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Ready for Anything: Rose Garden resident Bill Moffitt has two amateur radios, also known as ham radios, in his Dodge truck. Moffitt and Shasta/Hanchett Park neighbor Jeff Rogers are part of San Jose Prepared, a volunteer network of amateur radio operators who will work with city departments in times of emergency.
Local amateur radio buffs tune in to provide emergency communications
By Estelle Hayes
Shasta/Hanchett resident Bill Moffitt grew up with ham radios. His mother, father and grandfather were avid amateur operators. Moffitt, however, was decidedly disinterested in being an amateur radio operator himself.  More
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The San Jose Unified School District had scheduled a Jan. 29 public forum after it recommended the closure of Hammer, Hester and Erikson elementary schools to help extinguish $1.5 million from the district's $8 million budget deficit.  More Ken Yeager once dreamed of writing the great American novel. But unlike so many others who long to capture the American consciousness in words, Yeager actually set out to do it.  More For five days every February, some 2,200 high schoolers swarm the capitol building in Sacramento, taking control of the governor's office, the legislative and committee rooms and the California Supreme Court chambers.  More
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