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Home invader
cuts woman
in struggle
A burglar armed with a knife cut a Sunnyvale woman on Feb. 18 after she confronted him and the two struggled, according to police reports.
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety officers responded at 6:50 p.m. to her home on the 1400 block of Bobwhite Avenue. The woman was treated at a local hospital and released, police said.
Sunnyvale officers, using a canine and with help from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office helicopter, searched the area but did not find the intruder.
He was described as dark-skinned, with dark curly hair, 5-foot-8, and weighing 130 to 140 pounds.
Bo Caldwell
reading at
De Anza College
Cupertino author Bo Caldwell, the featured writer of Silicon Valley Reads and author of the novel The Distant Land of My Father will visit De Anza College on Feb. 28 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
She will read from her novel, present historical background and take questions from the audience in the Campus Center conference rooms A and B, located on campus at 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
The college bookstore will sell her novel. The event is sponsored by the college's library and Writing and Reading Center.
For more information visit www.siliconvalleyreads.org/2007-08/default.asp or www.deanza.edu.
DNA event
to protect
children
Parents are invited to bring their children to an event that could help law enforcement agencies locate them if they are missing.
John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted, is hosting the free event, which is scheduled March 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sunnyvale Ford, 650 E. El Camno Real. It will provide parents with a free FBI certified biometric 10-digit fingerprint profile, a free high resolution color digital photograph of their children, a free Child Safety Journal to record vital information and a free home DNA identification kit.
None of the information will be entered in any database, and will be given to parents instead.
Contact Derrick Kidwell or Lynette Saenz at 800.515.4243 for more information.
Sally Lieber drops
out, endorses Kniss
District 22 Assemblywoman and Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber, who will be termed out at the end of 2008, announced that she will not be running against incumbent Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss in District 5 this year.
She said she endorses Kniss instead and will focus on measures she has pending in the state Senate and Assembly.
"I entered this race over a year ago to challenge a status quo that had resulted in a lack of interest in the condition and mission of our county. I am pleased that having a contested race to this point has helped activate efforts to save mental health and public health services in our community," said Lieber in a prepared statement.
District 22 includes Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Mountain View and parts of Santa Clara, San Jose and Los Altos. The race to replace her is hotly contested, with several candidates having raised more than $100,000 already.
Council approves
enhanced Mary
Ave. response
The city will spend $85,000 to provide an "enhanced" response to the large number of comments it received about the draft environmental impact report for the proposed Mary Avenue Extension.
The council voted 4-3, with councilmen Dave Whittum, Ron Swegles and Otto Lee dissenting, each for his own reason.
Every comment will be addressed, even though the bulk of them call for alternatives to the proposed four-lane bridge over Highway 101 and Route 237 into Moffett Park, rather than questioning the technical analysis of the draft EIR, according to the city.
The council also approved a 10-day public review before it considers certifying the final EIR and a peer review by an outside professional.
For more information, visit maryavenue.insunnyvale.com.