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16-year-old attacked while sitting in park
A San Jose teen was attacked at Biebrach Park in Greater Gardner on Oct. 25.
According to San Jose Police Department spokesperson Enrique Garcia, a group of six to eight Hispanic men between the ages of 18 and 25 approached the 16-year-old boy near the tot lot at the local park.
The group attacked the boy at 3:44 p.m. with bricks, bottles and baseball bats, Garcia said.
The boy sustained major injuries and was hospitalized. He remains in critical but stable condition.
The police have not been able to identify any of the individuals, but there are witnesses to the crime, Garcia said.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department at 911 or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 408.947.STOP.
Neighborhood group
elects new board
The North Willow Glen Neighborhood Association elected a new board at its Oct. 24 meeting.
Harvey Darnell and Clark Williams will continue in their positions as president and vice president, respectively. Chuck Hudson will also fulfill the secretary/treasurer position, which he shared with his wife, Stephanie, last year. Stephanie Hudson will continue serving as a director.
Past president Ken Eklund and longtime neighborhood advocate Dan Erceg continue as board directors, and Corinne Winter joins the board as a director for the first time. All candidates ran unopposed.
There are still two director seats open to North Willow Glen residents who want to get involved in their community.
For more information, visit www. northwillowglen.org, or call 408. 228.4970.
Library reviews its
use of annual funds
The San Jose Library Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. to review its annual expenditures from the library parcel tax measure that was passed by voters in 2004. The commission will also review expenditures and the use of funds appropriated from the 2000 development bond measure "to ensure that they align with residents' expectations," according to library staff.
The meeting will take place in rooms 255-257 on the second floor of the King Library, 150 E. San Fernando St.
For additional information, call 408.808.2164. Parking is free after 6 p.m. in the nearby Fourth Street garage.
Bird Avenue home is
rezoned for two units
The San Jose City Council voted to rezone 1070 Bird Ave. from a single-family home to planned development at its Oct. 24 meeting.
The city council followed the recommendation of the San Jose Planning Commission, which heard the matter on Sept.13. Applicants hoped to rezone the 0.29-acre lot to allow three single-family residences, two of which have been constructed without permits. However, staff recommended only the two existing units be allowed, as it would be more compatible with the neighborhood and the city's General Plan, according to city documents.
Several neighbors hoped to preserve the Victorian's history, in letters to the city. The home was built in 1889 and purchased more than a year ago by Norm Dreyer. The residence is the former house of John "Jack" Holmes, one of two men arrested, and ultimately lynched, for the November 1933 kidnap and murder of 22-year-old Brooke Hart.
Hart was a member of one of San Jose's most prominent families and heir to the famed Hart Department Store in San Jose.
