Avoid the 13 crackdown
This Memorial Day weekend, police will saturate the freeways in Santa Clara County to crack down on drunk driving. California Highway Patrol officers from the Redwood City, San Jose, and Gilroy-Hollister offices will flood the freeways with patrol cars from Friday, May 26 to midnight on Monday, May 29. No sobriety checkpoints are planned.Similar campaigns will be in effect throughout the Bay Area and in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
“DUI enforcement is always a major patrol emphasis,” Mountain View Police Chief Scott Vermeer said, adding, “We lean even harder on it over the Memorial Day weekend because we know that many people will be drinking and fear that many will drive. Designated drivers are the key; they are the best way to avoid arrest.”
$900,000 in grants awarded to local nonprofits
In its second round of quarterly grants for 2006, the Peninsula Community Foundation awarded $900,000 in grants to 15 nonprofit organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Locally, awardees include the Mountain View Day Worker Center and, in East Palo Alto, the Ravenswood Family Health Center. The main focus of these grants has been to support youth and immigrants.
Hospice moves to new location
Hospice of the Valley, a public benefit hospice in San Jose serving many Mountain View residents, announced that it will move to Union Avenue near Highway 85.The relocation is in response to an increased demand for the hospice’s core programs, especially transitions, hospice, education, and bereavement support. Hospice of the Valley may be contacted by calling (408) 947-1233 or visiting www.hospicevalley.org.
— Elizabeth Lasky
