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Downtown hosts
St. Patrick's
Day celebration
The Sunnyvale Downtown Association will fill Sunnyvale's downtown with five stages of music, food, beverages and craft booths during the Murphy Avenue St. Patty's Day event on March 17.
The event, sponsored in part by Guinness, will be located on Murphy Avenue between Evelyn and Washington avenues from 4 to 8 p.m. and is free.
For more information call 408.516.7217 or visit www. downtownsunnyvale.com.
Openings on
10 boards,
commissions
The city is looking for civic-minded volunteers to serve on 10 boards and commissions with vacancies.
They include the Arts Commission, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Board of Building Code Appeals, Board of Library Trustees, Child Care Advisory Board, Heritage Preservation Commission, Housing and Human Services Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Personnel Board and Planning Commission.
The Sunnyvale City Council appoints members to four-year terms, and there may be requirements such as residency, voter registration and professional experience.
The city is holding an informational meeting on March 25 at 6 p.m. in the City Hall West Conference Room, 456 W. Olive Ave.
Interviews will be scheduled in April and May. For more information or to download an application visit boardsandcommissions.insunnyvale.com, call 408.730.7595, or e-mail jclark@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us.
Burglary
suspect is
arrested
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety investigators arrested a Sunnyvale man they allege burglarized several Sunnyvale residences over the past several months.
Investigators identified Rigoberto Pacheco Mendoza, 23, as a result of unidentified evidence and then discovered an outstanding arrest warrant charging him with violating probation for a prior burglary arrest.
They arrested him on Feb. 29 at 8 a.m. as he was leaving his Floyd Avenue home, where they say they found evidence linking him to at least eight burglaries, including one on Bobwhite Avenue in which a resident was cut with a knife.
He was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of eight counts of burglary, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and probation violation.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact detective Phebea Kline at 408.730.7120.