For Immediate Releas
June 12, 2008

Cañada College Will Close Parking Lots on Fourth of July

The lots are annually home to hundreds of people who flock to the college to view fireworks up and down the Peninsula but this year they are closed due to construction around campus.

The Cañada College campus will be closed on the Fourth of July and school administrators are urging people who annually use the school's parking lots to view fireworks across the Peninsula to make alternative plans.

Cañada College is located at the top of Farm Hill Blvd. just off of Highway 280 and the school's parking lots offer panoramic views of the Peninsula. For years, people have been parking their cars in the school's parking lots to watch the Fourth of July fireworks displays from Redwood Shores to the Shoreline Amphitheater. This is the first time in recent memory that the lots have been closed for the Fourth of July holiday.

"We apologize to all the people who annually plan to view fireworks from the campus parking lots but those lots will be unavailable due to construction around campus,"� said Cañada College President Thomas Mohr. "It's a safety issue. There will be heavy equipment parked in one lot and the other will be undergoing reconstruction."

Mohr said security will be posted at both the Farm Hill Blvd., and Cañada Road entrances to the school on the Fourth of July. No one will be permitted to enter campus that evening.

"We'll be back open again next year and the parking lots will be improved,"� he said.

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