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Booking it<\/h4>\n

As of this month, participants\u00a0in the San Jos\u00e9\u00a0Public Library\u2019s\u00a0annual\u00a0Summer Learning program had logged nearly 20,000\u00a0hours of reading since the program began in June.\u00a0The program, designed to help children and teens\u00a0maintain\u00a0and build\u00a0good reading\u00a0habits while continuing to learn\u00a0during their summer break, runs through July 31.<\/p>\n

Read more Opinion: Safe communities require attentive neighbors<\/a><\/p>\n

During the program\u2019s first month,\u00a0participants\u00a0also\u00a0logged\u00a0nearly\u00a050,000\u00a0books read, while over\u00a05,300 people\u00a0attended free Summer Learning programs across San Jose\u2019s 25 library locations.<\/p>\n

Participants\u00a0who complete the Summer Learning program\u00a0will be entered into drawings for more than\u00a0125\u00a0grand prizes across the library system, including free Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza for a year;\u00a0a Bay\u00a0FC\u00a0Game\u00a0Suite Experience for the family\u00a0and family tickets to\u00a0most\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes regular season home games.<\/p>\n

To learn more, register,\u00a0and\u00a0view a complete schedule of Summer Learning programs, visit\u00a0www.sjpl.org\/summer.<\/p>\n

Read more Milpitas accepting applications for open seats on city commissions<\/a><\/p>\n

Neighborhood Notes<\/h4>\n

ROSE GARDEN>>Playful People Productions is staging \u201cYou\u2019re A Good Man, Charlie Brown\u201d\u00a0July 17-18, performed by two mixed casts of teens and adults\u00a0July\u00a017\u201418, 2026\u00a0at\u00a0Historic Hoover Theater\u00a0in San Jose. Based on Charles Schulz\u2019s comic strip, the musical explores life\u2019s great questions through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang.<\/p>\n

Performances are Friday, July 17 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, July 18 at noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.at the Historic Hoover Theatre, 1635 Park Ave. Tickets are $20 at www.PlayfulPeople.org\/tickets\u00a0or 408-878-5362.<\/p>\n

Read more Silicon Valley Shakespeare staging two comedies in Saratoga this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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