Check out out the scooter with a seat now hitting San Jose streets

There’s a thing new on the streets of downtown San Jose that seems like an e-bike but is really a scooter with a seat. It is not specifically like zipping around Rome on a silver Vespa, but the black-and-environmentally friendly Veo Cosmo is a decidedly different encounter than your normal Lime or Fowl scooter.

Riders sit a tiny much more than two feet off the floor, supported by a pair of 18-inch wheels with tires crammed with air like a bike, offering for a smoother — and less spine-straining — trip.

“We hope that the seat and huge wheels will draw in individuals who never feel secure on stand-up scooters to give shared micromobility a consider,” Colin Heyne, a spokesman with the town of San Jose’s Office of Transportation, claimed.

People today look to be little by little warming up to the application-pushed rides. Last weekend, I saw a group of four driving alongside Santa Clara Street close to San Pedro Square.

Veo — which also has e-bikes and classic scooters in its fleet — obtained a permit to deploy up to 500 of the seated e-scooters all over San Jose, so if you haven’t seen just one nevertheless, count on to before long.

SHARING HIS Story: Eddie Garcia grew up in East San Jose and has spent his existence providing back again to that group, whether or not it was as a result of his leadership with the Mexican Heritage Corp. or the Latino Leadership Alliance. But now, he’s foremost by instance in sharing the story of his particular wellbeing journey, which features a crippling heart attack in 2010 and a coronary heart transplant in 2020.

On Sept. 29 — which is World Coronary heart Day — Garcia will converse about what kept him likely with NBC Bay Area’s Damian Trujillo at a absolutely free function at the Santa Clara Household Health and fitness Plan’s Blanca Alvarado Community Source Centre, 408 N. Capitol Ave. in San Jose.

As thorough in his e book, “Summer in the Waiting around Room” — which he will indication copies of at the party — Garcia expended his restoration period of time looking through and reconnected with his religion. The free out of doors party, co-sponsored by the American Heart Affiliation, the Latino Management Alliance and the Well being Belief, operates from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

A Wholesome Walk: Former San Francisco Giants player Drew Robinson — who lost his proper eye in a suicide endeavor in 2020 — will be joined by Dr. Shana Alexander and Dr. Emily Payette of the Giants Mental Wellness Advocacy Staff to offer the keynote addresses at NAMIWalks Silicon Valley on Oct. 1 at Historical past Park in San Jose.

Robinson has been open up about his knowledge in an hard work to create consciousness about mental wellbeing and assistance eliminate some of the stigma.

Additional than 500 people are signed up to take part in the National Alliance of Psychological Health issues function, which has raised additional than $200,000 of a $280,000 goal. It begins at 9 a.m., and you can get additional information at www.namiwalks.org and hunting for NAMIWalks Your Way Silicon Valley.

Hands-ON FUNDRAISER: Useful resource Location For Academics — superior regarded as RAFT — opened its San Jose spot to more than 100 in-man or woman visitors, with a different two dozen signing up for online, for its Sept. 21 fundraiser CSI:RAFT. In this scenario, the C stood for “classroom” not “crime,” as the company raised much more than $350,000 to assist provide the 6,000 academics it serves with methods and kits for arms-on STEM lessons.

It was also a great chance for RAFT to say many thanks to some of the persons who make it materialize calendar year just after 12 months. The roster of honorees integrated RAFT Heroes Donna Whitney and Randy Pond spouse of the calendar year, Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technological innovation Outreach Basis volunteers of the 12 months, Jeffrey Fox, Lakshmi Avanasiappan and Aravind Saminathan and STEAM academics of the year, Kim Brown of Fisher Center School, Tom Carvey of San Lucas Elementary, Laurin LaRocca of Montague Elementary, Bryan Williams of Don Callejon School and Margie Wysocki of Kathryn Hughes Elementary.