Bay City News Service – Page 86

31st annual Steinbeck Festival kicks off tonight with Cannery Row pub crawl

Posted onAugust 4, 2011July 6, 2014Leave a comment

By Khalida Sarwari Characters from John Steinbeck’s life and books will be the theme of this year’s festival honoring the author this weekend at the …

49ers design team unveils new stadium model

Posted onAugust 3, 2011July 6, 2014Leave a comment

By Khalida Sarwari Fans entering the brand new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers four years from now in Santa Clara might feel as if …

Fire chief honors 8-year-old pool rescue hero with plaque

Posted onAugust 3, 2011July 5, 2014Leave a comment

By Khalida Sarwari The mother of 8-year-old Ishaan Singh, San Jose’s hero of the week after he helped save a 3-year-old girl and her grandfather …

Council nixes sales tax measures on November ballot

Posted onAugust 2, 2011July 12, 2014Leave a comment

By Khalida Sarwari San Jose voters this fall will not have to decide on five sales tax measures. The City Council was considering placing five …

Volunteers stuffing thousands of backpacks for underprivileged children

Posted onAugust 2, 2011July 25, 2014Leave a comment

By Khalida Sarwari For the next two weeks, hundreds of volunteers in Milpitas will spend their summer days stuffing roughly 15,000 backpacks for underprivileged children. …