Second Harvest Food Bank volunteers distribute tomatoes at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (Amelia Tai/Mosaic)
Bringing the heat
San Jose ranked 10th in California in a recent study of most affordable cities to heat a home in winter. Overall, the study by HVAC Gnome determined that 94 of the most affordable cities to heat in the country are in California. The study ranked cities based on energy costs, cost inflators and lack of energy efficiency. It looked at average monthly electricity and gas bills, periods of extreme cold, the average size of homes and residential energy efficiency code adoption, among 10 total metrics.
Santa Clara was ranked No. 2 in the study, Sunnyvale came in at No. 3 and Milpitas was fourth.
The overall study also ranked 2023’s Most Expensive Cities to Heat a Home in Winter. None of the top 50 cities in this ranking are in California; Hawthorne came in at No. 254.
Neighborhood Notes
WILLOW GLEN>> The Junior League of San Jose has kicked off its “Give for the Holidays” campaign with three different efforts. Target, Visa or Amazon gift cards can be donated to support youth at Pivotal and the Bill Wilson Center. Junior League is also collecting new socks, underwear, blankets and jackets for the youth at The Hub. Finally, $10 donations can be made to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley at a Safeway checkout.
Donations can be mailed or dropped to Junior League headquarters at 1615 Dry Creek Road, San Jose, CA 95125. The league is also holding a gift wrapping event; email jlsj@jlsj.org for more information.
Originally published at Anne Gelhaus