Author: Carolyn Schuk
Public Safety
Former Santa Clara Cop Phil Cooke Pleads for Leniency in eBay Harassment Conspiracy
July 26, 2021
Update: On July 27, Cooke was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years of probation and a $15,000 fine....
Public Safety
Late Night Fire Ignites Saratoga Avenue Office Building
July 16, 2021
Smoke still lingered in the air Thursday morning on the 100 block of Saratoga Avenue in Santa Clara after a...
City Politics
Questions Swirl About New Position and One City Employee’s $35,000 Raise
July 14, 2021
The creation of a new high-level Santa Clara planning job that doesn’t appear in the 2021 budget, within days of...
City Politics
Santa Clara Refusal to Reconsider Fuel Cell Approval Spawns Second Lawsuit
July 13, 2021
Late last month fuel cell company Bloom Energy hit Santa Clara with a lawsuit alleging the City enacted new policies...
City Politics
500 Benton Street Development Project Caught in State Law Cross Currents
June 29, 2021
California State Senator Bob Wieckowski aroused public passions in Santa Clara when it became known that he introduced a bill...
City Politics
Santa Clara Missed No Opportunity to Miss An Opportunity To Save $5.8 Million: City’s History of CVRA Litigation
June 29, 2021
In coming weeks the Santa Clara City Council will take up a proposal to formally apologize to Santa Clara residents...
Community
Sunnyvale Mobile Home Park Residents Protest Skyrocketing Rents — Every Saturday
June 22, 2021
Rick Valley is known for attentiveness to his Plaza del Rey neighbors; checking in on them, bringing groceries, running errands....
Arts & Entertainment
Proposed Santa Clara Budget Axes Grants to Long-Time Community Arts Groups
June 17, 2021
For half a century at least, Santa Clara supported performing groups with deep ties to the City — even in years...
City Politics
Developer Park Fees, Garbage Fees Increase
June 14, 2021
In a Thursday continuation of its June 8 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council approved increases in residential developer park...
City Politics
Another Marathon Council Meeting, Budget Forecast Unchanged, Censure for Watanabe and Admonishment for Gillmor
June 10, 2021
Santa Clara City Council had another marathon meeting on June 8, ending with about half the agenda continued to June...









