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.

“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.

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.

Originally published: January 18, 2025 at 6:30am PST

President Joe Biden told a bunch of Democratic governors on Wednesday that he’ll stay within the 2024 campaign, because the group peppered the president with questions on the best way to proceed following Biden's disastrous debate performance last week.

After the meeting, several governors spoke to reporters outside the White House. One of them, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, said: “President Joe Biden wants to win the election and we all pledged our support to him.”

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, said: “He has had our backs throughout the COVID pandemic, throughout the recovery and through everything that has happened. The governors are behind him, and we are working together to make that very, very clear.”

However, he added: “The path to victory in November is the top priority, and that is the president's top priority as well.”

Governor Wes Moore of Maryland echoed this sentiment.

In an announcement, California Governor Gavin Newsom said: “I heard three words from the president – he's all in. And so am I.”

And Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan expressed her support on the social media site X.

At the tip of the meeting, Vice President Kamala Harris described the risks to democracy that a victory by former President Donald Trump could pose. According to an individual with knowledge of the events, she used at the very least one curse word in her remarks.

But Hochul's statement that governors had “pledged their support” to Biden fearful some on the meeting, in accordance with the person briefed on the event and one other one that was also briefed. Both people said there was no request for support within the room and greater than a half-dozen governors expressed concern after Biden's halting, whispered performance in the controversy against Trump in Atlanta.

One of the people briefed on the events told Biden bluntly that his age was advantageous, but people didn't imagine he could run. Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut said he needed to make his case to voters. Another asked Biden the best way to proceed. (An aide to Mills didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.)

The meeting was quickly convened and arranged by Walz after the governors met amongst themselves on Monday. Many of those attending the meeting expressed anger at not having had direct contact with Biden and still not having a transparent idea of ​​what was occurring after the controversy.

The governors are amongst Biden's staunchest defenders – Newsom will headline the president's campaign rallies in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire this weekend – and so they are amongst those most fearful a couple of second Trump administration. The governors were those who grappled most with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, at a time when Trump doled out aid to states based on which governors were personally subservient to him, or at the very least uncritical.

But they were also in search of answers.

Governor Josh Green of Hawaii, who attended the meeting virtually and is a health care provider leading his state's response to the pandemic, said: “The president has stated that he is staying in the race. He has been open about being exhausted on debate day and was very direct about it.”

Green added that Biden was “clear and focused during our meeting, and I found him to be solid.” He said Harris had been “amazingly helpful” and described a Biden presidency as far preferable to a different 4 years of Trump's term.

However, he added: “I suspect people need to see the president in person and on television to be convinced that he is up to the task.”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.