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A strong-arm robbery occurred at California’s Great America theme park in Santa Clara on the night of Saturday, Oct. 26 around 10:45 p.m. In the confusion, it was believed shots had been fired and that there was an active shooter, according to the Santa Clara Police Department. However, at 11:30 p.m. the police confirmed that … Read more
Administrators at Wilcox High School have completed their investigation into reports that some of the school’s varsity football players shouted homophobic slurs at a male cheerleader on the school’s cheer squad. “From a disciplinary standpoint, the school has taken the actions available given the facts of the case, which range from removal from athletics to … Read more
On Aug. 11 Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) received information from a reporting party that Pablo Taskey, a 27-year-old Watsonville resident, used an online social media application, and arranged to meet a person he believed to be a 12-year-old girl in Sunnyvale for the purposes of sex. Upon being confronted, Taskey fled Sunnyvale prior … 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
Update: Jimmie Macrander, has been located and is safe. Please help locate an at-risk missing person, Jimmie Macrabder. Family members reported Macrander, an 85-year old male, missing after he failed to return home on Oct. 18. He was last seen on at 12 p.m. in San Jose and was driving a faded blue 2012 Ford Fusion … Read more
We heard it all over the news for months now, and it finally happened — a Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS. Thankfully, due to Santa Clara’s urban, flat location, we got through it without a hitch. While we didn’t lose power in Santa Clara, some of our neighbors in surrounding cities did. We at … Read more
Santa Clara has agreed to a $2.7 million settlement in a lawsuit claiming the City under-calculated overtime pay. Quick to accuse business partners of improper wage practices, Santa Clara turns out to be a major offender on this score. The collective action lawsuit was filed under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a … Read more
Three Santa Clara schools are back on a regular schedule after a brief scare forced students and staff to shelter in place. Around 10:30 this morning, Santa Clara police received a report of a suspicious device at Bowers Park, which is located between Bowers Elementary School and Cabrillo Middle School. Police immediately told school administrators … Read more
Bowers Elementary School, Cabrillo Middle School and Cabrillo Montessori School of Silicon Valley are now open again after a suspicious device was located in Bowers Park in Santa Clara. “The device has been rendered safe. The schools and roadways are being opened back up,” said Santa Clara Police Captain Wahid Kazem. Earlier today, the suspicious … Read more
Nearly 25 years after she was sentenced to life in prison without parole for arranging the murder of her ex-husband outside his Santa Clara home, Judith Barnett is a free woman. Barnett was released from a prison in Chowchilla on the morning of Oct. 16. “I had this little alarm that went off in my … Read more