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Homeschool information night at Milpitas Library - Examiner.com border=

Homeschool information night at Milpitas Library - Examiner.com

Examiner.com
If you live in, or plan to be in, the Bay Area on July 14, and would like to learn more about homeschooling options, make time for the Homeschool Information Night at the Milpitas Library. This event is free and open to the public. …
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Pizarro: Falcon Fest takes flight this week in San Jose - San Jose Mercury News border=

Pizarro: Falcon Fest takes flight this week in San Jose - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
LIBRARY IN NEED: San Jose State University's library is poised to get a $1.5 million matching grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to expand SJSU's digital humanities collection — but the university has got work of its own to do first. …

Internal Affairs: San Jose redevelopment officials selflessly ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Internal Affairs: San Jose redevelopment officials selflessly … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By the Mercury News Come this fall, we could be saying goodbye to a kinda/sorta downtown landmark: the old Martin Luther King Jr. Library, which sits squarely in the path of San Jose's much-hoped-for convention center expansion. …

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Literary events - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose. 408-808-2397, www.sjlibrary.org. Sister Marilyn Lacey. Author of "This Flowing Toward Me: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers." 7:30 pm June 23. Kepler's, 1010 El Camino Real, …

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Antiques and collectibles - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Cultural arts display includes prints, photographs and vintage items; books, games and supervised playing of jacks, pickup sticks, croquet and more. 11 am-5 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays through July 29. Rengstorff House, 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., …

East Palo Alto girl overcomes adversity through boxing - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Between college classes and her job working as a library page for the Santa Clara County Library district, Alcantar has enough on her plate at the moment. "Boxing isn't what I want to do as my career," she says. "It helps me to take out my anger, …

Eye Openers: What's hot around the Bay Area this week - San Jose Mercury News border=

Eye Openers: What's hot around the Bay Area this week - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The trip resulted in his new book, "Of Mule and Man" (Akashic Books), and Farrell will be talking about it Wednesday at Cubberley Community Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, in an appearance sponsored by the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley …

Ports, author team up for book giveaway - Stockton Record border=

Ports, author team up for book giveaway - Stockton Record

Stockton Record, CA
"The idea of giving out books is brilliant." That's what the Ports will do tonight. The first 350 families attending the California League game with San Jose receive a free copy of Tye's "Satchel: the Life and Times of An American Legend," published by …
San Jose Mercury News
Stockton Record
Stockton Record

McCartysville Volunteer Band in Saratoga looking for musicians - San Jose Mercury News border=

McCartysville Volunteer Band in Saratoga looking for musicians - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The Saratoga Library is hosting a lecture on native Californians' ability to live sustainable lifestyles using traditional plant knowledge. Guests will learn how natives used their wisdom about local plant life to provide food, medicine, shelter, …

Steve Glickman's Petition Crusade - Los Gatos Observer border=

Steve Glickman's Petition Crusade - Los Gatos Observer

Los Gatos Observer,  USA
Town Manager Greg Larson (above) says former Councilman Steve Glickman's petition could delay the popular library project. With a public career on the Los Gatos Town Council marked by controversy and open hostility toward his fellow councilmembers, …