If the state of California was a person, its name would be Rod Diridon Sr., who will be remembered as the “father” of Santa Clara County’s modern transit system. He died Friday at age 87. Diridon succumbed to sepsis and an underlying cancer of the thorax. He had been hospitalized for more than two weeks, according to his wife, Gloria Duffy. “All his values about uplifting all groups in society had some deep roots in his own background,” Duffy told San José Spotlight. “He believed average people should be able to get to work. He believed people should have access…
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