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How to Secure Your Home and Office
Secure your space by identifying hazards and securing moveable items. Earthquake shaking can move almost anything, even large or heavy...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20162 min read
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Preparing for Terrorism
While it's not comfortable to acknowledge, terrorism is a real threat to our communities. During any type of terrorist attack your first...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20161 min read
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Preparing for Loss of Utilities
Power Outages This page provides basic safety tips and how to what to do before, during and after a power outage. PG&E provides power to...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20163 min read
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Preparing for Wildfires
Wildfires This page explains what actions to take if you receive a fire weather watch alert from the National Weather Service for your...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20164 min read
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Preparing for Extreme Cold
Snowstorms & Extreme Cold This page explains what actions to take when you receive a winter weather storm alert from the National Weather...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20167 min read
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Preparing for Flooding
Floods This page explains what actions to take when you receive a flood watch or warning alert from the National Weather Service for your...
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Sep 30, 20163 min read
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Preparing for Extreme Heat
Extreme Heat This page explains what actions you can take when the weather is extremely hot and how to understand heat alerts from the...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20164 min read
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Preparing for an Earthquake
Earthquakes This page describes what to do before, during, and, after an earthquake. Know your risk What An earthquake is the sudden,...
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Sep 30, 20164 min read
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Emergency Supply Kit
Everyone should maintain an emergency supply kit for your home, office, and/or car including in the following items: Battery-powered...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20161 min read
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Willow Glen Trestle Doesn’t Deserve Historical Status, Federal Historian Says
Residents who have been fighting to save the Willow Glen Trestle from demolition were dealt a blow last week when they got word that the...
BVNA
Sep 29, 20161 min read
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Keeping Cool Without AC
Let’s face it: here in San Jose it gets miserably hot outside, and it’s only going to get warmer as summer goes on. While it’s tempting...
BVNA
Sep 16, 20164 min read
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Stamp Out Street Spam
Drive through any neighborhood in San Jose and there it is, a blight every bit as unsightly as graffiti: Nailed to street trees, duct...
BVNA
Sep 15, 20162 min read
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Willow Glen’s Clout In District 6 Is Disproportional, Some Residents Say
Some District 6 residents are upset that the latest caucus to determine who sits on a two-member Neighborhoods Commission selected a...
BVNA
Aug 30, 20162 min read
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High Rents Force Some In Silicon Valley To Live In Vehicles
Faced with some of the most expensive rental housing in the nation, some Bay Area residents are feeling priced out and are seeking...
BVNA
Aug 21, 20161 min read
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Tent Cities Rise Amid Affordable Housing Shortage In Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the tech industry, is one of the wealthiest and fastest-growing regions in the country. But the rapid...
BVNA
Aug 15, 20161 min read
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Art Box Project San Jose Turns Drab Utility Boxes Into Art
Utility boxes are for the most part rectangular, gray, metal structures housing needed electrical wiring. They are also both drab and...
BVNA
Aug 14, 20162 min read
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Willow Glen Trestle: San Jose City Council Votes For Razing Despite Residents’ Pleas
The San Jose City Council has voted for a fourth time to remove the Willow Glen Trestle, a wooden railroad relic nestled at the junction...
BVNA
Aug 13, 20161 min read
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High Rents Force Some in Silicon Valley to Live in Vehicles
Faced with some of the most expensive rental housing in the nation, some Bay Area residents are feeling priced out and are seeking...
BVNA
Aug 13, 20161 min read
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Viva Calle San Jose 2016, The Return of the Open Streets
Last year Viva CalleSJ brought more than 35,000 residents out and into the streets of San José to walk, bike, skate, and play and this...
BVNA
Aug 12, 20161 min read
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San Jose: Demolition Of Willow Glen Trestle Put Off While Legal Battles Continue
Because of legal wrangling, the 1920s-era Willow Glen Trestle still stands despite another San Jose City Council vote to raze the old...
BVNA
Aug 6, 20161 min read
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