Santa Teresa Dental Supports Local Toy Drive
Morgan Hill – Doctors Andrew Huang and Ann Lien of Santa Teresa Dental invite South County residents to donate new, unwrapped toys to the annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program and receive a free hygiene pack.
“Toys for Tots has sent a message of hope to needy youngsters through a shiny new toy at Christmas for so many years,” said Dr. Huang of the toy drive that started in 1947. “Now that I have a business of my own, I want to help spread that message of hope.”
Toys can be dropped off at Santa Teresa Dental, at 16160 Monterey Road, Suite A in Morgan Hill. Office hours are Monday and Friday, 9am to 6 pm, Tuesday and Thursday, 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm Closed Wednesday and Sunday.
Residents will receive a hygiene pack, which includes a toothbrush, floss and mouth wash, in return for their donation. Santa Teresa Dental will also add a child’s toothbrush to every toy donated.
Details: www.yourmorganhill.com/
ToysForTots/index.htm
Workers in war owe thousands after pay mix-up
San Jose – When city workers went to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, San Jose politicians proudly agreed to make up the difference between their military and municipal salaries.
But payroll miscalculations have left embarrassed city council members looking for ways to keep returning veterans from having to pay back thousands of dollars in mistaken overpayments.
City Attorney Rick Doyle told the council Tuesday that the overpayments qualified as an illegal gift of public funds.
“You can’t just give additional dollars,” Doyle said. “We have a legal obligation to go back and collect that.”
The city implemented its policy of covering the difference in salaries for workers serving overseas after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Many of the 73 employees affected by the overpayments are police officers.
“We will look at ways for the employees who have been affected to have different options for repayment, including as much time as is reasonable to pay it back,” said City Manager Les White.
Hewlett-Packard chairwoman pleads not guilty
San Jose – Patricia Dunn, the Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman forced out over the company’s ill-fated spying probe into boardroom leaks, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four felony identity theft and fraud charges.
Dunn appeared briefly for her arraignment in Santa Clara County Superior Court and was released on her own recognizance after her lawyer entered the plea for her.
She and her attorney, Raj Chatterjee, declined to comment as they left court.
Dunn, 53, is one of five people charged in the computer and printer maker’s clandestine efforts to unmask board members who discussed company business with reporters. Investigators used a shady ruse known as “pretexting,” which involved pretending to be someone else to obtain personal calling records.
