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News Briefs
Housing advocate appointed to post on commission
Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss, who represents the fifth district, has appointed Palo Alto affordable housing advocate Lydia Tan to the county planning commission.
The county board of supervisors later approved the appointment on May 8.
Tan is currently vice president of the nonprofit BRIDGE Housing Corporation. She has a long history of working in Northern California on affordable housing and progressive development.
Tan will be part of the seven-member planning commission that oversees development and land use on county property.
Nearby resident becomes a Mtn. Winery owner
Dave House, chairman and CEO of Allegro Networks, recently joined the ownership group at the Mountain Winery.
House has worked for more than a year with the winery, as chairman of the organization's kids foundation. He also lives close to winery grounds.
House established himself in the high-tech world by working to develop and market microprocessors at Intel. He's since become involved in philanthropy, establishing his own foundation--The Dave House Family Foundation.
More than 500 students eligible for STAR money
Over 500 students from Los Gatos and Saratoga High Schools scored high enough on last year's Stanford Achievement Test to qualify for $1,000 awards under the governor's scholarship program.
This is first year that Gov. Gray Davis' initiative has been in place, to reward ninth-, 10th- and 11th-graders who score in the top 5 percent on the annual standardized test.
The test was recently administered for the third year in schools throughout the state, as part of Davis' push for greater accountability in the public school system.
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