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Santa Clara County / CALIFORNIA The Parks For Life Challenge, an outdoor social media game continues to grow in numbers and in popularity with more prizes and adventures set for the next round beginning May 1st through August 31st. Teams of adventurers will be planting their flags in parks across...
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San Jose / CALIFORNIA Mayor Sam Liccardo joined local non-profit and faith leaders this week to kick-off “Housing One Hero”: an initiative to engage local faith-based organizations in the campaign to end veteran homelessness in Santa Clara County. “We have a moral obligation to ensure that nobody who faithfully served...
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Betty Yee The deadline to file state and federal income tax returns for 2015 is quickly approaching, as is your last opportunity to claim the new California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC). The good news? IRS-certified volunteers are ready to help you prepare and file your tax returns for...
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Santa Clara County / CALIFORNIA Last week County Executive Jeffrey V. Smith announced the appointment of Marion S. Moses to the position of Director of Office of Veterans Services. Mrs. Moses will begin this new role on March 28, 2016. “Marion’s military background and experience serving veterans, soldiers, and their...
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Luisa Fernanda Montero/ La Red Hispana En estos tiempos en que la prisa es un factor común en nuestras vidas se hace cada vez más difícil tomar decisiones saludables. La falta de tiempo puede hacer que los alimentos que llevamos a nuestra mesa no sean los mejores. El problema es...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR Gentrification is the process by which “urban renew” happens. Usually low income neighborhoods undergo transitions when those having higher income begin to move in. Property values rise; rents go up, affordable housing becomes scarce. This gentrification process drives out retired fixed income folks; young couples;...
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Santa Clara / CALIFORNIA With unanimous approval of a resolution that declares homelessness in Santa Clara County a crisis, the Board of Supervisors sent a message to other cities and agencies in the County to consider doing the same and then explore options for increasing affordable housing in response to...
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LOS ANGELES – Monday was Human Trafficking Awareness Day and California has the biggest problem in the nation judging from the number of calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. In 2015 the hotline received more than 2,700 calls that led to 711 cases in the Golden...
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County of Santa Clara First County in the Nation to Open Office of LGBTQ Affairs SANTA CLARA COUNTY The County of Santa Clara is opening a new Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Affairs, becoming the first County in the nation to establish an office to...
