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Mosquito fogging set for Tuesday By Cooper Aspegren
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he Santa Clara County Vector Control has scheduled mosquito fogging in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale on Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. in an effort to prevent West Nile virus infections in people. The effort comes after mosquitoes infected with the virus were collected from the zip codes 94086, 94087, 94040 and 94041. The fogging area lies between Highway 237 and Central Expressway to the north; W. Remington Drive to the south; Mathilda Avenue, S. Taaffe Street and Spinosa Drive to the east; and Highway 85 to the west. Noor Tietze, Vector Control’s scientific and technical services manager, said that there were reports of dead birds within the area — testing found that the birds were infected with West Nile Virus.
Vector Control set up mosquito traps around the area and confirmed that there were mosquitoes infected with the virus, according to Tietze. According to Tietze, the fogging treatment will take place at night because mosquitoes are most active at that time. At night, traffic is lighter, fewer people are out and bees are more likely to be in hives, Tietze said. Tietze said that the county vector control uses five pick-up trucks for the fogging treatment. According to Tietze, four trucks use an electric motor and one truck uses a gas powered spray machine to deliver the treatment. According to Tietze, the fogging treatment consists of the pesticide Zenivez and is not toxic to people. Tietze said that most people infected with West Nile virus nationwide do not report symptoms. However, some people infected with the virus do
experience fevers and some may suffer serious illness or death. Tietze said that he predicts some people in Santa Clara County will be infected with West Nile before October, when the season generally ends, according to Tietze. According to the California Department of Public Health’s website, 560 birds have been reported killed by West Nile virus this year. Tietze said that 24 birds from Mountain View been confirmed dead from the virus as of Tuesday, Aug. 12 and that crows constitute a majority of the dead birds. Tietze said the fogging treatment will be postponed if the wind and weather conditions are not optimal. To contact the Santa Clara County Vector Control regarding mosquitoes, call 408-9184770 or go to www.sccgov.org/ sites/vector. For more information about the fogging, call 800314-2427.
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VTA pulls plug on Evelyn station The Valley Transportation Association will be closing Mountain View’s Evelyn light rail station early next year, its board decided Aug. 7. Several riders told the Voice that they find the station convenient, but the VTA reports that the station along Evelyn Avenue near Pioneer Way is the second leastused in the entire light rail system. It will be demolished to make way for a second track across Central Expressway and into downtown Mountain View, eliminating a bottleneck for the 902 line, allowing better service as ridership increases, according to VTA officials. The “Mountain View Double Track” project is estimated to cost $63 million, and work may begin this summer to add track between the downtown station and Highway 85. The Evelyn station closure is likely to happen
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The Evelyn light rail station, uncrowded as usual, will be demolished to make way for a second track.
early next year, when a second phase of construction begins, said VTA spokesperson Colleen Valles. The Evelyn park-and-ride lot will remain open.
Evelyn station users will be encouraged to use the Whisman station or the downtown Mountain View station instead. —Daniel DeBolt
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GRANT APPLICATIONS OPEN The Los Altos Community Foundation has now opened its first application cycle for community grants this fiscal year. The deadline to apply for a grant is Tuesday, Sept. 23. The foundation’s community grants support non-profit organizations in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and the surrounding area. The grants serve such purposes as aiding local philanthropy, encouraging volunteerism and improving the communityís quality of life, according to a statement from the foundation. Grants are available to both new and estab-
lished organizations. Among the causes the foundation has provided grants to is nonprofit organic farm Hidden Villa’s “Healthy Food, Healthy Families” initiative which supplies 25 percent of Hidden Villa’s produce to Mountain View’s Community Services Agency for lowincome families, according to Hidden Villa deputy director of development Marc Sidel. The foundation has given more than $1.3 million in grants since 1991. More information about the Los Altos Community Foundation is at losaltoscf.org or by calling 650-949-5908. —Cooper Aspegren
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