Welcome to "the Willow Glen Backfence"

 

This website is dedicated to community communications in the Willow Glen area,

and is home of "the eList": click >here< for details.

 

[For the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA) website, click >here<]

 

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Here’s a link to a Video recording of the SJ Council D6 Primary Candidates’ forum 1/23/24

at the Westminster Presbyterian Church (along with transcripts in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese)

and the video of the Water District candidates’ forum 9/30/24 (with English, Spanish & Vietnamese transcripts)

 

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Be sure to see our

Community Recommendations webpage!

(and also check out the archives to find old favorites.)

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  And check out the FAQ section! ß

Answers to all your Frequently Asked Questions!

 

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an Oral History of Rod Diridon by Larry Ames, recorded January 15, 2019:
a ~40 minute video on the history of the Los Gatos Creek Trail;
and a ~80 min “extended cut” version with Mr. Diridon talking about the Park Charter Fund and transit,
and Mr. Ames talking about ideas for completing the Los Gatos Creek Trail.

 

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check out past "Photos of the Week"

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>> for information about the former Willow Glen Trestle, see website <<

click >here< for YouTube video of the trestle

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go on a self-guided tour of the future Three-Creeks Trail:

here’s the map and route instructions.

 

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For historic perspective, here are the 1984 plans for Willow Glen.

 

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~Larry Ames

1/20/2025