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Willow Glen
Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA)
Willow Glen Business and Professional Association (WGBPA)
The Willow Glen Resident: weekly newspaper covering Willow Glen
The Willow Glen Times: monthly newspaper for Willow Glen
Central Valley
Youth Soccer League (Willow Glen, Cambrian and Rose Garden)
Books for Treats (give useful treats for Halloween rather than candy)
information on street Christmas trees
WGNA's Los Gatos Creek Urban Stream Restoration Project (1993)
WGNA's Illegal Tree Removal meeting (2007)
San Jose's 1984 study on revitalizing Lincoln Avenue
San Jose
Official City of San Jose web site
SJ Neighborhood Commission notes
San Jose Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
City Arborist (tree-trimming permits)
Neighborhood Development Center (City of San Jose)
Walk San Jose (new organization promoting a more pedestrian & bike friendly city)
San Jose Departments (airport, code enforcement, police, library, etc.)
Guadalupe River Park and Gardens
Unofficial SJ site (with many links)
Then & Now: photos of downtown San Jose in 1975 and 2006
Index of area restaurants
The San
Francisco Chronicle (SFGate)
Schools
School test results ("Star 9")
Home schooling:
www.robinsoncurriculum.com/
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3131/resources.html
California Dept of Education California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) site: www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sp
Willow Glen Middle & High School Foundation (a private non-profit dedicated to raising funds to enhance academic program): www.willowglenfoundation.org
Santa Clara County School District Web site, information is only for public schools: www.sccoe.k12.ca.us/default.asp
The California Dept of Education, www.cde.ca.gov/
Regional
Santa Clara County Parks (w/ maps of all parks)
Midpeninsula Regional Openspace District (w/ hiking trail maps)
The Bay Trail (w/ trail maps)
Santa
Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD)
Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority: bus routes and train schedules, bike route
maps, and more.
SF Bay Regional Transit Information: trains, buses, airports, ferries, etc.
State / National
U S Post Office: postal rates, look up zip codes, etc.
League of Women Voters (with sample ballots and voter registration)
California Voter Foundation (nonpartisian website w/ links to Proposition Pro & Con sites, election results)
www.555-1212.com, w/ phone area codes, maps, etc.
Other connections
United Neighborhoods: includes links to other neighborhood associations
Almaden Valley Community Association
Holiday Lake Estates (Morgan Hill)
North Willow Glen (North Willow Glen is the area to the immediate north and east of Palm Haven)
Northside Neighborhood Association
The Rose Garden Neighborhood Association
VEP
Neighborhood Assoc. (near Branham and Snell)
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (bicycle advocacy)
Victorian Preservation Association: information about historic homes in the area, and "how-to" information for home owners
Preservation Action Council of San Jose (PAC*SJ) (408) 998-8105 Maintaining neighborhood continuity through historic preservation.
Local Weather
Radar Doppler map (rain)
More detailed info and flood warnings
Current wind patterns in the Bay Area
Earthquakes in the Bay Area (w/ immediate updates)
Weather forecast (from San Jose Mercury News)
Government Representatives
City:
Pierluigi Oliverio, SJ Dist. 6 (generally north of Curtner)
Don Roche, SJ Dist. 9 (generally south of Curtner)
County:
County Supervisor George Shirakawa (Dist. 2, generally east of Meridian)
County Supervisor Ken Yeager (Dist. 4,
generally west of Meridian)
email: ken.yeager@bos.sccgov.org
State:
State Assembly Member Jim Beall, email assemblymember.beall@assembly.ca.gov
Representative Zoe Lofgren (represents eastern Willow Glen area)
Representative Mike Honda (represents western Willow Glen area)
write e-mail to: President Barack Obama
write e-mail to: Vice President Joe Biden
Miscellaneous:
National
"Do Not Call" phone registry: Registry Home
Consumer
protection:
State contractor consumer protection
How to check out contractor, real estate, and insurance licenses:
Contractors -- including painting, remodeling,
fences, and yard work: www.cslb.ca.gov
Real Estate: www2.dre.ca.gov/PublicASP/pplinfo.asp
Insurance: www.insurance.ca.gov/docs/FS-Consumer.htm
Thnx to Curt and Martin for links and updates!
Last revised (partially) 7/3/10, 7/18/12 by LLA
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