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Ellis Elementary Gets Much Needed Reconstruction Thanks to Bond Measure Funds
It takes a lot to get a kid to end their summer early and head back to class, but the Aug. 8 celebration at Ellis Elementary School in the Sunnyvale School District (SSD) did just that. Despite being more than a week away from the official first day of school, more than a hundred students and their families gathered at the Ellis campus on Olive Avenue to take part in the school’s official reopening.
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in California and Nebraska
INGLEWOOD – There was one ticket sold matching all six numbers in Monday evening drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery. The jackpot winning ticket was sold in California and is worth an estimated $44 million. The ticket was sold at a grocery store in Dana Point in the 32500...
California hits milestones toward 100% clean energy — but has a long way to go
KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — California recently hit a milestone: 100 days this year with 100% carbon-free, renewable electricity for at least a part of each day, as tracked by Stanford University engineering Professor Mark Z. Jacobson. The state notched the milestone while — so far — avoiding blackouts and...
California Legislature Honors LA Lakers Legend Michael Cooper
Accompanied by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) and Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood), former Los Angeles Lakers legend Michael Cooper was honored on the Assembly and Senate floors of the California State Capitol on Aug. 5. Cooper, 68, will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on October 13,...
Santa Clara County Officials Want To Toughen Eviction Protections
Santa Clara County landlords are dodging a decades-old law that requires they pay to relocate evicted tenants. To combat that, county leaders could give unincorporated neighborhoods stronger eviction protections than surrounding cities. The Board of Supervisors next month will discuss expanding their 1993 tenant relocation assistance policy which covers renters...
Land Trust Wants To Keep East San Jose Apartments Affordable
At a time when rising rents are forcing people out of their homes, one Santa Clara County nonprofit is offering an alternative solution to keep tenants from being displaced. The South Bay Community Land Trust is looking to acquire three apartment buildings on Virginia Avenue in East San Jose to keep rent affordable -- by taking them out of the hands of a private owner and putting them into the hands of residents. Once the buildings are purchased, rent will not increase for the tenants that live there. In some cases, the land trust is even looking to lower costs for families spending a majority of their income on rent.
Bruce Woolpert’s Algebra Academy Lives On
As an eighth grader at E.A. Hall Middle School, Joana Rubio was invited to the Bruce Woolpert Algebra Academy, a week of math instruction taught by university professors. As a freshman at Watsonville High School, she took two math classes. That set her up to take calculus as a senior.
You Could Win Tickets To A 2024 Stanford Football Game!
Enter for a chance to win four (4) tickets to one of the 2024 regular season Stanford football home games! Furnished by Stanford. One (1) entry per person. Contest ends: 11/10/24 at 11:59pm. Retail value: $140.00. One (1) winner will be chosen for each game. Grab official rules here. Dates of the Stanford 2024 home games are:
Restaurant Foundation Fund Awards $5,000 Grants to Eateries in San Diego, Statewide
The California Restaurant Foundation has awarded 34 independent restaurants in the region with $5,000 grants. The foundation, a nonprofit that invests in and supports California restaurants and their workforce, issued a total of 278 awards as part of its fourth consecutive distribution from the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund. The grants...
Cooler temps, chance of showers and possible Sierra snow: Big weather changes ahead for California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Summer is shaping up to deliver a wide range of weather elements from the more expected extreme heat and fire to the more unexpected: rain and even Sierra snow. A significant pattern change is taking shape in the Pacific with a cold upper level low gaining...
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