UpdatedFri, Jun 4, 2021 at 12:43 pm PT Reply Signs posted at San Jose City Hall honoring the victims of last week's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard. (Eric He/Patch) SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The emotion was palpable on Thursday evening in Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors Chair Glenn Hendricks' voice during the transit agency's first meeting since last week's mass shooting at a rail yard, when a VTA employee killed nine coworkers before turning the gun on himself. A teary Hendricks opened and closed the two-hour meeting — which had a shortened agenda — in honor of the nine victims while the board conducted time-sensitive business in between, including approving a contract for incoming General Manager and CEO Carolyn Gonot and a budget item.