Goals for New Santa Clara County Fire Chief Tony Bowden Healthy workforce, strong infrastructure and ‘servant leadership’ Santa Clara County’s new fire chief assumed his post recently. One of the main things on Tony Bowden’s mind is reducing the cancer rate among current and former firefighters. By having dozens of firefighters agree to be closely…
Public health data now at fingertips of researchers The County of Santa Clara recently released a powerful new tool that allows anyone to easily dig into public health data and slice it up in countless illuminating ways. At the unveiling of the Department of Public Health’s open data portal on Sept. 4, Deputy Director…
Earthquake! Fire! Flood! Are you prepared? Help protect you and your family by signing up for Alert SCC. What is Alert SCC? Alert SCC is a free notification tool used by the County’s Office of Emergency Services to provide warnings and instructions for a variety of emergency situations. These notifications can be sent by…
A class in computer coding just for girls should not sound out of the ordinary in Cupertino, a city that sits in the heart of Silicon Valley and whose test scores soar. Even here, computing is mostly a game for boys and men.
