NBC Bay Area reported there were 300 people in the building next door that had to be evacuated. At the time of the fire, the people inside were reportedly getting ready for the Elks’ monthly fish fry. So far, there is no official cause for the fire.
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Now that the Big Game has been decided, absent the 49ers, we can get back to work on other issues of our times. Congratulations to the entire team and management on an impressive season and taking it to the league championship
Westfield Valley Fair employees are angry and fighting back after mall management announced its new “controlled parking plan.” In a letter circulating among mall employees, organizers say “It is unreasonable and unsafe to expect exhausted mall employees to walk off-campus where parking is free or take a pay cut for simply using their car to commute to work.”
The Wilcox boys varsity soccer squad is soaring to new heights. Wilcox has not lost a league game in nearly two calendar years. They are currently 5-0-1 this season in the El Camino Division, having not lost a league contest since dropping a 2-1 decision against Gunn back on Jan. 31, 2020. Read more: https://www.svvoice.com/wilcox-soccer-blends-youth-and-experience/
Jain insists on basing policy decisions on facts and bottom-line benefits to residents, even when the analysis challenges long unquestioned civic protected interests. For example, selling 10,000 acres of empty land in the “loneliest town in California.” The land costs the City money every year and has proven itself valueless for any City purpose, and was last appraised at $4 million — before it was burned by a wildfire.Read more: https://www.svvoice.com/suds-jain-and-youth-soccer-league-politicking-opinion/
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY WITH MAYOR GILLMORIn case you missed it, Council Member Anthony Becker asked the Mayor to stop re-tweeting lies about her Council colleagues, under the imprimatur of her title as Mayor. The fabrications Gillmor broadcasts are published by fired Weekly employee Robert Haugh in his blog — a blog that she, her sometime-political advisor Jude Barry and former Council Member Teresa O’Neill took an active role in creating. To read more visit:
The annual Christmas Store hosted by Soroptimist International of Santa Clara Silicon Valley returned to an in-person format this holiday season. On Dec. 11, the Soroptimists and volunteers took over the cafeteria at Scott Lane Elementary School to hand out gift cards and household items to 114 families. They also distributed and wrapped gifts for 236 children.
Santana’s pay is tied to Unit 9. Because of this, she was ineligible for a COLA in 2020 and 2021. She has also had to forgo merit increases to her pay for two years to help the City cope with the financial downturn caused by the pandemic. Despite the frozen merit raise still being in effect, Santana, just as the rest of Unit 9, will get a 4.5 percent COLA in 2022. For Santana, that amounts to a roughly $20,000 raise, bringing her total base salary to $468,673
Writing an opinion article does allow for the author to form that opinion based on a variety of sources. Now an opinion writer is sometimes like a dentist working on a bad tooth. On occasion, the dentist hits a nerve that even novocaine can’t disguise. So, it is with opinions. Last week’s article was based on information from very reliable sources. Evidently, it touched a nerve or, maybe two, based on the response.Santa Clara’s Planning Commission received one last update on the City’s zoning code changes before they are released to the public. The City’s Planning Department expects to have the changes posted online before Nov. 30. Santa Clara has not updated its zoning code for nearly 50 years, so this is a massive overhaul of the code that takes into account changes in the City as well as development preferences.
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