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Julissa Hernandez, 9, of San Martin, and Captain Nuno Ribeiro of Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, are seen at the Global Children Foundation bike giveaway on Dec. 11. The foundation, in partnership with the Sheriff’s Office, collaborated for the second year to offer underprivileged children a welcome surprise during the holiday season. The program gave 35 elementary schoolchildren in the San Martin area new bikes for Christmas.

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Violation of a court order

The fate of two long-planned proposals to extend city boundaries around 280 acres of rural and agricultural land south of town could be sealed at a Feb. 3 county commission meeting.

Live Oak did a good job of taking away Oakwood’s phenom point guard, but it couldn’t stop everyone as the Hawks rolled to a 67-47 win Tuesday night.

The annual winter holiday police crackdown on drunk and impaired driving resulted in 262 arrests on suspicion of drunk or impaired driving throughout Santa Clara County, according to the sheriff’s office.These arrests were made from Dec. 18 to Dec. 30, police said. This period marks the sheriff’s and other police agencies’ annual winter holiday “Avoid the 13” enforcement effort. The campaign uses grant funds to place extra officers on the road during high-traffic times, and conduct DUI checkpoints and other enforcement activities.The crackdown campaign emphasizes the preventable nature of drunk driving, as police remind motorists that planning ahead is easy, the press release continues.“Designate a sober driver or call a cab. But whatever you do, don’t drink and drive,” reads the press release.  Funding for the Avoid the 13 program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.