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78-year-old Gary Gene Ramirez has pleaded no contest to first-degree murder charges in the death of 15-year-old Karen Stitt. Ramirez appeared in a Santa Clara County courtroom on Feb. 24. He will be sentenced on May 12, 2025. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Stitt, a Palo Alto resident, took a bus to visit her … Read more
It’s that time of year again. No, not income tax time. It’s time for Santa Clara’s annual evening of melodrama and variety acts that is known hereabouts as Showtime. On Sat. March 1, the Santa Clara Women’s League raises the curtain on the 41st Showtime with an original Cleo Stuckrath melodrama, The Saga of the … Read more
Her parents advised her against it, but she did it anyway. Seventeen-year-old high school senior Amanda Sun from San Jose founded a nonprofit to bring free art workshops to neurodivergent children in Silicon Valley. Her parents were concerned that she would be overloading an already heavy academic schedule at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, but Sun … Read more
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has determined that a Sunnyvale officer lawfully shot and killed a 19-year-old man who rushed at him with a 12-inch kitchen knife. The incident happened nearly a year ago at a Sunnyvale mobile home park. Around 5:30 p.m. on March 23, 2024, Officers contacted Emmanuel Perez-Becerra after receiving … Read more
With Santa Clara’s power company’s boom in growth, the utility is ramping up a variety of projects this year. At its most recent meeting, the Santa Clara City Council heard a bi-annual update from Silicon Valley Power (SVP). In 2024, SVP saw two new peaks, topping out at 722 megawatts, nearly scratching the system’s 750-megawatt … Read more
Meeting Dacre (pronounced like ‘acre’) Stoker for the first time, you wouldn’t be surprised to know that this amiable man with his ruddy good looks was an Olympic athlete, is a lover of the outdoors, and, with his wife, director of a nonprofit dedicated to preservation and protection of Aiken, SC’s grand trees. He couldn’t … Read more
At the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, geriatric patients have an integrated team of providers who care for their total health: mind, body, and spirit. The hospital recently received the Level 1 – Comprehensive Excellence Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The program uses evidence-based standards to help improve surgical care … Read more
Even a savvy Sunnyvale senior can fall for a scam. It happened to Judi Pogue last summer, but it still weighs on her mind, and she wants to share her story as a cautionary tale. It was a new type of scam—at least to her. She confided to friends, perturbed that she had opened the … Read more
Imagine that you’re a child who has just been taken from a dangerous home — but home nonetheless — and delivered to a stranger’s house for possibly the rest of your childhood. You’re frightened and distressed. And what are you given to pack your clothes and belongings in? A trash bag. It seems unthinkable, but … Read more
The Silicon Valley Auto Show returns to the Santa Clara Convention Center this weekend to showcase the newest developments in the auto industry. “It’s largely a new car show designed to give shoppers and enthusiasts an early look at new technology, new vehicles, and even get them behind the wheel of certain new cars,” said … Read more