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See who’s running for office in the Mountain View area this November
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The November election is less than three months away and local voters will have the chance to weigh in on much more than the presidential race, with contested races for Mountain View City Council, local school boards and the El Camino Healthcare District all on the ballot.
Episode #121 – Issue 16.4 Preview with Daniel and David
This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and YouTube. Join us on Thursday, August 22, for Pick-Up Party 16.4, “Profiles,” at The School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza. This magazine’s in-real-life experience celebrates the creatives featured in the issue and 2024 Content Emerging Artists Elba Raquel and Esther Young.
VTA Unveils Project Microsite for the BART Phase II Project
The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is thrilled to announce the launch of a special Microsite dedicated to the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project! This innovative Microsite is seamlessly integrated within VTA.org and serves as a gateway to the future of transit in Silicon Valley, offering the community an immersive and informative experience with this transformative project.
Becker’s Attorneys Want to Investigate DA’s Office for 2020 Grand Jury Report Leak
Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker’s attorneys continue to try and shape a defense to the perjury charges leveled against their client. In doing so, the Public Defender’s Office has set its sights on what happened inside the District Attorney’s Office in August 2020. In a...
East San Jose vegetation fire burns hillside near Quimby Road
Crews are at the scene of a vegetation fire in East San Jose Monday evening that has burned 15 acres, according to authorities.The so-called Quimby Fire burning near the 4700 block of Quimby Road was first reported by the Santa Clara County Unit of Cal Fire at around 8:12 p.m. Both Cal Fire and San Jose Fire Department units are reportedly responding to the incident. So far no evacuation orders have been issued.This is a breaking news story. Additional details will be added as they are made available.
Board of Directors approves funds for Morgan Hill flood risk reduction, reaffirms commitment to San José project
The Valley Water Board of Directors is taking steps to ensure two crucial flood risk reduction projects in Santa Clara County move forward. On Aug. 13, 2024, the Board voted to reallocate $42.7 million from the Upper Guadalupe River Flood Protection Project to the Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project, which is entering the final phase of construction in Morgan Hill. The decision allows enough funds to pay for a shovel-ready project while also safeguarding sufficient local funding for the Upper Guadalupe River Flood Protection Project when it is ready to break ground in a few years.
Gilroy: Chick-fil-A rolls into town
Chick-fil-A is coming to South Santa Clara County, with the Gilroy restaurant opening Thursday and a Morgan Hill location in the works. The Gilroy restaurant will be at 7060 Chestnut St. just off of Highway 101 across from the South Valley Shopping center, in the new Plaza Allium. It will be open for dine-in, drive-thru and carry-out from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (Like all Chick-fil-A locations, it will be closed on Sunday.) The Gilroy restaurant will be 24th in the Bay Area and the farthest south before Salinas.
“Dangerous” conditions, money woes haunt high-profile San Jose tower
SAN JOSE — Claims of unsafe living conditions, including a lack of hot water, heat and air conditioning, along with thefts and poor security, have surfaced through a contentious legal battle over a San Jose housing tower. The disquieting allegations are contained in legal papers filed in connection with...
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez poised to take job in New Mexico
After more than three decades in South Bay politics, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez will almost certainly be leaving San Jose this fall for New Mexico to become Bernalillo County’s new county manager. “San Jose has been my home for 40 years, and I — like many, many...
Bay Area Convicted Killer Suspected in Fatal Prison Attack
Luis Alvarez, a convicted murderer from Santa Clara County, is accused of killing another inmate at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reported that Alvarez, 30, and 41-year-old Vincent Martinez attacked and killed 29-year-old Anthony Alvarez in a dayroom on Wednesday evening. For more details on...
K-9 sniffs out huge crystal meth bust: CHP
(KRON) — California Highway Police reported that an officer and his K-9 partner discovered 70 pounds of crystal methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Santa Clara County. The incident happened Aug. 2 at 3:35 p.m. when police said a CHP officer conducted an enforcement stop on a 2013 pickup truck traveling westbound on SR-152, east […]
Dewan: Safety first as students return to school
It’s never more important for motorists to slow down and pay attention than when children are present — especially before and after school. Students throughout Santa Clara County are returning to school. That means school buses are back on the road, there are more pedestrians, students on bikes, skateboards, scooters and cars near schools for student drop-off and pick-up. All of us need to be on high alert and make safety our first commitment near all school zones.
Express: EPA Sanitary District makes its case in court as dissolution nears | County sees first West Nile death of 2024
Sanitary District makes its case in court as dissolution nears. In a last-ditch bid to retain control of the city’s sewer system, the East Palo Alto Sanitary District contended in an Aug. 16 court hearing that a recent decision calling for its dissolution was based on insufficient evidence and incorrect assumptions.
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