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Stolen gun, drugs recovered by K9 in San Mateo Co. traffic stop: sheriff
(KRON) — A stolen gun and drugs were recovered from a car following a traffic stop in San Mateo County on Thursday. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office conducted the traffic stop Thursday afternoon in North Fair Oaks. SMC sheriff deputies were conducting routine stops on Middlefield Road and Sixth Avenue when they noticed a […]
Mayor And Ally Seemingly Don’t Understand City Manager’s Role
Concerns by the mayor and her political cohort about how money from an infrastructure bond measure will be spent challenges the role of the city manager. For months, the Santa Clara City Council has been discussing a bond measure to address its crumbling infrastructure. Time and again, at meeting after meeting, city employees have raised the alarm that Santa Clara has $600 million in “deferred maintenance,” government-speak for things the city should have fixed long ago.
Police: Motorcyclist killed after striking NICE bus in Lynbrook
It happened at around 5:30 p.m. when an N25 bus, which was not in service, was in the left-hand turning lane on Peninsula Boulevard to turn south on to Hempstead Avenue when it was struck in the rear by a motorcycle.
Local Scene: Morgan Hill Aquatics Center open through Sept. 1
The chamber’s Morgan Hill Friday Night Music series runs June14 through Aug. 16 from 5:30-9:30pm at the Downtown Amphitheater, 17000 Monterey Road. For more information, visit the chamber of commerce website at morganhillchamber.org/. July is Recreation Month in Morgan Hill. The City of Morgan Hill is celebrating Recreation Month...
Del Mar racing season kicks off with opening day and an eventful summer ahead
Del Mar's 85th summer meet begins Saturday with a sold out Opening Day, marking the first time since the 1950s that the racing season will begin on Saturday rather than a weekday. Del Mar officials say the shift to a weekend start was spurred in part by the July 7...
Lockdown at Redwood City school after kidnapping attempt
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - One man has been arrested after attempting to kidnap a student at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. The high school was briefly placed under lockdown after the suspect, 24-year-old Trey Duus, told school staff he had a gun and not to touch him after they confronted him when he tried to grab a student out of his classroom.
Former Santa Clara Baseball Standout Jason Dicochea Joins Coaching Staff as Assistant Coach
The Santa Clara University baseball program welcomes former player Jason Dicochea, naming him as the new assistant coach under head coach Rusty Filter. Dicochea, who played for Santa Clara from 2017-2021 and had a successful professional career, will now bring his experience and leadership back to his alma mater. Dicochea...
Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire extinguished
A fire that grew to a half-acre in the Santa Cruz Mountains was extinguished quickly Friday morning before it could threaten the nearby communities of Boulder Creek and Brookdale, authorities said. The fire broke out before 6:30am, said Ben Lomond Fire Protection District Chief Stacie Brownlee, who notes Boulder Creek...
Giant lake suddenly returns 130 years after vanishing
Tulare Lake, located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once one of the largest bodies of freshwater in the whole of the US.But, some 130 years ago it disappeared – thanks largely to the greed of colonialists, who drained its waters to create arable farmland.And yet, last year, the once-cherished lake suddenly reemerged, bringing with it both positive and painful effects.Back in the late 19th Century, Tulare stretched more than 100 miles long and 30 miles wide, and was “the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River”, Vivian Underhill of Northeastern University explained in a news release.At this...
Mega Millions ticket worth $540,000 sold in California
LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky? As the nation awaits the $279 million Mega Millions lottery winner, someone in California may be a half-million dollars richer. According to California Lottery's website late Friday night, a ticket worth $548,195 was sold at a Vons on North Figueroa Street in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In a California gold rush town, some Black families are fighting for land taken from their ancestors
COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders learning about the state’s history. Their efforts in Coloma,...
‘Not just farmland.’ This Central Valley art installation points to California’s Ice Age past
In the middle of California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, an overpass along Highway 99 commemorates massive beasts that roamed the land hundreds of thousands of years ago. Silhouettes of Columbian Mammoths, which existed up and down North America during the Pleistocene era, were installed by the California Department of Transportation late last year.
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