Santa Clara County

My grandfather was born in Gilroy, California, in 1939. At the age of eight, my grandfather moved to a ranch near the outskirts of Gilroy, where he lived in a one room shack with his mother, brother, and step-father. For seven years, my grandfather lived in that poor shack, where he had to cover the holes in the walls with newspaper or cardboard just to keep warm during the cold winters. Years later, my grandfather decided to make something out of his life, and enrolled at San Jose City college in 1972, and graduated in 1975 with an Associate degree. While enrolled in San Jose City college, my grandfather was offered an internship to work for the Santa Clara county in the investigation program unit. At first, it was very stressful for my grandfather,…

In Santa Clara County, California the transportation agency implemented an affirmative-action plan to tackle the historical patterns of discrimination against women and minorities. By implementing affirmative action, this allowed the agency to take into consideration gender when making promotions to positions. In the past, the transportation agency’s pattern traditionally segregated job classification in which women had been significantly underrepresented. The division of road-maintenance…

analysis, by themselves they are at best useless. The center of everything, and that which has value, is our Maker and Sustainer. Honoring Him and being thankful to Him not only keep us and preserve us from the corruption that is innate within us, it also sets us on the solid ground of the truth. And that is liberating. God bless you all! Tim Stanley Photo Saratoga Creek Saratoga Creek Epilog The idea of this book came into being…

Times in 1989, which is a while from the actual event. This article clearly describes 7 counties that affected by the quake, such as Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey. Beside the article is the little graph that demonstrates these 7 areas and the routes, highways, as well as what specifically happened at that time. What makes this article special is that the writer mainly focused on the actual facts, which is the logos appeal. There is no place…

Khaled Hosseini was born March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan and lived there until he was five, when they moved to Iran. When he was eleven, his father got a job in Paris, France and they moved there. They never returned to Afghanistan due to the Saur Revolution and they sought political asylum in America. Hosseini graduated from Independent High School in San Jose, California. He attended Santa Clara University and got his bachelor’s degree in medicine, after that he attended University of…

Furthermore, with so much at stake, she is placed in a very vulnerable position within the company, especially if she makes the “wrong” decision. However, the upper management of the company has not been informed of this situation, and it is a still possible communication avenue for her to take, but she feels she could jeopardize her future there at the company due to going over her boss’s head in this case. Finally, whatever outcome is chosen, it will directly affect the buyer in this scenario…

1. Q: When was San Francisco founded and who founded it? A. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776. It was founded by a Spanish explorer named Juan Bautista de Anza and Paloú. Anza lead an expedition northwest to the Pacific Coast and established the first successful overland connection between Sonora and Northern California. The Mexican viceroy was so impressed, he commissioned Anza to return to the San Francisco Bay and set up a permanent settlement. (San Francisco History) 2. Q: What is…

base conversion projects in California. This IPO of Five Point Holdings Inc. did not include the CNWS. At this time Lennar has not secured the final rights to development of the project. The CNWS is projected to be a big money maker given the shortage of affordable housing in the Bay Area In May of 2016, Lennar and Five Point abruptly cancelled the Five Point IPO process citing a “choppy market”. This explanation was not exactly true. Confidential sources close to the SEC tell a different…

Introduction: Clara Barton was born December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She attended Clinton Liberal Institute and became familiar with abolition, women’s rights and education. (Whitelaw, 5) Her father, Captain Steven Barton, a veteran of the Indian Wars, was a great influence on her. Not only did he teach Clara military tactics, geography, and how to properly equip an army, as a woman he told her that she could do anything she desired. (Whitelaw, 6) She refused to be treated as less…

American Red Cross founded May 21, 1881 by a nurse named Clara Barton, and by 1900 received its first congressional charter the purpose for the Red Cross was aspire compassion and turn that into action (“About Us,” 2018). Prior to the first world war Red Cross introduced the use of first aid, water safety, and public health nursing programs, then after completion of World War II they developed the first nationwide civilian blood program in the 1940s (“About Us,” 2018). With being a humanitarian…