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California Highway Patrol (CHP) is seeking information from anyone who may have witnessed a freeway homicide earlier this month. Just before 10 p.m. on Jan. 13, police received a call of a car having crashed into the center divide along Interstate 280 north of De Anza Boulevard. The person who called the police believed the … Read more
Santa Clara has returned Sunday hours at the Central Park Library. As of Jan. 26, the library is open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. A community survey showed residents prioritized returning library hours to their pre-pandemic levels. As a result, the city council set it as a priority, earmarking money to fund 10 additional … Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to produce a cheap, generic insulin for the 3.2 million Californians with diabetes is behind the schedule he announced and unlikely to make it to market for several years, industry experts say. Civica, Inc., the nonprofit drug manufacturer contracted to produce insulin for California, has not started clinical trials or … Read more
The court date to sentence former Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker has been delayed by two months. His new court date is March 21, 2025. Becker was supposed to be sentenced on Jan. 31 on charges of perjury and violation of duty for leaking the civil grand jury report entitled “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” to … Read more
No one was more surprised at Judy Santiago receiving a Jefferson Awards in 2024 from the Multiplying Good Foundation, SF Bay Area, than the Sunnyvale resident herself. “I’m still in shock,” said Santiago. “I got an email from [KPIX reporter] Sharon Chin a while back, and she said that, ‘You were notified several months ago … Read more
A commercial van fire in the underground garage of the Orchard Glen apartment complex was extinguished quickly on Thursday afternoon, with no injuries thanks to a speedy response from Santa Clara Fire Department. Smoke from the fire was visible on Stevens Creek Boulevard. The fire broke out at about 1:45 p.m., and SCFD was on … Read more
The regional body that regulates and monitors air quality in the Bay Area has a new name and a redesigned logo. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has rebranded as the Bay Area Air District, or BAAD. The district comprises the nine Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San … Read more
As part of what it described as an ongoing investigation, the California attorney general’s office has sought answers from OpenAI about its reported plan to convert to a for-profit corporation and how it intends to transfer assets out of its existing nonprofit. In a letter sent to the ChatGPT maker Dec. 6, deputy attorney general … Read more
The gentle tinkle of the brass bell inside a small conference room at Kaiser Santa Clara on Jan. 17 did not do the enormity of the event justice. As two-and-a-half-year-old Lucy Nguyen clutched the too heavy bell in her small hand and shook, her parents, My and Lawrence, embraced, pressing the small toddler between them … Read more
The official Super Bowl LX procurement program, Super Bowl LX Source, kicked off last month in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC), San Francisco 49ers and NFL announced last month. The program offers opportunities for local and diverse businesses across production and professional services, according to a BAHC press release. … Read more