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The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District has discovered non-native Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the city of Santa Clara. The district will soon begin treatment to eradicate the aggressive species of mosquito, which is known to spread diseases such as dengue and yellow fever. The discovery in Santa Clara comes as … Read more
The Santa Clara Police Department announces they have been awarded a $75,381 grant from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to reduce alcohol-related harm in their community. “This is important to Santa Clara in order to increase protection for youth and to address crime at problem locations,” said Police Chief Pat Nikolai. The grant … Read more
In a first of its kind lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday accused ExxonMobil of a decades-long greenwashing strategy that falsely promises recycling will address the global plastics pollution crisis. In a double-barreled approach, a second lawsuit was filed against ExxonMobil by a coalition of environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, … Read more
On Aug. 30, The Weekly submitted the following questions to police candidates — Cory Morgan and Mario Brasil. Candidates had until Sept. 13 to reply. Below are the answers The Weekly received from the candidates. Answers are presented verbatim. What are the biggest public safety challenges in the city? Morgan: Our biggest public safety challenge … Read more
Less than two months into this school year, three families seeking shelter in Monterey County asked for motel vouchers from their children’s schools and were turned away. The vouchers, along with several other services for students experiencing homelessness, are no more. The families sought help from the schools because, in the past, that was where … Read more
A Cal Fire firefighter was arrested Friday for allegedly igniting five fires in the North Bay in recent weeks when he was off duty. At 8 a.m. Friday, Cal Fire law enforcement officers arrested 38-year-old Robert Hernandez of Healdsburg at the agency’s Howard Forest station in Mendocino County on suspicion of arson to forest land … Read more
San Jose police have arrested a Santa Clara man for allegedly strangling a local machine and sheet metal worker more than 37 years ago. Joseph Abyeta, 56, stands accused of strangling 46-year-old Jesus Ibarra with an extension cord back in April 1987, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office … Read more
One Sunnyvale company believes there is a better way to do security — and it is with artificial intelligence. Sentry AI owner Uday Chaka said he got interested in security after a burglary at his home in 2019. A crook had hacked his garage lock, absconding with, among other things, a couple of his bikes. … Read more
The ride along De La Cruz Boulevard/Trimble Road near Highway 101 should soon run a lot smoother. Contractors for the Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) are putting the finishing touches on the major upgrades along the Santa Clara – San Jose border. “[The] contractor is in the final stage to finish signal light installation and concrete … Read more
County officials are searching for the family of a homeless man found 30 years ago. Through fingerprint analysis, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified Ian Shepherd, a 40-year-old homeless man whose body turned up near a boxcar on July 18, 1994. The boxcar, located between Reed Street and De la Cruz Boulevard … Read more