Updated: Gavilan districts ‘will change the dynamics’ on board
Gavilan College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them, a trustee confirmed.
Green voted as new county board president
Trustee Darcie Green was unanimously voted as new board president for the Santa Clara County Board of Education for the coming year during the Dec. 10 meeting, while Trustee Anna Song was given full support from her fellow board members to be named vice president.Green was appointed to the board in 2012 to fill a vacancy in Area 6. She currently serves as the community and government relations manager for Kaiser Permanente South Bay, according to SCCBOE staff. Green was named recipient of the 2014 Barbara Jordan Leadership Award, which honors young elected officials who demonstrate a distinguished record of public service to their community.Song was elected to the board in 200 as the first Korean-born female to be elected in California’s history, according to the SCCOE announcement. She also serves on the County School Boards Association Executive Board.
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Mortensen named to Dean’s List
Jared Mortensen, of Morgan Hill, has been named to the 2023-24 Fall Term Dean's list at Oregon Institute of Technology. Mortensen studies Environmental Sciences-Water.
Valley Water board elects Hsueh for 2024 chair
The Valley Water Board of Directors on Jan. 9 elected...
PG&E offers $550,000 in scholarships for area students
PG&E is offering more than $500,000 in scholarships to help students in South Valley and beyond offset their costs for higher education.
One pool of funds totaling $350,000, provided by the PG&E Foundation, is part of the utility company’s annual Better Together STEM Scholarship Program...
Looming federal shutdown would cause immediate impacts
Unless Congress passes legislation with a financial package to keep it running, the federal government will shut down beginning at 12:01am Sunday, Oct. 1. Federal workers were put on notice Sept. 27 that a shutdown is imminent and millions of government employees and military...
ISPs pick up slack as federal broadband program ends
The Affordable Connectivity Program, a federal program that provides internet access to low-income families, has ended after Congress failed to reach an agreement to keep funding it. Over 23 million households—including thousands in Santa Clara and San Benito counties—will no longer receive federal subsidies...
Morgan Hill teen gives back
Morgan Hill resident Andrew Burbank, a 17-year-old graduate of Sobrato High School’s Class of 2024, recently donated nearly $600 to a local foundation using proceeds from this past spring’s “senior assassin” fundraising game.
Burbank donated the funds to the Morgan Hill-based Edward Boss Prado Foundation....
