The Sun Sunnyvale's Newspaper News Briefs Man shoots ex-wife, turns gun on self Carmen Galindo, a 27-year-old woman who was shot twice by her ex-husband late Friday night in Sunnyvale, was upgraded to stable condition at San Jose Medical Center, police officials said Monday. "She is doing much better than she was," Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Capt. Steve Pigott said. Galindo's ex-husband, Pablo Rodriguez, 36, later turned the gun on himself and committed suicide at the scene, which took place in the 1200 block of Socorro Avenue. Galindo recently began dating a different man who works in Sunnyvale after being separated from Rodriguez for nine months. After she met the man at work Friday night, the two were driving when they were spotted by Galindo's ex-husband. According to the boyfriend, Galindo insisted they call police right away. "She was deathly afraid of him," Pigott said. Galindo's boyfriend drove to the nearby home of a relative to call police. As Galindo's boyfriend went into the house, Rodriguez pulled up behind her and approached the car. Pigott said Rodriguez pulled Galindo from the car and dragged her into the street, where he shot her twice in the chest. Rodriguez then turned the gun on himself. When officers arrived at 11:24 p.m., they found the two bodies lying in the street. Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene. De Anza College wins top awards in competition De Anza College's director of marketing, communications and development, Terri O'Connor, was named Communicator of the Year by District VI of the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations. The award is given to a community college communications professional who has made a significant difference in marketing his or her institution and who has demonstrated special leadership and management abilities. O'Connor received the award at the organization's professional conference, held in Costa Mesa Oct. 26-28. Four other awards were also presented to De Anza at the conference. A gold medallion was awarded for a video ad titled "What's Next?" which was produced and edited by Marty Kahn, the producer/director of De Anza's Television Center. Two silver medallions were presented, one for the college viewbook and the other for an outdoor ad campaign carried out on city buses. "A Night of Magic" fund raiser brochure received a bronze medallion. YMCA blood drive A broad range of civic groups is sponsoring the blood drive at the Northwest YMCA from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. Local service clubs, three school districts, the city and other community groups are sponsoring the annual drive. The Stanford Blood Center, a nonprofit organization, is collecting the blood. One pint of blood can benefit as many as three or four patients in the community. Donors receive a mini-physical and free cholesterol screening, cookies and ice cream, a guest pass to the YMCA fitness center and prize drawings. Babysitting is available. Photo identification is required of donors. Donors should allow one hour for an appointment. The YMCA is at 20803 Alves Drive. For more information or to make an appointment, call 257-7160. Email us You can send letters to the editor, press releases and story ideas to The Sun at our email address: sun@sjmetro.com. You can still reach us by mail at 160-B S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, 94086, or by fax at 481-0175. [ Back to Contents Page | Sunnyvale Sun Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, November 25, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.