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How's this for a bright idea? Workers are in the midst of installing more than 3,000 solar panels at a Gilroy health clinic, in a move expected to save the facility more than $600,000 in energy costs over the next two decades, county officials said.

After approval by the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday, a new 669 area code will enter the Bay Area telecommunication domain starting November 2012. This means 408 will soon become a novelty linked to past generations of Santa Clara County dwellers.

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