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Opinion: Valley Water does creek maintenance in summer to reduce flood risk in winter

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

Valley Water work crews maintain stream conditions across Santa Clara County to safely carry water during winter storms. This flood protection work is critical, as we can’t predict when a wet winter will deliver the type of rainfall and creek flows that we saw last season.Santa Clara County has over 800 miles of creeks, and Valley Water owns and manages about 294 miles of those streams. Valley Water inspects and prioritizes portions of these streams for maintenance projects each year through our Stream Maintenance Program. We focus on streams that have been improved with engineered projects to provide continued flood protection for homes and businesses.Between June and October our crews go into creeks and streams to remove sediment, manage vegetation, clear trash and debris and stabilize eroded banks.While heavy work occurs in the summer, stream maintenance is year-round. Valley Water staff regularly inspects stream conditions, especially after storms. Toward the end of the rainy se...

Tipsy Putt swings into downtown Sunnyvale

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

As construction continues on residential and office buildings in downtown Sunnyvale, developers added to the third component of the “live, work, play” space they’re aiming to create with the opening of Tipsy Putt.The developers of Cityline, a mixed-use project on a site about three blocks from the Sunnyvale Caltrain station, are touting the  indoor miniature golf course and taproom as a place where office employees and residents can go for a respite without having to get in their cars. Tipsy Putt is located across the street from The Martin, a 12-story high-rise on West McKinley Avenue that will house 479 residential units when complete.“Cityline is for young professionals who want to be close to work and raise a family,” said CBRE Executive Vice President Vincent Scott at a Tipsy Putt preview event ahead of its Nov. 15 grand opening. Scott and CBRE Senior Vice President Mike Benevento are overseeing office leasing at the two seven-story office buildings currently under construction...

Children’s Discovery Museum hosts holiday event previews

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

Discovering holiday eventsChildren’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is hosting sneak peaks of two events featuring iconic holiday characters.New Ballet will present a short preview of “The Nutcracker” in the museum’s indoor theater Nov. 19 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. before moving to the California Theatre in downtown San Jose Dec. 16-23. This production is set in turn-of-the-century San Jose, with historical references that highlight the Santa Clara Valley. For tickets and more information, visit https://newballet.com/nutcracker.Before the titular character of “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” takes the stage at San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts, he’ll be available for a meet and greet and photo ops at the museum on Nov. 25 , 3-3:30 p.m. Broadway San Jose is hosting the Mean One, his dog Max and the residents of Whoville Nov 28-Dec. 3. For tickets and more information, visit broadwaysanjose.com/shows/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas.For more information on C...

Latest line: A good week for SAG-AFTRA, a bad week for David DePape

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

SAG-AFTRAHollywood actors’ union reaches a deal with film studios after a historic 118-day strike, winning increased pay, benefits and AI protections for an industry in transition from TV to streaming video services.    David DePapeTrial begins for conspiracy-obsessed man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house and fractured her husband Paul’s skull with a hammer. It’s all on video, and he later told cops he had planned to hurt her. He faces life in prison.   London BreedSan Francisco mayor will draw international attention as 21 world leaders attend the APEC global trade summit in SF. But to counter “doom loop” image, she’s rushing to remove large homeless encampments. 

‘Absolute loyalty’ rings as true to members of the 1990 San Jose State football team now as it did then

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

The San Jose State Spartans took the field Saturday night and whether they knew it or not, they had the absolute loyalty of the 1990 team at their backs.Absolute loyalty. Two words introduced to them as young men, two words that became a mantra that carried those Spartans through the 1990 season, two words that still bind them tightly 33 years later.“Whenever we text each other,” said Ralph Martini, the quarterback of the 1990 team, “the last words are always ‘absolute loyalty.’”San Jose State quarterback Ralph Martini shows off a text proving he and his 1990 football teammates still use the “absolute loyalty” mantra to this day. The team held a reunion Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, before this year’s game against Fresno State, in San Jose, Calif. (Bud Geracie/Bay Area News Group) Those two words ran like a current through a cocktail party at a Santa Clara hotel Friday night. Absolute loyalty. I heard it from the first person I interviewed to the last. At one point, I looked around ...

They said it: Not rising to the occasion

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

“The county dropped the ball.”— Santa Clara County Executive James Williams, acknowledging county agencies in charge of protecting children made mistakes by allowing a father with a history of drug abuse to care for his 3-month-old daughter Phoenix Castro, who died of a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose in May.

San Francisco CEO summit offers welcome boost — and some risk — for Biden, Newsom, Breed

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

The massive convergence of world and corporate leaders on San Francisco for this week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering offers a welcome boost — but also some risk — for Democratic Party leaders from President Joe Biden to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed.All three have seen their popularity sag in recent polls amid mixed economic signals, troubles abroad and domestic woes from crime to homelessness, while the host city itself has seen its spectacular vistas, cable cars and sourdough eclipsed by news reports of rampant retail thefts, car break-ins and homelessness.The APEC CEO Summit — said to be the biggest gathering of world leaders in the city since the founding of the United Nations there in 1945 — offers a chance to reset that narrative.“There’s a lot at stake,” said David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University. “It’s a bit of a forward-looking, turning of the page.”The event will bring toge...

Today in Sports – Nathan Vasher returns a missed FG 108 yds. for a TD, longest play in NFL history

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

Nov. 131934 — Ralph Bowman of the St. Louis Eagles scores the first penalty-shot goal in NHL history. Bowman’s goal comes on the second penalty shot attempt in league history and is the only goal for the Eagles, who lose to the Montreal Maroons 2-1.1949 — Chicago’s Bob Nussbaumer intercepts four passes, and the Cardinals set an NFL record for points in a regular-season game with a 65-20 victory over the New York Bulldogs.1955 — Goalies Glenn Hall and Terry Sawchuk play to a 0-0 tie at Boston Garden. Hall, a rookie goalie with the Detroit Red Wings, and Terry Sawchuk of the Bruins, played to a 0-0 tie on Oct. 22 at the Olympia in Detroit. The shutout is the 61st for Sawchuk and the fourth for Hall.1964 — St. Louis Hawks forward Bob Pettit becomes the first NBA player to score 20,000 points, with 29 in a 123-106 loss to the Cincinnati Royals.1971 — Colorado’s Charlie Davis sets an NCAA record for a sophomore by rushing for 342 yards in a 40-6 victory over Oklahoma State.1982 — Souther...

Boos ring out in Naples as defending champion loses to lowly Empoli in Serie A

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Defending champion Napoli fell to its third loss of the season in Serie A to pile the pressure on coach Rudi Garcia as a stoppage-time goal saw lowly Empoli win 1-0 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday.Viktor Kovalenko scored with a stunning strike late on for Empoli, which had lost eight of its previous 11 matches, and the boos rang out in Naples.All three of Napoli’s losses have come in front of its own fans and it has only won one match at home since the end of August. It lost just two matches at home on its way to the title last season under Luciano Spalletti.Napoli remained fourth, eight points behind league leader Juventus although Inter Milan can move back top when it plays Frosinone later. Empoli moved a point clear of the relegation zone.Napoli’s matches immediately after the international break are against Atalanta, Real Madrid, Inter and Juventus.Lazio was also playing Roma later in the capital derby.Napoli could have moved third, following AC...

Man wanted for gas station robberies in Thornton

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Thornton were searching for a man who was wanted for aggravated robbery after two incidents at gas stations along East 104th Avenue.According to police, after both incidents, the suspect drove away in a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado that was reported stolen several days earlier.Anyone with information on the suspect was asked to call the tip line at 720-977-5069.