturbing scenes while on the job triggered extreme anxiety, nightmares and uncontrollable anger in the retired Santa Clara County firefighter. She tried talk therapy, medication and a treatment that involves moving one’s eyes in a specific pattern while processing traumatic memories called EMDR.But none of it really worked for her.Then, through an acquaintance, Graham discovered a clinic in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, that offers guided psychedelic trips with mushrooms and DMT to help people heal from mental health problems. The psychedelic journey she took last year felt like “being turned inside out” — and jumpstarted her road to recovery.“You know, I’m not a hippie,” said Graham, who retired in June after 17 years. “But they might have been on to something.”The experience was so life-altering and cathartic that it pushed Graham to form the S.I.R.E.N....

Readers challenge the math, but agree idling engines emit a LOT of carbon, carbon dioxide: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Q: A gallon of gas burned puts over 26 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, not 20, as a reader stated earlier this week. I think all high school chemistry teachers should have students make this calculation.All you need is the formula for gas (C8H16), its density (73% that of water), first chemical principles involving molecular weight, and liter-gallon conversion.John AntounA: Yours was one of several responses I got on that.Q: Mr. Ortendahl claimed that burning a gallon of gasoline released 20 pounds of carbon into the atmosphere. Instead, it’s 20 pounds of carbon dioxide released.I am whole-heartedly in favor of his point about better light timing. Any engine idling creates unnecessary pollution.Luther Abel, AlamedaA: And…Q: There are 5.5 pounds of carbon in a gallon of gas. After combustion, 20 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted. Smarter lights would still make a huge difference. Why are we not seeing them? The technology has been around for a long time a...

One week after sullying the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales is now a Spanish soccer outcast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — One week after the president of the Spanish soccer federation kissed a player during the Women’s World Cup awards ceremony, his reputation is in tatters and he’s out of his job.Luis Rubiales, whose leadership of Spanish soccer had already been marked by successes tinged with scandal, wrecked his career by offending millions worldwide with his conduct at the final in Sydney, Australia, when he also grabbed his crotch in a victory gesture.“Rubiales cannot run Spanish soccer again,” Spanish minister María Jesús Montero said Sunday, a day after he was provisionally suspended by FIFA for 90 days.“We had enough of him when he marred the great triumph of women’s soccer with his intolerable attitude.”FIFA moved against Rubiales after he refused to step down and defiantly told an emergency assembly of his federation on Friday that he was the victim of a “witch hunt” by “false feminists.”On a day that will go down as one of the ugliest in Spanish soccer, Rubiales...

A school bus driver fostered a decades-long bond with his students

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:51 GMT

Watch Video: School bus driver fosters bond with hundreds of studentsZelienople, Pennsylvania — On the outside, it may look like a normal family reunion. But Reid Moon of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, is no ordinary patriarch. And this is no ordinary family.Moon says he has about 200 kids. But no, they’re not his biological children.“No, they’re not biologically my kids, but emotionally they surely are,” Moon told CBS News.That is how attached he became and still is to the students who rode his school bus, a job he held for 27 years before he retired.However, it wasn’t exactly his first choice of employment. He said he “sort of fell into the job.”Not sort of, he did fall into the job. In 1990, he fell off a roof while working as a handyman. After that, he wanted a job closer to the ground. But, ironically, he said no job has ever lifted him higher.“It’s the children,” Moon said. “And being in a position where you can lov...