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Since the pandemic started, Santa Clara has seen an uptick in crime, a trend police believe the installation of stationary license plate readers across the City would prevent. The Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) has already been using automatic license plate readers (ALPR) for the better part of 15 years. However, while it has four … Read more
After a year long review by Santa Clara University (SCU), a panel has determined that there was no evidence of racial animus or bias by the University Campus Safety officers connected to the August 2020 incident involving a black associate professor. In a letter to the SCU community, Acting President Lisa Kloppenberg said, “The Equity … Read more
On Sept. 7, 2021, at 2:20 p.m., the City of Santa Clara’s Public Safety Dispatchers received multiple 9-1-1 calls from community members. According to the callers to 9-1-1, a male subject walked onto the Bowers Elementary School campus on the 2700 block of Barkley Avenue as students were being released from school. A staff member … Read more
Two Bay Area school communities are mourning the tragic deaths of a Santa Clara mother and daughter. Rebecca Haselmann, 50, and Emma Nutter, 18, died just before noon on Aug. 13, when a semi-truck pulling a loaded cargo trailer crossed into their lane of traffic on Highway 95 in Malheur County, Oregon. Haselmann was driving … Read more
Today, Bay Area Health Officials urged residents to get vaccinated if you are eligible and issued orders requiring the use of face coverings indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and the now dominant Delta variant. The Counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Sonoma and the City of … Read more
Based on the mandatory orders from Santa Clara County Public Health, the City of Santa Clara has implemented many service level changes, limited to essential services. Since the preparation and distribution of a Police Blotter is not an essential service, it will be produced as resources are available. Sunday, July 11, 2021 PRESS RELEASE … Read more
The man accused of driving his car into a group of pedestrians in Sunnyvale on April 23, 2019 has pleaded “not guilty.” Isaiah Peoples’ lawyer entered the plea on behalf of his client on July 16. According to the Mercury News, Peoples’ lawyer believes that his client suffers from mental illness and PTSD. Lawyer Chuck … Read more
Update: On July 27, Cooke was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years of probation and a $15,000 fine. The judge also recommended that Cooke participate in the Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Abuse Program. After release, Cooke will be required to perform 100 hours of community service and get therapy at his own … Read more
Smoke still lingered in the air Thursday morning on the 100 block of Saratoga Avenue in Santa Clara after a late night fire on July 14 destroyed a dental office building at 160 Saratoga Ave. The blaze broke out around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Santa Clara Fire Department (SCFD) fire watch teams remain on the site … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the city and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all the arrests made … Read more