About the Project
As part of the water district’s 15-year Clean, Safe Creeks Program, the Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project, located in the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos and Mountain View, has been selected for improvements in flood protection, structural repair, sediment reduction and habitat restoration. The planning and design phases of this project are included as part of the water district’s Capital Improvement Plan.

The project began construction in 2017. Environmental documents were completed and certified by the water district's board of directors. The water district received resources agency permits needed for construction.

The McKelvey Flood Detention Basin construction update was given in December 2016 and is available in PDF. To receive project updates via email from the Santa Clara Valley Water District, join the Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project mail list.

McKelvey Park Detention Basin
The McKelvey Park detention basin would be approximately 18 ft deep and would accept high creek flows, reducing the amount of water in the creek and reducing flooding. Water would drain from the basin within a couple of days as the high creek flows subside. Flood waters would only enter the basin in large storms that are expected to occur once every 50 years. After a flood event, SCVWD would repair flood damage and restore the site to its preflood condition.

Teams were formed on Monday, August 17, and team managers were given their rosters. Within 48 hours ('til Wednesday midnight), families will be contacted by their team's manager.

If you had mailed in registration before Saturday, August 15, we have contacted you about having received registration and payment. If you had mailed in registration on or after Saturday, you are wait listed.

To inquire about registration status and team assignment, please send email to fallball@mvll.org.

Understanding the Little League Baseball All-Stars Path from Local to World Series

The Little League Baseball World Series is fast approaching. How does a team get from "here" to the Little League World Series? Let's look at it from MVLL standpiont. (We won't present the softball path since MVLL doesn't have a softball league.)

Our Mountain View California Little League is part of CA District 44. District 44 is composed of the following leagues:

• Campbell Little League
• Cupertino Little League
• Los Altos-Los Altos Hills Little League
• Moreland Cupertino American Little League
• Mountain View Little League
• Santa Clara Briarwood Little League
• Santa Clara Westside Little League
• Santa Clara Homestead Little League
• Sunnyvale Metro Little League
• Sunnyvale (Serra/Southern) Little League

Many parents come to recognize these leagues as their ball players participate in interleague games in Juniors (13-14), Fall Ball, Tournament of Champions, and All-Stars.

In the Little League organization, the level above district is section. District 44 is part of California Section 5. In California, there are a very large number of leagues so instead of having one statewide series of tournaments, we have two: Northern California (Division 2) and Southern California (Division 1). Sections are assigned to Divsion 1 or Division 2. So in California, we have 2 state champions: one set for Northern California and another set for Southern California.

When a team wins their "state" championship (California has northern and southern championship teams and other states have one team), the next level of tournaments is regional.

• Big League (17-18), Senior League (15-16), Junior League (13-14), Intermediate (11-13), and Majors League (11-12) All-Stars State Champions proceed to regional tournaments.
• 9-10 All-Stars, and 10-11 All-Stars do not have regional tournaments. Their tournament series end at state division.

Since MVLL does not have Big League and Senior League teams, we won't present their paths to their respective Little League World Series.

Junior League's West Region Tournament is played at a different location each year.

The Majors West Region Tournament is always played in San Bernadino, CA. This is the path to the Little League World Series broadcasted on ESPN. The general public identifies the Majors Little League World Series from Williamsport, PA as "the" LIttle League World Series. (Whereas the Junior League Baseball World Series is played in Taylor, Michigan.) The broadcast rights that ESPN has with Little League International is a BIG deal. The sports insurance coverage your player enjoys in Little League is significantly subsidized with the money from the broadcast rights awarded to ESPN. A very small portion of the MVLL registration fee goes to Little League International for insurance.

In the Little League World Series which kicks off on Thursday, August 16, 2018, there are two intermediate champions (International and US) followed by the world championship game between the two.

Wikipedia has an excellent article about the Little League World Series. You can read it here.