The pet adoption pop-up in downtown San Jose is staying just a little longer

If you didn't have a likelihood to go to the PAWp-Up pet adoption center in San Jose last month, there's no have to worry. The city announced that the satellite bunker will now remain open until February fifteenth.

Nine dogs and 30 cats were adopted from the middle at San Carlos and Third streets last month — falling in need of the ambitious goal of 100, but still pretty good considering the individuals who stopped by were probably on their way were to or from holiday events downtown.

Doozy, a pit bull terrier, lounges in the large dog area at the San Jose Animal Center
Doozy, a pit bull terrier, lounges in the massive dog area of ​​the San Jose Animal Center's “PAWp-up” adoption center in downtown San Jose on Friday, January 17, 2025. The temporary center was originally scheduled to shut on January sixth and can remain open until February fifteenth, 2025. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

“PAWp-Up has successfully brought our community together to provide loving homes for pets in need,” said City Manager Jennifer Maguire, who has adopted three shelter dogs herself. (Of course, that was early December when PAWp-Up opened; she might need more by now.)

The big goal is to get more animals into everlasting housing to ease overcrowding on the San Jose Animal Care Center, a facility that has been fighting more problems recently. But it’s not only adoption that helps. Donations also make an enormous difference. The Animal Care Center received roughly $65,000 in donations through its Hope for the Holidays campaign, which launched about every week before Thanksgiving.

The PAWp-Up is open at 93 E. San Carlos St. Thursday through Saturday from noon to five p.m. There are not any adoption fees for animals in PAWp-Up. For more information, including a listing of adoptable animals, visit bit.ly/SJPAWPUP.

SPARTAN CELEBRATION: It's harder to say that San Jose State is totally underrated after the Wall Street Journal ranked SJSU fourth amongst public universities last 12 months, nevertheless it's still a fun party game – no less than the parties I am going to – “Guess Who Went to San Jose State?” (Here's your starter pack: Stevie Nicks, Bill Walsh, Amy Tan, Joey Chestnut and Luis Valdez.)

Well, numerous really good answers to that query shall be honored at SJSU's Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony on February twentieth. This 12 months's cohort begins with Oracle co-founder Edward Oates, who will receive the lifetime achievement award; D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert R. Rigsby, who will receive the Tower Award; Robert Rivas, Speaker of the California Assembly, receiving the President's Medal; Neat CEO Janine Pelosi, who shall be honored as Alumna of the Year (and shouldn’t be related to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi); and Bette and Dave Loomis, who will receive the Spirit of '68 Award for his or her support of several initiatives, including the Spartan Food Pantry and the Record Clearance Project.

The Spartans of Significance event shall be held within the SJSU Student Union Ballroom. Tickets can be found at sjsu.edu/alumni.

HOSTS WITH THE MOST: Congratulations to Laura Garcia, co-host of NBC Bay Area's morning show “Today in the Bay,” who has reached a 25-year milestone on the San Jose station. Garcia celebrated the anniversary on Friday morning's show alongside co-host Marcus Washington and colleagues Kari Hall, Scott McGrew and Cinthia Pimentel. It's also value celebrating. You can have a good time 1 / 4 of a century anywhere, but in the tv news business? This is something very special.

“Twenty-five years is a really long time to get up in the middle of the night,” Garcia said on Friday morning's show, which begins at 5 a.m., before softly segueing into kindness and adding. “I am really lucky to work with great people. You are only as strong as the people behind you.”

It's been quite a journey, she noted, with becoming a mother to triplets, some ups and downs, and numerous co-hosts during that point.

NBC Bay Area's Laura Garcia-Cannon speaks during the Watermark Conference for Women at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)
NBC Bay Area's Laura Garcia speaks throughout the Watermark Conference for Women on the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

We have a good time the King's legacy: Commemorations and events surrounding Martin Luther King Day, including events, began this weekend The annual tree planting in our city forest on Saturday morning at Bruzzone Park in San Jose and a two-day Stop the violent event on Friday and Saturday on the Signia by Hilton Hotel. Caltrain's Celebration Train will depart Diridon Station in San Jose on Monday morning, intended for events in San Francisco honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In San Jose, children can study King's work Monday on the Children's Discovery Museum, where there shall be three performances of “Echoes of a Dream,” an interactive presentation that uses an African narrative style and features drumming, call-and-response -Songs are animated and slides. The performances included within the admission price happen at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Meanwhile, visitors can paint and decorate a peace sign on the Neiman Art Studio. Further information might be found at www.cdm.org.

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