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Milpitas nonprofit gets ready to go back to school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

Driven to helpIt may be summertime, but the folks at Family Giving Tree are already thinking about going back to school. The Milpitas-based nonprofit recently gave shout-outs to its 2023-24 Back-to-School Classroom corporate sponsors.ASML Silicon Valley has led consecutive back-to-school drives to support Family Giving Tree every year since 2017. This year ASML volunteers have doubled their backpack build quantities. In March, the software company donated an electric pallet jack to the nonprofit, along with funds to purchase a second.Revel Systems helped lead Family Giving Tree’s Holiday Wish Drive in 2016 and became a drive sponsor in 2021. In 2022 Revel also sponsored the nonprofit’s Back-to-School Drive and hosted its first backpack build for staff volunteers at the San Francisco office of the point-of-sale software developers.Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) has partnered with Family Giving Tree for both Back-to-School and Holiday Wish Drives since 2010, deepening thei...

Four artists ‘Take Time’ at Montalvo Arts Center

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

‘Time’ for MontalvoThe 2023 Marcus Exhibition encourages visitors to Montalvo Arts Center to lose track of time and discover the joy of engagement and creative contemplation. “Take Time” features works by four artists who provide participatory experiences. Exhibiting artists Carole Kim, Akiko Yamashita, Inez Storer and Corinne Okada Takara are exploring themes of care and rebuilding, joy and ancestry, creation and sustainable innovation.The Marcus Exhibition will open with a festival on Friday, July 21, 7-10 p.m. The free public celebration features DJs, participatory performances and works by local creators. For more information, visit https://montalvoarts.org/taketime.Time is also the theme of Montalvo’s first 2023 Play on the Grounds performance, set for July 26-28. David Ives’ “All in the Timing” is a collection of six one-act sketch comedies that explore whether a chimpanzee can really write “Hamlet” and what happens when Philip Glass buys a loaf of bread.The staged readings be...

Campbell Cool Car Club members show off rides on July 23

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

Classic and Cool Car ShowThe Classic and Cool Car Show is set for Sunday, July 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., on Big Basin Way in Saratoga. This free event is sponsored by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce and the Cool Car Club of Saratoga, Los Gatos and Campbell. There’ll be hundreds of cars displayed, as well as food, music and drinks in the Saratoga Village.Additional events will be held throughout Car Show Week. For more information, visit saratogachamber.org.Volunteer opportunitiesThe Downtown Campbell Business Association is looking for volunteers for its wine walks, Oktoberfests and other events it holds throughout the year. The business association keeps volunteer information on file regarding the kind of events folks want to help with and what type of things they’re able to do in order to match the right volunteer with the right opportunity. For more information and to register as a volunteer, visit https://www.downtowncampbell.com/downtowncampbell/volunteer-signup.Hot Weather SafetyEa...

Latest line: A good week for firefighters, a bad week for Mark Ridley-Thomas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

FirefightersDue to one of the wettest winters in decades, and a snowpack that remains in much of the Sierra, acres burned in California wildfires are half of last year’s total for early July, and just 14% of the state’s 5-year average.    Mark Ridley-ThomasFormer state senator and assemblyman-turned L.A. city councilman loses bid for a new trial after bribery conviction for promising to steer millions of dollars in contracts to USC if his son got a scholarship and teaching job.   Public TransitAgencies that run buses and trains, like MUNI, BART, VTA and others, win $5.1 billion bailout over 4 years in new state budget. But will it be enough to offset the big drops in ridership due to work-from-home? 

They said it: Endless winter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

“Nine months of skiing. A season to remember….It’s been quite the run.”— Andrew Hays of Olympic Valley, on the joys of being able to ski until Fourth of July, thanks to the state’s incredible snowpack.

Readers’ ideal driving test? Parallel parking at top of the list: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

Q: In response to the ideal driving test, how about bringing back parallel parking? I cringe every time a neighbor “parallel parks” by driving slightly into his driveway, then down the sidewalk, before dropping his right front wheel off the curb back into the street.Robert Turner, San JoseA: A reader recently described her ideal driving test. Today, a few more.Q: I grew up in San Francisco and learned to drive on a manual transmission car there. My dad wouldn’t let me get my license until I could go up the Fillmore Street hill, stop and start up again without any problem.I still can drive one in my 70s.Also, whatever happened to learning to parallel park? People have a hard time doing that, even with backup camera assistance.Barbara BriccaA: And…Q: My requests: Handling a busy four-way stop, merging onto a freeway, knowing what to do when you miss your turn/exit (go straight, then make a U-turn), parallel parking, and fast-lane driving (move over if you’re a ...

Public meetings across the Bay Area are being ‘Zoom bombed’ with hate speech–and no one knows how to stop it

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

When Kevin Wilk faced antisemitism for the first time in the East Bay, it was broadcast through the speakers inside Walnut Creek’s council chambers.Wilk, the first Jewish resident to be elected to the Walnut Creek City Council in the city’s 102-year history, was bewildered when people from what he describes as the “underbelly of society” disrupted two separate June meetings with hate speech.Local governments began using Zoom to sustain participation in public meetings during the pandemic, and three years later, the vital tech is still improving resident access around the Bay Area. But it’s also become a way for bigots and trolls to interject anonymous racist and homophobic messages into city proceedings.“Now to see it in our backyard, and have people calling in to just spew antisemitism and derogatory statements towards me, purely because I’m Jewish, is stunning,” Wilk, who joined the Council in 2016 has lived in the area off and on for 50 years, said in an intervi...

Plane strikes power lines, crashes at San Rafael airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

(KRON) -- A small plane crash occurred Saturday night at the Smith Ranch Airport in San Rafael.Just before 11 p.m., a plane struck power lines and crashed in a marsh at the east end of the runway, creating a power outage in the surrounding areas, according to the San Rafael Fire Department.  Underground vault fire leads to explosion in SF’s Pacific Heights Two people were extricated from the plane and transported to local hospitals with conditions unknown at this time. Shortly before midnight, PG&E arrived to begin resolving the power outage. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }This is developing news. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Pedestrian struck, killed by car in San Jose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

(KRON) -- A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car Saturday night in San Jose. The crash was reported around 9:45 p.m. in the area of Capitol Expressway and Monterey Road.The pedestrian, a woman, was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. She ultimately succumbed to her injuries, authorities said. Plane strikes power lines, crashes at San Rafael airport Police closed the westbound lanes of Capitol Expressway from Seven Trees Boulevard to Snell Avenue for several hours.  KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }This incident mark’s San Jose’s 24th fatal collision and 25th traffic death of the year.

High-rise fire on Market Street leaves no injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:10 GMT

(BCN) -- No one was injured in a fire on the 19th floor of the 29-story Fox Plaza building in the Civic Center area Saturday night, the San Francisco Fire Department said. Plane strikes power lines, crashes at San Rafael airport The fire was reported at 9:36 p.m. and was under control at 9:51 p.m., Capt. Jonathan Baxter said. The building at 1390 Market Street is located near Fell Street, Polk Street and Hayes Street. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }It has apartments on the upper floors and office space on the lower floors. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.