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Tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains is a new, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to helping care for sick and injured wildlife. The Larry Ellison Conservation Center for Wildlife Care, or simply Wildlife Care Center, is located in Saratoga. It is run by the Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, … Read more
The 14th edition of the Cheese Trail map of California was released this month, the map’s publisher said. The 2025 map features over 44 artisan cheesemakers across the state, including 23 in the Bay Area, most of which offer tours, tastings and retail sales. For over a decade, the Cheese Trail map has guided foodies … Read more
The Triton Museum of Art presents What Do You Treasure? (May 3 – Aug. 3, 2025) by Katherine Young. Katherine Young (Katherine B. Young, MD, MFA) is a San Francisco-based artist who, after working for 10 years as a cosmetic surgeon, pursued her dream of becoming a full-time artist. Young specializes in artwork that depicts … Read more
Santa Clara police have arrested a Livermore man for raping a child. In the afternoon of March 13, the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) arrested Gilberto David Nietoromo, 41, near Industrial Way and S. Vasco Road in Livermore, charging him with seven felonies, according to an SCPD press release. Those felonies include sexual assault, lewd … Read more
More than a thousand associate lawyers at the nation’s most powerful and prestigious law firms are telling their bosses that it is time to stand up and be counted. As of the morning of March 24, 1,390 lawyers had joined an open letter to the leaders of their respective law firms, calling on them to … Read more
Police arrested a trio of San Jose men for a string of armed robberies, one of which occurred in Santa Clara. Blay Tacha Mellizo, 22, Juan Hernandez Estrada, 18 and Andrey Guedez Melo,19, stand accused of robbing three area convenience stores. Police also arrested a 17-year-old San Jose resident for the same crime. The latest … Read more
The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has begun offering Uber vouchers to help people who rely on public transit to get around. The agency has started offering vouchers of up to $5 per ride, with a maximum of two rides per day to transit customers. These rides must start and stop at a VTA bus or … Read more
The Sunnyvale School District Board has begun the process of hiring a new superintendent and wants the public to be a part of the search. At a special public meeting on Tuesday, March 4, the Board set a timeline for the process, with a target of having a new superintendent in place by July 1. … Read more
Learning Mandarin is about culture as well as language for the K – 8 CLIP students at John Muir Elementary School and Joaquin Miller Middle School in San Jose. CLIP (Cupertino Language Immersion Program) is an Alternative School Program of the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD), which includes 23 K – 8 schools (no high … Read more
Baybots (Team #65125), a robotics team from Sunnyvale, has been crowned Champion’s First Place winner at the FIRST LEGO League Peninsula District Championship, held at Palo Alto High School. Their outstanding performance earned them an invitation to the FIRST World Festival in Houston, TX, where they will compete against top teams from around the globe. … Read more