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Sunnyvale school board trustee Roy Rocklin dies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

The Fremont Union High School District is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on its five-member board of trustees. The vacancy was created by the death of trustee Roy Rocklin.Rocklin, a Sunnyvale resident, died on Sunday, March 19, from Merkel Cell Carcinoma, a rare and virulent form of skin cancer.After designing and developing instruments used in analytical chemistry for 25 years, Rocklin switched careers and taught chemistry and physics for 10 years at Lynbrook High School. He was elected as a board trustee in 2016.Lynbrook is one of five high schools in the district, which serves approximately 10,000 students from Cupertino, Los Altos, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga and Sunnyvale. The district’s Adult School serves an additional 1,000 students at a variety of venues.Any registered voter residing within district boundaries is eligible to serve as a trustee, excepting school district employees. Candidates must be at least 18 years old and be citizens of California. The prov...

Campbell Eggstravaganza has 23k Easter eggs waiting to be found

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Easter EggstravaganzaHunting for Easter eggs is just one part of the April 8 Eggstravaganza hosted by The Kiwanis Club of Campbell and web-based real estate firm HomeInSiliconValley.com. But given that 23,000 eggs will be hidden on the soccer field at the Campbell Community Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave., it’s a big part.The event kicks off at 9 a.m. with pictures with the Easter Bunny, Easter Bunny face painting, kids games, a crafts table and six bounce houses. Entertainment features dance demos by a girls baton troupe and music with DJ Stevie Pop. Coffee, doughnuts and breakfast burritos will be available.Egg seekers should listen for the song “Who Let the Dogs Out” to be played over the loudspeakers at 10:45 a.m., signaling the start of the hunt.Easter paradeFollowing the Eggstravaganza on April 8, celebrants can walk downtown with a designated parade bunny and grab a spot on the sidewalk along East Campbell Avenue for the 22nd annual Bunnies and Bonnets Parade. This Easter parade f...

What’s on the menu for Oakland A’s fans? How about the Hegenberger Hottie?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Oakland A’s fans lucked out last season.No, not when it came to the stadium drama. They were whipsawed between two sites, with a third — Las Vegas — dangling over their devoted green-and-gold-capped heads.And not when it came to the team. The A’s traded all-stars (and crowd favorites) Matt Olson, Matt Chapman and Chris Bassitt.But when it came to innovative food sold at the Oakland Coliseum stands, fans blessedly escaped some ghastly sounding combinations. You see, Aramark Sports & Entertainment, the concessionaire for nine MLB stadiums, had developed a “Dare to Pair” menu for the 2022 season.Just how daring was Aramark? Toronto Blue Jays fans got Pickle Poutine, cheese curds topped with fried pickle straws, peanut butter gravy, bacon bits, dill and scallions (the very definition of a hot mess). For Kansas City Royals fans, it was the BBQ Reese’s Sandwich, a barbecue-sauced pulled pork (so far, so good) to which Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were added...

Saratoga-based small business owner rents office space in parents’ home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

What started as a side hustle selling greeting cards nearly a decade ago has turned into a fulltime career for Kirstie Wang – one that’s allowed the Saratoga High School graduate to stay really close to home.Wang, a Sunnyvale resident, is running her online store from office space in the the front half of her parents’ Saratoga home. She started A Jar of Pickles after quitting her corporate job in February 2022 and now sells everything from stickers, pens and stamps to plushies, clothing and tote bags.The move is saving her thousands of dollars every month. Bay Area retail and office space rent can be pricey – and hard to find – making it a barrier for many small business owners.Wang started storing inventory and packaging orders in her childhood home in Saratoga last month after she outgrew her own garage space. Her parents, Johnson and Jennifer Lee, also built an attic space for extra inventory storage.“To clear the space they sold our childhood piano, which is a really...

Saratoga community event grant applications open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Community event grant applicationsThe City of Saratoga is accepting Community Event Grant Program applications for events that will be held from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. To qualify, events must be located in Saratoga, free and open to the public and volunteer led. They must concentrate on Saratoga’s character, diversity or history and celebrate the community as a whole, and event organizers must agree to obtain a minimum of $1 million liability coverage for the event.Applications, available at https://www.saratoga.ca.us/301/Community-Event-Grants, are due April 3. Qualified applications will be reviewed by the Library and Community Engagement Commission on April 10 to prepare a funding recommendation to be considered by the city council on April 19.Blossom FestivalThe annual Blossom Festival will be held on Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Heritage Orchard and Saratoga Civic Center, 13777 Fruitvale Ave. The festival features antique cars, live music, art, crafts...

Latest line: A good week for water districts, a bad week for the San Jose Police Officers’ Association

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Water agenciesWith reservoirs full and state and federal deliveries up, Bay Area water agencies prepare to relax strict conservation rules after three years of drought, which will earn them more money from water sales.    San Jose Police Officers’ AssociationPolice union makes national headlines after its executive director, Joanne Segovia, a civilian, is charged with running a drug ring from her home since 2015, including distributing fentanyl.   Stanford Law School“Freedom of speech is a bedrock principle,” Stanford president says in apology after 100 students shout down a conservative judge at the law school. But the damage to the school’s reputation is done. 

They said it: Traffic is back

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

“You kind of got used to putting it in cruise control and doing 75 miles per hour. Maybe about three or four months ago you come around the corner and traffic is stopped.”— Ian Brown, 47, who commutes from San Francisco to Los Gatos for a job at Netflix. A traffic analytics firm found that Bay Area congestion fully returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.

Caltrans mapping app helps drivers (and others) get around traffic problems: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Q: You mentioned Quickmaps in a recent column. That website and app are worth highlighting for your readers. It’s useful not just for car trips, but also bike riding in local mountains. As you know, it can show data from Caltrans, Google Maps, and Waze. It’s a great way to find information about closures, lane reductions, incident reports, and much more.It’s not perfect for cycling, as it doesn’t show many closed single-lane mountain roads, like Stage and West Old La Honda, but it gets the ones most traveled by autos, like Skyline and Highway 9, and 236 in Big Basin. For your readers driving to any of our mountains, it can be of great value. The app is better than the website, as it remembers your settings, and can push alerts for nearby issues. All in all, it’s a pretty slick app.Kudos to Caltrans for this one.Steve Rempel, Los AltosA: Thanks for sharing your experience with it.Q: My phone died and I need to reinstall apps on my new one. You named a go...

Black homeownership has declined across the Bay Area, furthering inequality

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

Since pulling herself out of homelessness a decade ago, Nadia Johnson has worked tirelessly to achieve what no one else in her family has accomplished: owning a home in the Bay Area.Johnson, a manager at a local Starbucks, and her husband, Andre, a driver for a private bus service, now rent a two-bedroom duplex in the Contra Costa County suburb of Rodeo with their 13-year-old daughter, Raiena.The couple has been saving to buy a house of their own in the working-class community known for its sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery. But their modest incomes make it nearly impossible to qualify for a mortgage, even in one of the more affordable parts of the increasingly unaffordable Bay Area.“We’re trying to own a little piece of Rodeo, just a little bitty piece,” said Johnson, 48. “I just want to be able to leave something to my grandchildren.”Buying a home, a crucial stepping stone to wealth that can be passed down over generations, has long been a struggle f...

Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:11 GMT

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status.Rodgers, who has been in charge for four years, leaves with the team having dropped to third-to-last place with 10 league matches remaining.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource