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Dutch Goose forced to close by health inspector, back open on Friday
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Dutch Goose in Menlo Park was forced to close on Wednesday, July 17, by San Mateo County Environmental Health Services due to the presence of “vermin, rodents, insects, birds or animals,” according to the department’s website. An inspector with the...
Firewise Festival at Roaring Camp connects residents for fire safety
The Forest Lakes Neighborhood Firewise and Safety Association presented a showing of “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” on June 26 at the Scotts Valley Community Theater. More than 100 people attended the film and subsequent roundtable discussion with local fire experts, including CalFire and Scotts Valley Fire Department representatives and Christopher Bradford, a CZU Fire survivor who is running for the Fifth District supervisor seat that will become vacant upon Supervisor Bruce McPherson’s retirement.
Santa Clara’s Best and Worst of the Week: Bond Measure and Grand Jury Attacks
The Good — The Leg Drop Award: Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Councilmember Kathy Watanabe. Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Councilmember Kathy Watanabe successfully pushed a $400 million bond measure. It was smaller, more focused, more accountable, and more transparent than what City staff wanted. They did it using their words and this website.
The Town Palo Alto Replaced (pt. 1)
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The beautiful city of Palo Alto is home to one of the world’s great educational institutions- Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to simply as Stanford. Additionally, it’s home to one of the premier healthcare institutions- Stanford University Hospital. Palo Alto is...
San Mateo Co. Superior Court delays certain proceedings after budget cuts
(KRON) — San Mateo County's superior court is reducing several services due to state budget cuts. These changes will delay proceedings for civil and family cases. Governor Newsom announced that California faces a $45 billion budget deficit statewide, and cuts are needed to address the gaps. The newly passed state budget cuts $97 million from […]
Public comment period opens for Woodside’s fifth housing element draft
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The fifth draft of Woodside’s housing element is now open for public comment from July 16 through July 23. The Town Council will be reviewing the draft at its meeting on July 23 at 7 p.m. in Independence Hall. Comments on the housing...
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.
Cupertino Waives Millions Of Fees For Vallco Development
Cupertino has waived millions of dollars of development fees for the largest housing development in its history after years of disputes -- bringing the city closer to filling the void at the former Vallco Town Center. The Cupertino City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to waive roughly $77 million in developer...
Los Gatos park improvements to fill equity gaps
Dead, dry grass and tree stumps covering a corner of a popular Los Gatos neighborhood park will be transformed into a new grove thanks to a financial boost. Live Oak Manor Park, a roughly 4.1-acre, narrow strip of land nestled between homes and utility poles, will be replanted with a centennial grove and a meandering... The post Los Gatos park improvements to fill equity gaps appeared first on San José Spotlight.
Chaparral Ranch location in Woodside remains open
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With the shutdown of Chaparral Ranch in San Francisco, stables owned by the Chaparral Corporation continue to operate in Wunderlich Park in Woodside but a renewal of its contract in 2025 is still pending. Chaparral Corporation is a stable management company that recently shut...
Residents rally to save redwood
Kathryn Akatiff has been living in her home in Old Palo Alto for more than six decades and one of her favorite features of the neighborhood is its wealth of trees. “I have a strong affinity for trees and as I walk around, over the decades, there are certain trees that I stop and look at and they’re like my old friends,” Akatiff said.
Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) Takes Big Step Forward by Approving Design/Build Funding for their Intertie Pipeline Force Main in Montara
SAM’s FMM (Force Main at Montara) has been in continuous service for more than 40 years and has approached the end of its useful life. There has been a series of failures in the FMM, interrupting service and leading to sanitary sewer overflows (SSO’s) in recent years. In...
Public Agenda: To stripe or not to stripe
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CITY COUNCIL … The council is not meeting this week. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION … The commission plans to consider adding pickleball striping to courts at Terman Park for use by Fletcher Middle School students. It also plans to hear an update about improvements at Foothills and Arastradero nature preserves. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 999 3789 9745.
Redwood City revises business tax proposal after community feedback
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Redwood City will discuss an updated proposal to modernize its business license tax on July 22. The revised plan, incorporating community feedback, aims to generate $7.5 million in new revenue and address 80% of the city’s $9 million deficit. Over the past three...
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