Tag: geography of the united states

The Santa Clara County Planning Department is in the process of updating their procedures for public outreach and notification of development projects, and will be soliciting input from residents at a public hearing in Morgan Hill Thursday night.

Ever since Europeans landed in North America, the western horizon has held the promise of new land and a fresh start. When Lewis and Clark crossed a wild continent, they returned with tales of a mountain landscape beyond comprehension, adding more power to the tug of the West. Restless souls - men like John Colter, Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith – unable to resist the lure, traveled up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of furs and adventure.  

To squelch youth crime in Gilroy, community leaders are seeking input from residents about the types of crime juveniles are getting into in their neighborhoods, and what can be done about the problem.  

Police expect to recommend a homicide charge Tuesday against a renowned professor from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey who is suspected of killing his 29-year-old ex-wife and dumping her body off a rural road near Aromas.

City Council plans to hold a special study session prior to their regular meeting Monday night to discuss the implementation of the final version of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan - a sprawling, 50-year plan intended to identify land occupied by endangered or threatened species and streamline the process to obtain permits to build on them.