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St. Mary School is pleased to present a Kindergarten Open House on Saturday, November 9, 2013.

Santa Clara County is stepping up efforts to support restoration and conservation projects through collaborative efforts from a number of local, state and federal agencies.

Today's blog is by FOSMAS Treasure and volunteer extraordinaire, Ave Geddes:

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I go out to dinner once a month with a couple we have known for years. "Joe" is an active conversationalist, while my husband is fairly quiet.

Kulia Lemus grew up in a single mom household and remembers the days when holidays were a financial struggle, despite the fact her mother worked multiple jobs.

Property owners have multiple resources on the Web and by telephone to learn more about the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s annual fire prevention fees, according to a press release from CalFire.The outreach effort is being implemented as a result of Assembly Bill X1 29, which was signed into law July 2011, establishing a fee for fire prevention services in the 31 million acres of State Responsibility Area, according to the CalFire release. CalFire has established a website, www.firepreventionfee.org, which contains information about the fee, as well as helpful links to maps, the law language and answers to frequently asked questions. Also, a customer service call center is staffed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to further aid homeowners who have questions about the fire prevention fee. The call center number is 1-888-310-6447. The revenue generated from the fire prevention fee pays for vital fire prevention services within the SRA, according to CalFire. Fire prevention services funded by the fee include strategic fuel reduction activities, defensible space inspections, fire prevention engineering, emergency evacuation planning, fire prevention education, fire hazard severity mapping, implementation of the State’s and local fire plans, and fire related law enforcement activities such as fire cause determination and arson investigation. Under the law, the California Board of Equalization is responsible for collecting the fee, the CalFire press release says. The bills scheduled for mailing this year are for fiscal year 2012/2013. The fee applies to the homeowner of record as of July 1, 2012, for all habitable structures within the SRA. The BOE began mailing the fire prevention fee bills July 19, 2013. 

Samantha Nydam had 23 kills as Sobrato swept Branham Thursday, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.

The Wineries of Santa Clara Valley held their bi-annual Passport Weekend Saturday and Sunday, offering tours of the area's historic, family-owned or start-up wineries.

Live Oak dropped its fifth straight match Saturday, losing 3-1 to Monte Vista Christian in the annual breast cancer awareness contest.

For the first half of Friday's game, Live Oak played up to Gilroy’s challenge.