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Major injury crash blocks Mission Boulevard in Fremont; traffic impacted on I-880
A crash involving major injuries shut down a main roadway in Fremont Thursday morning and was also impacting traffic on Interstate Highway 880, authorities said.The crash happened on eastbound Mission Boulevard near Warm Springs Boulevard at about 7:30 a.m. Fremont police said in a community alert that clearing the crash would take about four hours.There were no immediate details on the number of injuries or the circumstances of the crash.Eastbound traffic on Mission Boulevard was backed up to the northbound Interstate Highway 880 offramp. The California Highway Patrol said both the northbound and southbound I-880 offramps to Mission Boulevard/State Route 262 were closed because of the crash investigation.Police urged people to avoid the area. This is a breaking news update. More information to be added as available.
San Jose veterans home operator dumped over poor conditions
Formerly homeless veterans living in poor conditions at a San Jose complex hope things get better with the change in nonprofit service providers. The property at 10. Kirk Ave. is home to dozens of veterans that have lived with black mildew, fire hazards and unsafe electrical systems, among other problems — issues that have been going on for years. Santa Clara County purchased it last year and promised to turn it around. Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility, a nonprofit led by CEO Irvin Goodwin, provided case management and meals to veterans at the site, but the veterans lived in squalor. Two months ago the Veterans Administration, which had been been funding a majority of the programs, said it would not renew its contract with the nonprofit, and the contract expired on Monday.
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