This Week in the Mountains
Sunday, February 7
Super Bowl in HD at Redwood Estates Pavilion at 1 p.m.
Bring your favorite tailgating goodies. Hot dogs and beverages for sale.
Monday, February 8
Loma Prieta HSC, 8:45, LPCC
Lakeside Community Foundation, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9
Los Gatos Union School district
Board meeting, 6:20 p.m.
Wednesday, February 10
CTE HSC meeting
8:30 to 10:30 a.m., dance room
Loma Prieta School board, regular session, 7 p.m., Loma Prieta Forum
Wednesday and Thursday
February 10 and 11
Lexington’s annual play: The Case of the Character Chaos, 7 p.m. at the school
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
February 12, 13, 14
C.T. English students present Seussical, the Musical, Friday at 7 p.m, Saturday, 1 and 7 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m.
All performances at LPCC.
Food served before performances begin.
Friday, February 12
Lexington School spirit day
Lakeside School Valentine’s Day class parties
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A benefit dinner and raffle at Summit Roadhouse raised $4300 for newly orphaned Kiara.
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Sally Mitchell, long-time mountain resident who lived on Sunset Drive in Villa del Monte, then later on Adams Road
died Monday, January 25.
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The U.S. Census Bureau is offering temporary part-time jobs at $22.00 to $23.50 an hour
with flexible hours up to forty hours a week, reimbursement for mileage, and work near home.
For information, visit www.2010censusjobs.gov or call 866-861-2019.
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Lane Closure on Soquel-San Jose Road has been extended
Soquel-San Jose Road at Marker 3.88 may have traffic delays
of up to twenty minutes due to storm damage repairs
from Monday, November 23 through Friday, February 26
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For updates, visit http://www.sccroadclosure.org/
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Mountain Students do well
Academic Performance Index Tests
| API Test Scores |
2009 |
2008 |
Growth |
| Lakeside |
935 |
937 |
-2 |
| Loma |
930 |
881 |
49 |
| Lexington |
924 |
944 |
-20 |
| Fisher |
920 |
905 |
15 |
| CTE |
915 |
893 |
22 |
| Rolling
Hills |
904 |
888 |
16 |
| Los Gatos High |
874 |
846 |
28 |
| Santa Clara County (Median) |
807 |
|
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For more detailed information, visit http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/
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Good News for Bus Users
Thanks to letters and comments at public meetings, VTA will continue to operate Line 76
from Los Gatos to Summit Road until the end of the school year (June 2010).
Although the route is still being proposed for "discontinuation,"
it is to be extended until the school year end to allow families to explore alternatives.
Click here to see the new schedule.
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Wildlife in the Mountains
If you see a mountain lion or other
interesting wildlife in our area,
call Neil at 408-353-1901 or email
news@mnn.net.
I'll post the sighting. Be sure to give me a short description of
the animal, specific location, date, and time.
We'll share the results here.
Click
here for other wildlife sightings
For more information from
California Fish and Game
about mountain lions, click
here.
Click
Here for Ways to Prevent Erosion
Click
Here for Santa Cruz County Burn Regulations
Have you updated your
family disaster plan? Here's how...
Mountain
Wildfires
How did they happen, and what
we can do to stop them
Public
Transportation
What it's like to ride buses and light rail to San Jose
Protecting Your Home from Fire
Here’s a checklist on how to improve your landscaping from
CalFire at www.fire.ca.gov:
Create a defensible space of one hundred feet around your home.
It is required by law.
Create a "lean, clean, green zone" by removing all flammable
vegetation within thirty feet surrounding your home
Create a "reduced fuel zone" in the remaining seventy feet or to
your property line.
You have two options in this area:
A. Create horizontal and vertical spacing between plants. The
amount of space will depend on how steep your property is and
the size of your plants.
B. Large trees do not have to be removed as long as all of the
plants beneath them are removed.
Remove lower tree branches at least six feet from the ground
Landscape with fire resistant plants
Maintain all plants with regular water, and keep dead braches,
leaves, and needles removed.
When clearing vegetation, use care when operating equipment such
as lawnmowers. One small spark may start a fire; a string
trimmer is much safer.
Stack woodpiles at least thirty feet from all structures and
remove vegetation within ten feet of woodpiles.
Locate LPG tanks (butane and propane) at least thirty feet from
any structure and maintain ten feet of clearance.
Remove all stacks of construction materials, pine needles,
leaves, and other debris from your yard.
For other ways to protect your home from fire, visit
www.fire.ca.gov
