In the event you didn’t get an opportunity to go to San Jose’s “PAWp-Up” animal adoption heart final month, no worries. Town introduced the satellite tv for pc shelter is now going to remain open till Feb. 15.
9 canines and 30 cats had been adopted from the middle on San Carlos and Third streets final month — in need of the formidable aim of 100 however nonetheless fairly good contemplating individuals who stopped by had been seemingly on their technique to or from downtown vacation occasions.
“The PAWp-Up has successfully brought our community together to provide loving homes for pets in need,” mentioned Metropolis Supervisor Jennifer Maguire, who herself has adopted three shelter canines. (In fact, that was again in early December when the “PAWp-Up” opened; she might have extra by now.)
The massive aim is to get extra animals into everlasting houses, which can ease overcrowding on the San Jose Animal Care Middle, a facility that’s had extra of its share of issues these days. However adoptions aren’t the one factor that helps; donations go a great distance, too. The Animal Care Middle received about $65,000 in donations throughout its Hope for the Holidays marketing campaign, which launched a couple of week earlier than Thanksgiving.
The PAWp-Up is open Thursday to Saturday from midday to five p.m. at 93 E. San Carlos St., and adoption charges are waived for animals on the PAWp-Up. There’s extra data, together with a listing of adoptable animals, out there at bit.ly/SJPAWPUP.
SPARTAN CELEBRATION: It’s been more durable to say San Jose State is woefully underrated after the Wall Avenue Journal ranked SJSU fourth final 12 months amongst public universities, but it surely’s nonetheless a enjoyable social gathering sport — not less than the events I am going to — to play “Guess who went to San Jose State?” (Right here’s your starter pack: Stevie Nicks, Invoice Walsh, Amy Tan, Joey Chestnut and Luis Valdez.)
Properly, on Feb. 20, a whole lot of actually good solutions to that query shall be honored at SJSU’s Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony. This 12 months’s cohort leads off with Oracle co-founder Edward Oates, who’s receiving the lifetime achievement award; D.C. Superior Court docket Decide Robert R. Rigsby, who’s receiving the Tower Award; California Meeting Speaker Robert Rivas, who’s receiving the President’s Medal; Neat CEO Janine Pelosi, who’s being honored as alumna of the 12 months (and who’s not associated to former Home speaker Nancy Pelosi); and Bette and Dave Loomis, who’re receiving the Spirit of ’68 award for his or her assist of a number of initiatives together with the Spartan Meals Pantry and the File Clearance Venture.
The “Spartans of Significance” occasion will happen on the SJSU Scholar Union Ballroom. Tickets can be found at sjsu.edu/alumni.
HOST WITH THE MOST: Congratulations to Laura Garcia, co-host of NBC Bay Space’s “Today in the Bay” morning present, for hitting a milestone 25 years with the San Jose station. Garcia celebrated the anniversary on Friday morning’s present, together with co-host Marcus Washington and colleagues Kari Corridor, Scott McGrew and Cinthia Pimentel. It’s price cheering about, too. 1 / 4-century wherever is price cheering about, however within the tv information enterprise? That’s fairly particular.
“Twenty-five years is a really long time to be getting up in the middle of the night,” Garcia mentioned on Friday morning’s broadcast, which begins at 5 a.m., earlier than easily shifting into graciousness and including. “I’m really fortunate to work with amazing people. You’re only as strong as the people behind you, too.”
It’s been fairly a journey, she famous, together with her changing into the mother of triplets, a number of ups and downs and a whole lot of co-anchors in that point.
CELEBRATING KING’S LEGACY: Commemorations and occasions across the Martin Luther King Day vacation received underway this weekend, with occasions together with Our Metropolis Forest’s annual tree planting Saturday morning at Bruzzone Park in San Jose and a two-day Cease the Violence occasion on Friday and Saturday on the Signia by Hilton resort. Caltrain’s Celebration Prepare will depart Diridon Station in San Jose on Monday morning, destined for occasions in San Francisco honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In San Jose on Monday, youngsters can study King’s work on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum, which can host three performances of “Echoes of a Dream,” an interactive presentation that makes use of an African storytelling fashion, animated with drumming, name and response, songs and slides. The performances, included with the value of admission, are scheduled for 11 a.m., midday and 1:30 p.m. At the moment, guests can paint and embellish a peace signal within the Neiman Artwork Studio. Get extra data at www.cdm.org.
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