On the primary day of spring Sunday, the enduring fountain at San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez sprang again to life after two years of being dormant through the COVID-19 pandemic. They are saying “hope springs everlasting,” however this may need been slightly too on the nostril.
Nonetheless, it was a welcome diversion for teenagers who ran via the unfenced fountain’s geysers, getting as shut as they may to the water with out getting soaked on a heat, clear day.
After all, some will rightfully complain that it units a nasty instance throughout a drought, though the fountain makes use of recirculated water that's filtered in varied high-tech methods to maintain the water clear.
And if this had been a purely ornamental piece, I’d in all probability facet with them. However to see the look of enjoyment on the faces of the youngsters on the market in park — youngsters who've had a troublesome two years like the remainder of us, if not more durable — it’s exhausting to not say we are able to save water elsewhere. Skip a bathe as soon as per week for some time or let the automotive go unwashed one other month or two.
WHEEL FUN: There have been different youngsters getting smiles on their faces this weekend, and it had nothing to do with a fountain. Yearly, Neighborhood Cycles of California offers away bikes to youngsters who want them, however the omicron surge on the finish of 2021 difficult their distribution plan and the San Jose nonprofit ended up with just a few dozen further bikes. Neighborhood Cycles, based by Collin Bruce and Cindy Ahola, reached out to Supervisor Susan Ellenberg’s workplace in search of a corporation which may be capable to use the bikes.
That led to a contact with the Cadillac Winchester Neighborhood Affiliation in San Jose, which was in a position to give away greater than 40 bikes at its litter pick-up occasion on Saturday at Rosemary Elementary Faculty in Campbell. And town of San Jose’s Division of Transportation supplied free bike helmets for each child who received a motorcycle, too.
SHARKS IN MERCED: San Jose is already loopy concerning the Sharks, however the NHL workforce’s basis is venturing nicely exterior metropolis limits on March 23 to chop the ribbon on a brand new Tealtop Avenue Hockey Courtroom at Applegate Park in Merced. Apart from the courtroom, the neighborhood is also being gifted avenue hockey gear to permit youngsters to apply and play on the courtroom.
That is the thirteenth avenue hockey courtroom the Sharks have sponsored, and it was potential due to a $25,000 donation to the Sharks Basis by Sara Johnson Kerrest and Frederic Kerrest, who's chief working officer of id administration firm Okta, which has headquarters in San Jose and San Francisco. The inspiration additionally partnered with Merced’s El Capitan resort on the challenge. A basis spokesperson stated it provided an opportunity to develop Sharks Territory from Silicon Valley to San Joaquin Valley and create some wholesome actions for Merced’s youth within the course of.
The three:30 p.m. dedication ceremony was anticipated to function Merced Mayor Matt Serrato, Sharks President Jonathan Becher, in addition to Sharks alums Scott Hannon and Devin Setoguchi and beloved mascot SJ Sharkie.
THE MAN BEHIND THE STATION: The previous, current and way forward for the Diridon Caltrain Station can be mentioned March 27 by somebody who is aware of it fairly nicely: Former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon, for whom the station was named in 1994 following a restoration challenge.
The two p.m. in-person discuss has been organized by the Preservation Motion Council. The group has launched a marketing campaign to make sure that the station’s Italian Renaissance constructing — initially constructed in 1935 — stays a part of the plans as Google’s mega campus grows round it and plans are made to carry BART and presumably high-speed rail there sooner or later.
The occasion is being held at 450 W. Santa Clara St.. Tickets may be bought upfront for $5 at preservation.org.