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Milpitas residence believe that keeping fit is important. Here you will find the nearby fitness center to suit your needs. Some teams are here, but do look under the category of Sports & Recreation for more.

Advice

Overview of California’s Health Studio Services Contract Law
All health studio contracts must be in writing. The contract may not require payments that total more than $3,000 not including finance charges (this amount increases to $4,400 on January 1, 2010) over the contract term. The duration of the contract may not exceed three years, and the contract may not require payments for longer than the term of the contract. Read on before signing any health club contract!

Leagues & Teams

Bay Area Cricket Alliance
For the Milpitas team, contact Jatinder “Sunny” Singh at 408-836-8589, or mcc@bayareacricket.org.
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Milpitas Pickleball Club
Whether or not you are an MPC member, everyone is welcome to play pickleball at courts with Milpitas. Join to participate to encourage /city to improve pickleball courts, find other players, and get invites to parties.

Tennisball Cricket Association
There are about 5/6 teams that play in Milpitas. Baslog (Bay Area Sloggers) – on Thomas Russell School ground. Spanglers – on Spanglers elementary school ground. There are a couple others who play on Dixon Landing Park. Teams can register on the web site and join these teams or contact them.

Sports Programs & Training

Barbara Lee Senior Center
Seniors age 50 and older will find a comfortable workout environment and an even better price at the Barbara Lee Senior Center Fitness Room. Our Senior Center Fitness Room cardio equipment includes treadmills, upright and recumbent stationary bikes, and elliptical machines. Other equipment includes Life Fitness weight machines to work your arms, legs, upper body, and core, and cable motion pulley machine.
40 North Milpitas Boulevard
408-586-3400

Bay Badminton Center
The largest Badminton facility in the Bay Area with 12 wellspaced, well-lit courts. Summer camp program.
1191 Montague (near 680 in Fleming Business Park).
408-942-2888

CrossFit Milpitas
A No-sweat intro is the perfect way for you to learn how we can help you reach your fitness and health goals.
Located next to ABC Printing, 1090 S. Milpitas. Blvd.
510-676-9191

India Community Center Table Tennis Center
The hub for enrichment classes and camps in the bay area with high quality structured program. This center houses the largest Table Tennis program in North America launched in 2005. The Table Tennis program has produced many National Champions including 7 Olympians in last 3 Olympics.
For more information, email ICC.
1507 N Milpitas Blvd.
408-945-9556 x 250

Milpitas Skatepark Page
This Facebook group is for those who support a skatepark in Milpitas, skaters, their parents and friends and anyone else who is excited that we are finally getting skatepark in Milpitas! Soon to open at the Milpitas Sports Canter, linked next.

Milpitas Sports Center
This recently renovated facility is designed to promote healthy lifestyles in the community for physical, as well as mental well being, by providing quality, safe, healthy, accessible, clean and well-supervised environments. Drop-In Sports – Open Gym Volleyball and Pickleball.
1325 E. Calaveras Blvd.
408-586-3225

Milpitas Star Aquatics and Fitness
With convenient freeway access from neighboring cities, the new aquatic and fitness center offers indoor swimming lessons, competitive swimming, lap swimming, summer camps, steam and sauna, cardio machines, weight training machines, free weights, aerobics, yoga classes, and much more.
1818 Clear Lake Ave.
408-800-8838

Mount Olive Community Life Center
Free instructor-led aerobics class every Thursday night from 6 -7 PM. It is a great work out for all levels. Child care is available for a suggested donation of $1 per child. Please email Marcie if you plan to utilize child care.
1989 E. Calaveras Blvd.
408-262-0506

9Round
Kickboxing circuit training. We are a Black-owned health facility that has been in operation since 2018, successfully navigating to stay open during the pandemic. We are looking to connect with local residents in the new year and promote health and wellness. Instagram. Facebook.
91 Dempsey Rd.
408-493-6328

Planet Fitness
We strive to create a workout environment where everyone feels accepted and respected. That’s why at Planet Fitness Milpitas, CA we take care to make sure our club is clean and welcoming, our staff is friendly, and our certified trainers are ready to help. Whether you’re a first-time gym user or a fitness veteran, you’ll always have a home in our Judgement Free Zone™.
158 Ranch Dr.
408-957-8906

24 Hour Fitness
Get Gym Membership Information. Buy a Gym Membership Online! Find Special Offers in your area. No long term contracts required. Has a pool.
719 E. Calaveras Blvd.
408-856-1961

Senior Center

Barbara Lee Senior Center Information.

Come spend the day with us, or just a few hours.

Includes contact information and a Map with directions to the Senior Center, Activities and Services, and additional resources for local Senior Citizens, such as a very inexpensive lunch. Call 24 hours in advance to reserve a catered meal.

Barbara Lee Senior Center offers Saturday hours during new pilot program
By Rhoda Shapiro – Milpitas Beat – September 12, 2022
Now, for the first time ever, the senior center’s opening its doors on Saturdays, from 9am-12pm. The move is part of a new Pilot Program, which the majority of the Milpitas City Council voted to launch during a meeting in January.

Contact Information

Milpitas Barbara Lee Senior Center
40 North Milpitas Boulevard (Click address for map.)
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-586-3400
TDD: 408-586-3400

Office hours Mon-Fri
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

John Macon is the supervisor of the Senior Center. You may email him at jmacon@ci.milpitas.ca.gov

Barbara Lee Senior Center Membership Form (PDF)

Senior Shuttle Service Registration Form (PDF)

For more information on programs & services, please use the links below.

Financial Breaks for Seniors in Milpitas

Measure C Parcel Tax Exemption for Seniors and Disabled Persons
Any Milpitas owner of a parcel used solely for owner-occupied, single-family residential purposes and who are:

(a) 65 years of age or older on or before June 30 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the tax would apply, or
(b) receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a disability, regardless of age, or
(c) property owners who own parcels that are contiguous and held under identical ownership**
may obtain an exemption from the parcel tax by submitting an application, by June 15 of any year, to the District.

Seniors’ Links

Department of Aging and Adult Services
Administers and oversees…

Map and Directions to the Barbara Lee Senior Center

Map to location on 40 N. Milpitas Blvd.

LGBTQ Milpitas

While Milpitas is far from being a city known for its LGBTQ community, as we really have no night life here for anyone, we do have activities and services to serve this part of our community, and most businesses are open and friendly to people of all sorts.

Milpitas is proud to be the hometown of Broadway’s Drag Darling Cacophony Daniels.

Milpitas Pride Part 1
Broadway’s Drag Darling Cacophony Daniels welcomes you to Milpitas Pride with the song “Perfect Day” from Legally Blonde.
Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
Milpitas Pride Flag Raising 2020

Avenidas Rainbow Collective
Monthly LGBTQ+ social group. We are collaborating with the Youth Space to serve young people looking for activities that are for young people only. Otherwise, we offer one monthly LGBTQ Older Adult Social group at the Library in Milpitas along with two intergenerational activities each month–the monthly movie night and the monthly dog walking group. We also offer all existing Zoom groups to Milpitas program participants. Email for more information: LGBTQ@avenidas.org

Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center
The Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center provides community, leadership, advocacy, services and support to the Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ+ People and their Allies.
938 The Alameda
San Jose, Ca 95126
408-293-3040

City of Milpitas LGBTQ Pride
Each June Milpitas usually holds a Pride event at city center.

15 inspiring leaders in Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ community
Activists have worked for decades for LGBTQ residents in Silicon Valley to have access to services they need, as well as for a safe and encouraging community to support them. In celebration of Pride Month, here are 15 influential LGBTQ leaders in alphabetical order by first name.

Gender Health Care nearest to Milpitas
Our mission is to provide comprehensive and community-driven physical, mental/emotional and social health care across the lifespan for transgender, gender non-binary and gender expansive communities. Our work is grounded in social justice and cultural humility that recognizes all parts of a person’s identity. We strive to be a model for expanding access to gender-affirming care in public health systems.
Medical Center, Santa Clara Valley HealthCare
777 E. Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor
San Jose, CA 95112
408-977-4550

The Horizons Foundation
Recipients of Horizons Foundation’s 2017 Community Issues Grants are: Child Advocates of Silicon Valley – Milpitas – Recruitment, training, and support of Court Appointed Special Advocates who are specially trained to support LGBTQ foster youth in Santa Clara County.

Pink Spot
The LGBTQ Directory can be found in these spots: Look for the big blue & pink newsstand outside on the sidewalk at the bus stop near Bevmo, on Calaveras. Our guides are also located inside the Milpitas library. They call it the Great Mall Transit Center, but because that is now at the BART Station, look there. Guides include gay and lesbian owned & operated & friendly businesses & organizations in Milpitas.

Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is inclusive of all business people whether gay, straight, lesbian or transgender. We strive to treat all equally and provide a place we can come together for the mutual benefit of all members and the community at large.
408-998-9600

Ric Iverson is Alive and Well and Living in Milpitas (clips)

Roomies
LBGT & or Gay roommates in Milpitas, CA. Find a roommate or room for free. Roomies has no listing or communication fees.

STD Testing in Milpitas, CA, for Free
In response, Milpitas city, as part of the Silicon Valley, fosters The Getting to Zero initiative. With the vision of getting Santa Clara County with zero new HIV/AIDS diagnoses, zero stigmas. But most important, zero mortality due to the virus. There’s a large group of clinics on Milpitas. You can find some on Calaveras Blvd. You can get to this location by several public transportation routes, there are also free parking options if you need it. The Valley Health Center Milpitas in the North Main Street is an option that you can consider for STD testing. Other health resources in and near Milpitas.

Adult Education, Community Colleges

Schools, classes, colleges and universities offering adult education in Milpitas, Fremont, San Jose and general Silicon Valley area of California.

Next semester enrollment now open at most.

Community College in Milpitas

San Jose City College Courses at MHS Campus
San Jose City College is excited to share with you a great opportunity that gives you free parking and free use of textbooks if you take your classes at Milpitas Extension. Milpitas Extension is a unique collaboration between the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) and the San Jose Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) to establish an Educational Innovation Lab. The Milpitas Extension is a ZTC (zero textbook cost) site. We provide free textbooks on loan for the entire semester for classes taken here.

Technest
Technest|SJCC in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley (BerkeleyX) will offer an 18-week course, BerkeleyX Data 8 Foundations of Data Science on edX. The BerkeleyX course does not require prior statistics, computer science, or programming experience.

College Admissions Help

Walnut Education
Choose the perfect consultant. Get into the perfect college.
1201 South Main Street
347-276-6048

Community Colleges

DeAnza College
DeAnza offers not only traditional on-campus courses, but also a wide range of alternative learning options such as learning by watching videos, on television and online distance learning.

Evergreen College
Evergreen offers a wide variety of classes.

Foothill College
Foothill, as well as offering on-campus courses, offers world-wide access through its online and telecourses.

Gavilan College
Community campuses in the south end of Silicon Valley, in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister.

Mission College
Learn English as a Second Language online, right here! Online registration available.

Ohlone College
Located in Fremont at the base of Mission Peak, this community college is utilized by Milpitans.

San Jose City College
City College offers a strong core of general education and majors’ courses for students who intend to transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

West Valley College
Located in Saratoga, on the west side of Silicon Valley. Flexible course options including online and distance learning.

ESL – English As A Second Language

ESL – English as a Second Language
English classes for non-native English speakers in Milpitas, Fremont, San Jose and general Silicon Valley area.

Research Centers

Rock Center
Harvard Business School Silicon Valley outpost located at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. Cases have focused on topics such as the issues faced by very early stage companies.

Universities

Cogswell University of Silicon Valley
CLASSES WILL BE PRIMARILY ONLINE FOR THE SPRING 2021 TERM. Prepares technical college students for success in the creative-technology industries by providing an extraordinary, real-world college education inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of our Silicon Valley location.

DeVry Fremont
Jumpstart your career with a degree from DeVry University
· Complete your bachelor’s degree in as little as 2-3 years
· Programs in business, IT, engineering and more
· Leading firms actively recruit from DeVry
Closest campus: 2160 Lundy Ave, Suite 250, San Jose, CA 95131

San Jose State University
A metropolitan university in the heart of downtown San Jose, within commuting distance of Milpitas.

Santa Clara University
A top private college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, noted for its law and business schools.

Silicon Valley University
Ceased operation spring 2018. Lost accreditation. Site still up to help students get records and refunds. 1649 South Main Street. 408-956-9898, 408-956-9834.

Stanford University
Top private research university located in Palo Alto, about 20 miles from Milpitas.

University of California Santa Cruz Extension
Great place to get those post grad classes you need for a top job in Silicon Valley. Search on Milpitas for classes in town. Other facilities not too far away either. Map and Directions.

University of Silicon Andhra
The University of Silicon Andhra will be known worldwide for its innovative programs that infuse and embed the rich traditions of India in its liberal arts based research, sciences, health, technology, and professional programs. UofSA will create an educational journey for its students which will educate aspiring leaders worldwide in all sectors of society.
1521 California Circle
844-872-8680

Vocational

Milpitas Adult Education Programs
Helps adult students achieve academic success, vocational goals, and personal enrichment. Located in the Samuel Ayer Education Center, Building 400. DUE TO COVID-19 , OUR OFFICES ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US FOR INFORMATION.

Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Center
Metropolitan Education District (MetroED) operates Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Center (SVCTE) and Silicon Valley Adult Education (SVAE). Annually, MetroED collectively serves almost 11,500 students by providing state-of-the-art Career Technical Education and Adult Education programs.

Weight Loss-Healthy Eating

Health Services in and near Milpitas

Local Programs

Nearest Weight Watchers meeting place is in Newark.

Recipes

Recipes for Weight Loss and Heart-Healthy Eating
Good nutrition is one way to reduce your risk of developing heart disease and stroke.

Resources for Losing Weight

3 Fat Chicks on a Diet
Weight loss support site offering extensive forums, chats, lowfat recipes, food reviews, fast food nutrition, health and fitness information.

Dottie’s Weight Loss Zone
Possibly the best diet information site on the web. Plan ahead for restaurant menu weight watcher points.

Emily Bites
Lightened up comfort food. New Weight Watchers Freestyle Program.

Exercise 4 Weightloss
Use this site as your guide for eating healthy, losing weight and getting fit and healthy. Has Weight Watchers information and restaurant menu points.

Hungry Girl
I love food because food is delicious. My mantra, as many of my friends know, is “I’m hungry!” Because I obsess over food, I learn about it, read about it, research it, dream about it. Nothing gives me a thrill like discovering a new low cal snack or assembling a no fat pizza!

Nutrio
Changing to a healthy, fit, nutritious lifestyle and how to do it.

Software

Weight Loss Software & Calculators
Online calculators, software for your Mac, Palm or Windows system, and Excel spreadsheets for planning and recording.

Recipes for Weight Loss and Heart-Healthy Eating

Good nutrition is one way to reduce your risk of developing heart disease and stroke. But in times of Covid-19, being stuck in the house, it is easy to forget to eat less and move more.

You might be snacking on cookies rather than something more nutritious. Try cherry tomatoes or grapes for a healthful snack. Break kale into chip-sized pieces, toss with some olive oil, and spread on a cookie sheet. If you are ok with salt, sprinkle some on. Bake at 400° for 4 minutes. Voila! Healthful chips, and they taste better than you’d expect for kale.

Find some exercise videos on YouTube. You can search on terms very specific to your needs. Bookmark the ones you like the best.

7 Best Ways to Lose Weight During Lockdown
We break down seven of the best—and most importantly, easy—ways to lose weight at home during this time of lockdown.

Anita’s Tried & True Lowfat Recipes
Anita has personally tried each and every recipe posted on this site. Most of these recipes are low-fat containing less than thirty percent calories from fat.

Cooking Light
My favorite low-fat recipe magzine, I devour the recipes each month, but turn to the website to try to retrieve past favorites.

Delicious Decisions from the American Heart Association
Good nutrition is one way to reduce your risk of developing heart disease and stroke. Making these healthy but tasty dishes at home can help you control your cholesterol levels, blood pressure or diabetes. We’ve created these recipes to help you prepare meals that not only taste great, but are good for you.

Diabetic Gourmet Recipe Files
The recipes provided include nutritional information and diabetic exchanges. Not all recipes are appropriate for all people. Please make sure a recipe is appropriate for your meal plan and pay careful attention to serving sizes.

Eating Well
Healthy recipes by the meal, week or month.

How To Extract the Most Nutrients From Your Food
Before you get overwhelmed, take heart in that there are a handful of simple steps you can take in the kitchen to boost your foods’ health potential—without sacrificing flavor. Here’s a roundup of the methods you need to know: science-proven secrets that make already good-for-you ingredients even better and more likely to pass along their flat-belly benefits.

Weight Watchers’ Most Popular Recipes
Check out the 30 recipes that our Members come back to time and again. From their Recipe Collections.

41 New Recipes to Try
See what WW’s been cooking since the New Year. Published March 1, 2022

See also ~ Weight Loss-Healthy Eating

ESL – English as a Second Language in Milpitas and Online

English (ESL) classes for non-native English speakers in Milpitas, Fremont, San Jose and general Silicon Valley area of California.

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order:
opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose
“If you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac, he warns in the extract. “It’s an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out. And as size comes before colour, green great dragons can’t exist.”

Local ESL Courses Cursos Locales

Christ Community Church
CCCM offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced ESL classes and language tutoring.
All of the Spring classes will be using either Zoom or Jitsi. Please use a tablet or laptop with a microphone and video camera, and if these are not available, you can use a cell phone.
408-262-8000 x7932.

La iglesia de la comunidad de Cristo
CCCM ofrece comenzar, intermedio, y clases de ESL y curso particular avanzados de la lengua.
408-262-8000 x7932.

Milpitas USD Adult Ed ESL Classes
ESL/Citizenship Registration will be available from Feb. 22 to March 5, 2021.
Register here!
New students must take a placement test with Milpitas Adult Education to get into the ESL program. Please Note: F-1 (I-20) students, B-1, and B-2 visa holders are prohibited from attending publicly-funded adult education programs in the United States.
408-635-2692.

Clases Del Ed ESL Del Adulto De Milpitas USD
Los nuevos estudiantes deben tomar una prueba de la colocación con la enseñanza para adultos de Milpitas para conseguir en el programa de ESL.
408-635-2692.

Vision Literacy ESL Classes
We welcome all levels of learners to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in small groups with trained instructors. By appointment.
540 Valley Way, Bldg 4
For more information, click here or call us at 408-676-7323 or Email us at info@visionliteracy.org.

ESL -Online Language Learning Recursos de ESL En línea

Dave’s ESL Cafe
The Internet’s Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World.

Genki English
ESL games, songs and ideas to make your ESL lessons better.

Learning English
In the news, for work, with music or through sport.

Translations Traducciones

The Best 10 Translation Services Milpitas, CA 95035
Need help with translation? Here are the best translation services near Milpitas.

Tutors

ESL Tutors near Milpitas, CA
Sorted by rating. You may also sort by distance and price.

Milpitas, CA, ESL Lessons
Easily search and compare teachers in your area, including past student reviews and background checks. Our online tools make booking, managing your schedule and paying for lessons easy and hassle-free.

Vocabulary Vocabulario

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
Fourth Edition. Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.

British – Canadian – American Vocabulary Guide
What’s a biscuit in Britain is a cookie in Canada and America.

Emergency Training and Planning

Health Services in and near Milpitas

Hillcrest Citizens Emergency Response (SAFE) Team graduates 14

Back: Tilly Hermandi, Jeff Sample, Ann & Fred Zeise, Susi Gunarsa, Kathy Kuhne, Dana Arbaugh, Brian McCracken, and Americo (of the Milpitas Fire Dept.)
Front: Yea-Cheng Wang, Gunawan Ali-Santosa, Tina Pham, Agnes & Bethany Eytchison, and Scott DeMars

Use 9-1-1 to hail emergency crews to your location in Milpitas.

Be prepared! Get this emergency preparedness information on these links printed out BEFORE the power goes out!

Milpitas Police Department Offers Text-to-911 Service
Texters are advised to text in their location and what kind of help is needed during a given emergency. The MPD instructs users not to send photos, videos, or emojis. If your phone’s text feature isn’t set to silent, note that reply texts from 911 staff might be audible to anyone within earshot. So if you expect to rely on Text-to-911 in the event of an emergency, it might be wise to silence your text feature now.

1 (800) PGE-5000 or 1 (800) 743-5000
Before calling PG&E about a power outage, check to see if other neighbors are affected. This would confirm if an outage has occurred in just your residence or within the neighborhood area.

Live Audio – Santa Clara County Repeaters
If anything real major going on, you can listen in on the emergency radios here. Ones with most listeners usually the most interesting.

American Red Cross
Silicon Valley Chapter. Emergency preparedness, blood drive info, and more.

CERT
CERT is an emergency preparedness program created to save lives and reduce property damage by training individuals to initiate mitigation activities before or immediately following an emergency. To receive free emergency preparedness training and become a member of the CERT program call 408-586-2801.

The Connection
North American Emergency Management newsletter.

CPR: You Can Do It!
Please try to attend a class to learn CPR correctly, but in a crisis, this page would serve. A printable CPR pocket guide is also available on this page.

Crisis Training
Learning CPR can be fun, empowering, and life saving! Our classes are activity centered utilizing a manikin for every two learners. Classes are available for all ages and abilities.

Enviro Safetech
We are used by businesses and government to take command of obligations and requirements for meeting a full spectrum of hazardous material, waste and occupational health and safety regulations.
2455 Autumnvale Drive, Unit B, San Jose
408-941-9393

Information for Pet Owners
If you evacuate your home, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND! Pets most likely cannot survive on their own; and if by some remote chance they do, you may not be able to find them when you return. FEMA.

Red Cross Training + Certification
First Aid, CPR, AED, BLS/CPR for Healthcare, Baby sitting and childcare, Swimming and water safety, Lifeguarding, CNA training, CNA testing, Instructor training.

Stanford University Blood Center
Please call 1-888-723-7831 to make an appointment to bolster our blood supply throughout the fall season. If you’ve received the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine for COVID-19, you are still eligible to donate blood! Additionally, please note that, even as the CDC eases guidelines on masking for fully-vaccinated individuals, SBC still requires ALL donors to be masked throughout the donation process, including while waiting outside of a mobile/bus blood drive. Learn more.

State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
What to do before, during and after an emergency situation.

One of the City’s Emergency Caches. There’s one in each section of Milpitas.

10 Tips to Reduce Your Chances of Becoming a Crime Victim

Lock doors and windows when you are not going to be at home. Many home burglaries have occurred by suspects finding an unlocked window or open door to enter through.
Lock car doors and do not leave any property in plain view. Valuables left out in the open may tempt thieves. If you must leave belongings in the car, place them in the trunk and out of sight.
When walking on the street or to your car from a business, make eye contact with others and be aware of your surroundings. Keeping your head down and not making eye contact with people makes a person look more vulnerable to an assailant.
When getting into your car after shopping or doing errands, do not sit in your car for a long period of time. It can give an assailant time to get into the car and rob or assault you.
Always look in the back seat of your car before getting in. If someone is in the backseat, exit your car immediately and call the police.
If you enter an elevator and feel unsafe because you are alone with someone, exit the elevator – it is better to be safe than sorry.
If you are getting harassing phone calls, keep a notebook by the phone and write down dates and times. It helps to keep a log of harassment and the notebook can be given to police as possible evidence in the future.
When eating at a restaurant or sitting in a public place, do not leave your purse or purchased items in a vulnerable spot. A purse or bag hanging on the back of a chair can easily be taken by a thief. Keep purchases or bags under the table or in an area where they are not easily accessible. You can put the strap of a bag or purse under the leg of your chair.
When needing assistance on the side of the road, and a cell phone is not available, only roll down your window enough to speak to whomever has stopped to help. Ask the person to call police or your roadside assistance provider for you and wait in the car.
If you are home alone and a stranger is knocking at the door, speak to them through the door or through a window nearby. If they ask to use the phone, let them know you can call police on their behalf. You do not have to let anyone inside your home to use the phone. This is not rude… it is safe.
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Scam Alerts
GoMilpitas.com provides information to consumers and small businesses about how to recognise, avoid and report ongoing scams.

Utility Scam Alert
Avoid being scammed by fake utility workers, who keep you engaged at your front door while their cohort goes around back and steals from you.

Weight Loss Software & Calculators

Find software, apps, and calculators to help you track your diet and exercise.

Apps

Apps for iPhone and Android
Access to all Weight Watchers apps and mobile site is included with your Weight Watchers Online or eTools subscription. Membership required to use.

The best weight loss apps for iPhone & iPad 2018
Losing weight is hard but technology can help. Here are 7 terrific weight loss and diet apps for iPhone and iPad that will help you shift those unwanted pounds.

10 best weight loss apps for Android
Losing weight can be a major pain in the rear end. It requires exercise, dieting, discipline, and motivation. It also requires a person to change their habits and make positive decisions. You’ve decided to do all those things. That’s great news and we can help! Here are a list of the best weight loss apps for Android.

Calculators Online

Moose & Doc’s Ideal Weight Body Calculations
Learn what people just like you think about their ideal weight. Then set your own diet goal somewhere between a medically-recommended weight and a weight that your peers would hope for.

Excel Spreadsheets

Focus on fitness: Tools for getting in shape
Focus on Weight Loss: Tools for tracking Weight Loss
There has never been a better time than right now to get in shape. Lucky for you, Microsoft Office Online has the tools to empower you on the road to a fit body, including templates that track your nutrition, weight loss, and fitness routine.

Mac Weightloss Software

Diet Controller
Mac. Track your daily food intake. Track your exercise. View fully customizable charts. Runs on Mac OS X 10.7 and above

Diet Sleuth
Mac. A nutritional database and personal health logbook.

Lose It! – Calorie Counter
iPhone & iPad. Download the app, set your goal, and track the foods you love to lose weight. It’s simple: You use it, you lose it. Now featuring embodyDNA: personalized, DNA-based insights to help you learn which foods, drinks and activities could activate your weight loss and optimize everyday living.

Windows Weightloss Software

Weight Commander
Windows. Now free. It’s the software program that teaches, entertains, and motivates. All you have to do is enter your weight and Weight Commander does the rest.