Stroke Awareness Saves Lives Would you know what to do if you were having a stroke?https://youtu.be/YLl4eL5-xxU If you are having any of the following warning signs, you may be having a stroke, even if you’re a younger person. Don’t wait to see if you’ll start to feel yourself again. You or someone else should call...

  Day of boating left rehabilitation patient floating on air, too   June 2 was a big day for rehabilitation patient Annamarie Moreno. Until that day, the 33-year-old mother of two had never been sailing. Easing up to the dock at Vasona Lake County Park after her voyage, her smile shined like the hot sun....

County of Santa Clara spearheads age-friendly designation The County of Santa Clara and its 15 constituent cities have made a firm, ongoing commitment to making life as friendly as possible for older people. Good thing, too. Like most places on the planet, Santa Clara County stands on the cusp of an unprecedented wave of people...

Opioids: County hands out drug to reverse overdose effects In April, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged that more people — not just first responders — start carrying a drug that immediately reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Even if they don’t know any addicts. The County of Santa Clara had been doing exactly that,...

Park rangers have a range of duties Santa Clara County Park ranger Ali Famalett covers more than 10,000 acres in popular Calero and Almaden Quicksilver county parks. Although she has seasonal tasks that must be completed, she never knows what any given day will bring. “That’s one of the things I love about my job,” she...