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News Briefs
Local drivers must yield to merging bus
Drivers are now required to yield to VTA and Santa Cruz Metro buses when the buses flash signs, indicating a merge from a bus stop. The buses have been outfitted with 9-inch flashing yield signs on the back; drivers must allow the buses to rejoin traffic when both the yield and left turn signals are flashing. Those who do not will be cited and fined.
Yield to Bus, a test program under the authority of the California Highway Patrol, will be in use until the end of 2002.
Cohn backs growth study Of elderly
State Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn (D-Saratoga) recently sponsored the release of a University of California report on how to cope with the expected spike in the state's senior population.
California's over-65 population is projected to jump from 3.5 million to 6.5 million over the next 20 years.
The study suggests roughly 60 policy changes to boost education, housing and health for the elderly. Among the suggestions are home improvement programs that would allow seniors to stay in their homes instead of living in nursing homes.
The study also pushes for a redefinition of "elderly" and seniors' place in California society as they become a bigger section of the population. Contact Cohn by mail at the State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 94249-0001. Call 916.319.2024.
Area landscaper wins award at SF garden show
Richard Singletary, owner of Saratoga-based South Peninsula Landscape, won the Exhibitor's Choice award at the recent San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, held at the Cow Palace. Fellow presenters selected the garden, laid out by renowned landscape designer David Brunner and built by Singletary, from some 30 other landscapes.
Brunner's "Juxtapositions" design took advantage of Singletary's stoneworking skills in an attempt to contrast human and natural elements in the garden's modernist design.
Singletary says he's been working in Saratoga and Los Gatos for over 30 years.
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