December 29, 2006

NEWS BRIEFS

El Patron now serving breakfast on weekends

GREAT START IN THE MORNING – Erika and Kerry Kirchenbau, co-owners of the El Patron Restaurant, recently celebrated the successful start of the restaurant’s new breakfast service with manager (pictured center) Ruben Camarillo.

El Patron Mexican Grill and Cantina, located at 5635 Silver Creek Valley Rd. in the Canyon Creek Plaza, is now serving breakfast on weekends.

Breakfast will be served on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., and will feature traditional favorites such as French toast, pancakes, omelets, and eggs any style, as well as traditional Mexican favorites such as huevos rancheros and huevos with chorizo.

“It’s a good service for the community,” said El Patron General Manager Ruben Camarillo. “We would like to provide that service to the residents in the area.”

For more information, please call El Patron at (408) 270-8900.

East Side Union School District selects Eddie Garcia as new board member

After narrowing the field of candidates from 20 down to four, the East Side Union High School District selected Eddie Garcia to replace Craig Mann on its board of trustees.

The Dec. 14 meeting, which lasted six hours, settled on Garcia, the vice president and government-affairs manager from Comcast, after three ballots. Garcia replaces Craig Mann, who was elected to the Santa Clara County School Board last June.

Garcia, a former policy aide to Santa Clara County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado, is board president for the Mexican Heritage Plaza. A graduate of San Jose State, he failed in two attempts to join the Evergreen School Board and also ran unsuccessfully for the San Jose City Council in 2000.

Villages Hadassah Game Day Jan. 5

The public is invited to Villages Hadassah Game Day on Jan. 5 at 10:30 a.m. for a day of Mah Jongg, Canasta, Mexican Train Dominoes, Bridge and other favorites.

A check for $20, made out to Villages Hadassah, is your reservation to attend. Those attending will have a choice of lunch – either a baguette sandwich of turkey, roast beef, or vegetarian, or Chinese food.

For reservations, please call Janet Truman at (408) 238-3803, or Ellie Kiss at (408) 532-9135. Reservation deadline is Dec. 28, 2006.

Caltrain holiday schedules and free rides on New Year’s Eve

Despite the season, Caltrain doesn't take a holiday. In fact, the agency is ramping up to provide extra train service for homeward-bound New Year's revelers.

Caltrain will run on a Sunday schedule on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The Sunday schedule offers 28 trains operating between San Francisco and San Jose.

New Year's Eve, Caltrain will offer free rides after 11 p.m. to encourage New Year's Eve partygoers to use the train as their designated driver. And to accommodate those who want to keep partying until the end, Caltrain will add three post-midnight, southbound trains to its regular holiday schedule, Jan. 1. These extra trains will depart the San Francisco station at 12:45 a.m., 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m., making all local weekend stops

For more information on fares and schedules, call 1-800-660-4287 (TTY (650) 508-6448), or visit www.caltrain.com