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Around The Glen
SJPD has tips for avoiding burglaries
Everyone looks forward to summertime, especially thieves, says San Jose Police Detective Jarrod Jesser.
Break-ins usually occur more frequently during the summer because juveniles are out of school, and some are looking for extra cash, Jesser says. Additionally, residents leave doors and windows open more when it's warm, and take more vacations.
Criminals take advantage of these lapses in security, but there are plenty of ways that homeowners can avoid being victimized, Jesser said.
Many criminals break into cars and use the garage opener to gain access to the residence, he said, so keeping that garage door opener out of sight may prevent a crime.
Jesser also said to make sure all doors and windows are locked or blocked at night. Cat burglars usually don't break down doors or windows, because they don't want to wake anyone up, Jesser said.
He added that cat burglars will almost never enter a home at night unless they think they can do so without waking anyone up.
In some cases, cat burglars have come into people's homes and taken items from under the resident's bed while he or she was sleeping.
Keeping the garage door locked can keep the thieves out, too. Jesser said many people leave garage doors open to cool the car off on hot summer nights. Meanwhile, thieves get away with bikes, tools and car stereos.
--Chantal Lamers
Water district plans open house in WG
The Santa Clara Valley Water District will hold an open house in Willow Glen this Wednesday, June 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the Willows Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Avenue.
Water users will have an opportunity to learn about plans to safeguard, preserve and restore creeks in the South Bay and how the district plans to provide additional flood protection for residents.
The district's plan, called Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural Flood Protection, is the culmination of nearly two years of coordination with business leaders, environmental groups and community organizations to develop a 15-year plan for creeks and flood protection in the county.
The program, which is expected to go before voters in November, would fund $328 million worth of additional flood protection, programs to protect local waterways from pollutants such as mercury and diazinon, and a "good neighbor" program to keep neighborhood creeks free from trash. The program also aims to keep bridges and flood channel walls free of graffiti and repair erosion in creeks and streams.
In addition, the program includes an effort to protect endangered species, such as the chinook salmon, steelhead trout, saltmarsh harvest mouse and California red-legged frogs, plus work to protect natural habitats, fisheries and native plants along creeks.
For more information, contact the Santa Clara Valley Water District at 408.265.2607, ext. 2238, or visit the district's website at www.heynoah.com.
--Chantal Lamers
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