City Politics
Grand Jury Report Response Triggers Council Divide
December 10, 2022
As expected, the City Council was divided over its response to the Civil Grand Jury report titled, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Santa...
Schools
State-Mandated Childcare for Underserved Families Met with Criticisms
December 9, 2022
Santa Clara Unified School District is required by the State of California to provide free childcare to their “unduplicated” population...
City Politics
Electric Rate Increase Approved, City Finances Improving
December 9, 2022
Tuesday’s Santa Clara City Council meeting brought welcome relief from the fractious and quarrelsome meetings that characterized the last two...
Community
Holiday Trees Shine in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
December 8, 2022
The City of Santa Clara held its annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 2 in Central Park. The 112-year-old...
City PoliticsCommunity
SVP 2023 Rate Increase
December 7, 2022
On Dec. 6, 2022, the City Council approved a rate increase for Silicon Valley Power (SVP) of 8% effective Jan....
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Bethlehem On Benton Street Returns After Three Year Absence
December 6, 2022
My first introduction to Santa Clara First Baptist Church’s “Bethlehem” was the remarkable sight of a camel grazing on Benton...
Public Safety
Unmanned Aircraft Team Launched by SCPD
December 3, 2022
Santa Clara police officers have received clearance to launch Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), more commonly referred to as drones. SCPD...
CommunitySchools
Shirley Stibbard, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
December 1, 2022
Sutter Elementary School teacher Shirley Stibbard’s 23 kindergarten students—and their parents—clearly love her. She has the proof. It was about...
City Politics
Related Santa Clara a Public Subsidy, Must Pay Prevailing Wage
November 30, 2022
The Related Santa Clara development is subject to public works prevailing wage laws, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)...
Milestones
Milestones – 49ers Win Again…Kinda! – Opinion
November 30, 2022
Perhaps it was the extra turkey and mashed potatoes that took the steam out of the 49er team as they...








