Gen. Anthony Zinni will present “A Blueprint for Change in American Foreign Policy” to the World Affairs Council of Northern California on Tuesday, April 18, in the Cubberley Community Center Theatre at 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.
Gen. Zinni is a former U.S. peace envoy in the Middle East, and the former commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command. He is the author of “Battle for Peace: A Frontline View of America’s Power and Purpose.”
Gen. Zinni’s program is $20 for members and $35 for others. It starts with refreshments at 6 p.m.
In a second program, a panel of four journalists will discuss “Democracy in Conflict Regions” on Wednesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Los Altos Public Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road.
The journalists, who are Knight Fellows at Stanford, are: Daniel Coronelli from Bogota, Colombia; Carola Fuentes from Santiago, Chile; Emily Harris from Berlin, Germany; and Suman Pradhan, from Kathmandu, Nepal.
This free program starts with refreshments at 7 p.m. For information, call the World Affairs Council at 415-293-4600, or go to itsyourworld.org.
Board rejects finalists for college president
The board of trustees of the San Mateo Community College District has unanimously rejected two finalists for the position of president of Canada College in Woodside.Interim president Tom Mohr has been asked to stay on while the board begins a new search, said Barbara Christensen, the district’s director of community/government relations.
The board is considering whether it should begin a new search immediately since at least four presidential searches are under way in colleges in close proximity to Canada, said Ms. Christensen.
Humane Society ‘best in Bay Area’
The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA was recently named the Bay Area’s Best Animal Welfare Organization by Animal Fair magazine.Society programs include:
• Adoption (dogs, cats, small animals and exotic pets — with a guarantee that no healthy dog or cat will ever be euthanized for want of a home).
• Wildlife rehabilitation (for both San Mateo and San Francisco counties).
• Education, advocacy, community outreach, animal rescue and cruelty investigation.
Gifts of time, resources and funds help the society treat, then find homes for, more animals, says spokesman Scott Delucchi.
For more information, go to PeninsulaHumaneSociety.org.
Hewlett Foundation gives clean-air grant
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation of Menlo Park has awarded $2.4 million to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to clean up air around the world that has been polluted by vehicles.The Hewlett grant will help ICCT promote international fuel economy standards for passenger cars, trucks, ships, and the two- and three-wheeled vehicles that are common across Asia. It will also foster the use of clean fuels.
“Motor vehicle regulations are one of the best instances of government-led social programs in our age,” said Drew Kodjak, executive director of ICCT. “Continued efforts can be expected to yield even greater benefits.”
Hal Harvey, environmental program director at the Hewlett Foundation, emphasized the need to develop global standards to speed the transition to cleaner, more efficient vehicles. “We can move to super-clean, efficient autos in a decade — and it would otherwise take a quarter of a century or more to get there,” he said.
For more information, call Eric Brown, communication director at the Hewlett Foundation, at 234-4500, ext. 5743; or go to hewlett.org, or cleantransportationcouncil.org.
