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Sunnyvale investigators are looking for more information after a man was found shot multiple times inside his vehicle. Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers arrived at South Bernardo Avenue near Evelyn Avenue just after midnight on April 30 after receiving reports of several gunshots. When officers arrived at the scene, they tried to provide … Read more
Trigger warning: Parts of this article contain graphic details regarding a 1991 murder in Santa Clara. In late January 1991, James Madden, manager at the LeeWards Creative Crafts in Santa Clara, was locking up for the night when two men, one of whom he likely recognized as a former employee, ambushed him. Armed with a … Read more
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and County officials have a campaign to bring attention to this risky behavior with stepped up education efforts as well as added enforcement on the roads. County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who wrote California’s first hands-free cell phone law as a State Senator in 2006, was joined by representatives … Read more
While the recent restoration of paramedic services to Sunnyvale was a victory for residents, it still doesn’t address the larger issue. Late last year, the Public Safety Officers’ union raised the alarm bell that a paramedic shortage was causing delayed response times, putting lives at risk. Sunnyvale is a bit of an oddity: its officers are essentially … Read more
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office to determine what exactly led up to an officer shooting a man with a knife. Officers say that around 5:30 on Saturday evening, they received reports of a man walking near a mobile home park near the Plaza … Read more
After nearly losing two critical medical centers in Santa Clara County five years ago to bankruptcy, both are now thriving and experiencing tremendous growth under the stewardship of Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH). O’Connor Hospital (OCH) in San José, St. Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH) in Gilroy, and the De Paul medical facility in Morgan Hill, … Read more
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is still investigating after an apparent road rage incident ended with two people stabbed. It happened on Friday afternoon, March 15, around 3:25 p.m. near the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale. Witnesses called DPS to say that several men were fighting in the intersection. … Read more
Vickie Geary was washing the dishes one Saturday morning when she suddenly started feeling strange. She tried to describe the symptoms she was experiencing to her husband. “It was like a bowling ball pressing on my stomach,” said Geary, who was 55 years old at the time. “And there was a tingling in my fingertips.” … Read more
It has never been a better time to be a cop in Santa Clara — at least as far as your bank account is concerned. Salary statistics from GovSalaries show that cops in Santa Clara earned the second-highest average compensation in California, tallying an impressive $287,314 annually. This figure only includes those whose job title … Read more
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare’s O’Connor Hospital in San José is celebrating its one-year anniversary of the Robotics Surgery team being accredited as a Center of Excellence by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). The accreditation recognizes O’Connor Hospital’s commitment and high standard of delivery of quality patient care and safety in robotics, one of the select … Read more