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‘Highly aggressive’ day-biting mosquitoes found in Santa Clara
(KRON) — A “highly aggressive” mosquito species that feeds “almost exclusively on humans” was detected in Santa Clara, county officials warned on Monday. The county’s Vector Control District found Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the City of Santa Clara. The district identified 58 mosquitoes surrounding Agate Drive and Moraine Drive. Aedes aegypti are […]
Jury listens to Santa Cruz homicide victim begging boyfriend to stop
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — On Tuesday jurors listened to a grueling, three-hour-long audio tape that was recorded by a Santa Cruz County homicide victim’s phone as her boyfriend allegedly tortured and strangled her to death. Jurors could not see Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, but they could hear her as she begged her boyfriend, Theobald “Mylo” […]
Mountain West Conference Teams Cancel Volleyball Matches Against San Jose State University, Refuse To Play Against Transgender Player
Taking a stand - by sitting out. Two Mountain West Conference volleyball teams have recently decided to cancel their matches against San Jose State, which has found itself at the center of controversy after it was revealed that one of their players is transgender. According to an interview Outkick, San Jose State volleyball player Brooke Slusser said the school initially hid the fact that redshirt senior Blaire Fleming was born a male. And after it was revealed, Slusser said the school was only focused on protecting Fleming: "It was more so the school only supporting Blaire, and they didn't really seem to want...
Man credits San Jose Conservation Corps with transforming his life
High up in the Saratoga foothills, Richard Suarez Valdez is finding his future.His chainsaw buzzes away, part of a project by Valdez's crew from the San Jose Conservation Corps is to clear out overgrown brush from a county park."So, we're just trying to push it back from the road and make a fire break right here," he said, stopping briefly.Valdez works at a fast pace. But it's not just this road through the mountains that is being cleared. With each new cut, his own path forward seems to be a little less tangled too."I looked at it, and it looked really...
San Jose landmark status saves church from demolition
An 83-year-old church in downtown San Jose has been granted historic landmark status after years of fighting invasive development proposals that could have demolished the house of worship. Grace Baptist Church at 484 E. San Fernando St. has been designated a historic landmark for its architectural and cultural value. The San Jose City Council’s decision... The post San Jose landmark status saves church from demolition appeared first on San José Spotlight.
Silver Alert issued for missing East Palo Alto woman
UPDATE: Bassett has been found. (KRON) — Authorities are searching for an East Palo Alto woman who was last seen Monday morning, California Highway Patrol said. Faye Bassett, 93, was last seen in her car at about 8:30 a.m. in East Palo Alto. She is believed to be driving a gold 2000 Ford Crown Victoria […]
Excessive heat bakes SF Bay Area; record temperatures expected
Record-breaking hot weather was expected to bake the San Francisco Bay Area Tuesday, the hottest day of the current heat wave, including coastal areas where people usually seek relief from the heat. The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning for dangerous, life-threatening heat for most of the Bay Area, including the Marin and Sonoma Coastal Ranges, North Bay interior mountains, East Bay Hills and interior valleys, the San Francisco Bay shoreline, and Santa Clara Valley. The warning is in effect through 11 p.m. Wednesday. In San Francisco, where some areas of the city could reach as high as...
Election 2024: Willow Glen native seeks San Jose District 6 seat
Michael Mulcahy helped keep the curtains rising at the Children’s Musical Theater in San Jose when he took over as executive director for almost a decade in 1993 — growing the youth arts center into the powerhouse it is today. He called the experience the role of a lifetime.
Firefighters battle blaze at Wisconsin railroad tie recycling facility
CAMPBELL, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters spent all day Tuesday battling a blaze at a railroad tie recycling facility in western Wisconsin. The fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, just outside La Crosse, multiple media outlets reported. The facility grinds up scrap railway ties and materials into chips that can be used as biofuel.
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