i'mwe're also getting ready tandfor los tres reyes magosas, on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin with the special programs at the san jose public library system. nancy macias is the head of the library. well, one of the heads of the library. welcome to the show, nancy. welcome back. so, you have this thing called fine-free items. tell us what that is and how the community benefits from that. nancy macias: so, the fine-free items is an initiative that was presented by the mayor and unanimously passed by council, and it allows all children items and teen items to no longer accrue late fines. damian: did you find that a lot of the--like any kid, a lot of child, they're just forgetting that there was a deadline, and then a month later, "oh my god, now i'm overdue by a month." nancy: i mean, if us adults forget, we can just imagine, you know, these kids forgetting. you know, we do try to--we give 'em, you know, receipts and we send 'em e-mails to let them know that their items are coming due. however,

i'mwe're also getting ready tandfor los tres reyes magosas, on your "comunidad del valle." male announcerc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin with the special programs at the san jose public library system. nancy macias is the head of the library. well, one of the heads of the library. welcome to the show, nancy. welcome back. so, you have this thing called fine-free items. tell us what that is and how the community benefits from that. nancy macias: so, the fine-free items is an initiative that was presented by the mayor and unanimously passed by council, and it allows all children items and teen items to no longer accrue late fines.