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  • Primary Results Boost Environmental Justice in CA

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The election results are trending positively for environmental justice in California – with the likely defeat of Proposition 70 and the passage of Proposition 68. Prop 70 would have required a two-thirds majority for the State Legislature to appropriate funds for climate change-related projects....
  • Coyote Lake Visitor Center Grand Opening Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch Park

    Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Dept. SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – There is a new wealth of information visually depicting and explaining the wildlife, history and, recreational opportunities found at Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park in Gilroy. Coyote Lake Visitor Center is celebrating the newly remodeled...
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Happy Hollow welcomes new jaguar 

    San José Zoo helps species survival for big cats  San José, CA – A new jaguar is entering the limelight at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. Happy Hollow welcomes Kianto, a 12-year-old male Goldman’s jaguar from Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois. Kianto joins the iconic Sophia, who is 14-years-old, and has enthralled Happy...
  • Meet Bayou at the Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

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San Jose Native serves with Navy Strike Fighter Squadron

    Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Electa Berassa Navy Office of Community Outreach LEMOORE, Calif.- A 2010 Santa Teresa High School graduate and San Jose, California, native is currently serving with a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron which flies one of the world’s most advanced warplanes. Airman Luis Morales is...
  • County of Santa Clara Approves $66.2 million Funding Toward Affordable Housing Developments

    SCC SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve a total of $66.2 million of 2016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond funds to construct four new affordable housing complexes. The developments will provide 461 new housing opportunities for low income households,...
  • Meeting Bayou

    New Alligator exhibit now open at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo Arturo Hilario & HHPZ San José, CA – There is a new critter at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (HHPZ). On May 26, HHPZ welcomed over 4,200 guests to view a brand new American alligator exhibit. “Bayou,” an...
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Q&A: Jonathan Fleming & the Path to District 7

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Jonathan Fleming is a San Jose resident and a mechanical engineer who is running for San Jose’s District 7 Council seat. A father and husband, his route to politics has been one guided by his own experiences in the community he says he has a...
  • Step Up Silicon Valley Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary & Launch of First-of-its-kind Nonprofit Data Tech

    Poverty Reducing Initiatives Focus of New Collaborative Program Arturo Hilario El Observador On Wednesday May 16 Step Up Silicon Valley, a branch of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County focusing on poverty reduction, outreach and support, celebrated its 10-year anniversary along with the announcement of their new collaborative inter-agency...
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