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Gifts his $10,000 award to Evergreen Valley

By Bea Baechle
Special to the Times

Mark Gross did what many of us only dream of doing. He snagged his financial security in technology and decided to give back to the world by inspiring high school students with his energy, his ingenuity and his technical know-how.
With just one year of teaching social studies at Evergreen Valley High School under his belt, Gross’ honest desire to make a difference was caught on the radar screen of National Semiconductor’s Foundation, which gives away about $2,000,000 annually, mostly to education.
So Lewis Chew, chief financial officer of National Semiconductor, came to EVHS on Oct. 6 to presentGross with Read more...

In the beginning...

By Colleen Cortese
Special to the Times

During the early colonial period of Spanish rule, Governor Don Felipe de Neve found it necessary to establish a settlement to provide for the agricultural needs of the California Presidio in San Francisco and the community in Monterey.
On Nov. 29, 1777, Lieutenant Don Jose de Moraga sent nine soldiers with agricultural experience, along with two settlers and three laborers, to form California’s first civil community. Called “the Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe,” this farming community would soon number 66 individuals.
At this time, California Read more...