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Top Stories: Nov. 16, 2009Thousands Line Up For Flu Shots; Fie Season is Officially Overby Danny Wool on Nov 16, 200949ers New Stadium Up for Discussion The Santa Clara Planning Commission will be meeting twice this week. On the agenda: the proposed new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. Monday night's meeting will focus on the review process for the construction of the new stadium, a design proposal submitted by the team, and the City Manager's term sheet. More heated debate is expected at Wednesday evening's meeting, when the city reviews the environmental impact report. Local residents have long been concerned about how the stadium would impact property values and the traffic that is likely to result from major events. On Wednesday, however, they will have two new allies: the Santa Clara County Water District and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Both of these have expressed concern about the potential impact the stadium might have on everything from air pollution to the local levees and bridges. Read More at KLIV. 5,000 Get Flu Shots The line stretched from the Santa Clara Fairgrounds all the way to Tully Road, But this was no line to get tickets to a rock concert or the latest installment of the Harry Potter saga. Wrapped in blankets and sitting in lawn chairs, families with small children huddled together for a chance to get the swine flu vaccine. The lollipops that some parents brought for their kids were for after the ordeal was over. More than 5,000 showed up on Sunday, prepared for a long wait. And they did wait, but not as long as last week. The police were out in full force to move the line ahead, and the county provided extra translators to help people with the paperwork. Most of all, the county prioritized. Pregnant women, some in their ninth month, were shuttled to the front of the line. Altogether, 5,000 people received the H1N1 vaccine this Saturday. Yet while other free clinics like this are in the works, County Health Officer Marty Fenstersheib hopes that the next time the crowds will be smaller. "Many of the providers should have vaccine and they don't necessarily have to come and stand in this long line," he explained. Fensterheib's optimistic attitude was no relief to the many hundreds of people turned away from San Jose's Valley Health Center Moorpark on Saturday. By mid-afternoon, they provided as many as 14,000 vaccines and ran out. On the other hand, there is a good chance that students in the San Jose Unified School District will get the vaccine. The district is offering free swine flu vaccines to all of its students, and the district's Chief Nurse, Melinda Landau, is getting ready for the first inoculation campaign, this Tuesday at Lowell Elementary School. Read More at KCBS. Rean More at the Mercury News. Read More at Fox Reno. Peak Wildfire Season Ends Today Peak wildfire season in Northern California will officially end at 8am today, and Calfire will begin the transition to its winter staffing in Santa Clara County. The state's burn suspension in the Bay Area will also end at that time. Wildfire season officially began on June 1. The Lockheed Fire, the most prominent fire in the area, raged through the Santa Cruz mountains in mid-August, and forced the evacuation of Bonny Doon. Although the season is officially over, Calfire officials urge residents to remain vigilant and tend to any potential fire hazards on their property. Read More at CBS 5. by Danny Wool on Nov 16, 2009 |
 The San Francisco 49ers plan to move to Santa Clara takes another step forward tonight. |
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