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Federal Grant Helps Bolster Biomanufacturing Workforce

Federal Grant Helps Bolster Biomanufacturing Workforce

David Alexander

May 1, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed some kinks in the biomanufacturing industry. Whether it was transporting vaccines in a timely manner or…

Police Nab Alleged Catalytic Converter Thieves 

Police Nab Alleged Catalytic Converter Thieves 

David Alexander

April 30, 2025

Santa Clara police have arrested two men in connection with a string of car part thefts. On Aug. 16, Santa…

Bruins Eying League Title, Finish Season Sweep of Matadors 

Bruins Eying League Title, Finish Season Sweep of Matadors 

Andrew Bensch

April 30, 2025

Since dropping the team’s first matchup with the Fremont Firebirds way back on March 18, the Santa Clara Bruins haven’t…

Youth Sports Organizations Come To Agreement With City On Field Use Fees

Youth Sports Organizations Come To Agreement With City On Field Use Fees

David Alexander

April 30, 2025

At the April 29 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council adopted a new field use fee that better serves youth…

CalMatters: How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn

CalMatters: How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn

CalMatters

April 29, 2025

The website that lets Californians shop for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, coveredca.com, has been sending sensitive data…

SJSU’s Beethoven Center: Not Just For Academics

SJSU’s Beethoven Center: Not Just For Academics

Carolyn Schuk

April 29, 2025

Music lovers, if you’re free on Thursday, May 1, you might want to take in the last concert of the…

Jewish Advocacy Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Against SCUSD

Jewish Advocacy Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Against SCUSD

David Alexander

April 29, 2025

Another ethnic minority group is accusing the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) of creating a hostile environment. Earlier this…

Kinder Morgan Fined Nearly $227K for Air Quality Violations at Bay Area Fuel Terminals

Kinder Morgan Fined Nearly $227K for Air Quality Violations at Bay Area Fuel Terminals

Erika Towne

April 28, 2025

The Bay Area Air District (BAAD) has fined subsidiaries of Kinder Morgan, Inc. $226,990 for air quality violations at fuel…

Carol Buchser, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Carol Buchser, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Diane Andrews

April 28, 2025

After her book discussion group on March 25, Santa Clara resident Carol Buchser stopped off for the first time at…

Image and Space: Nathan Oliveira at the Triton Museum

Image and Space: Nathan Oliveira at the Triton Museum

Carolyn Schuk

April 27, 2025

Bay Area artist Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010) described himself as an abstract artist whose work had to be “about something.” For…

CHP “Surge” Operations in Oakland Net Nearly 400 Arrests

CHP “Surge” Operations in Oakland Net Nearly 400 Arrests

Bay City News

April 26, 2025

The California Highway Patrol’s so-called “surge” operations in Oakland have netted nearly 400 arrests so far this year, Gov. Gavin…

James Williams: Santa Clara’s First African American Resident

James Williams: Santa Clara’s First African American Resident

Carolyn Schuk

April 26, 2025

James Williams wasn’t just Santa Clara’s first African American citizen and one of the first African Americans to settle in…

CalMatters: Fight Over Phonics, Will California Require the “Science of Reading” in K-12 Schools?

CalMatters: Fight Over Phonics, Will California Require the “Science of Reading” in K-12 Schools?

CalMatters

April 25, 2025

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in…

Sunnyvale Rideshare Pilot Gains Traction

Sunnyvale Rideshare Pilot Gains Traction

David Alexander

April 25, 2025

A new Sunnyvale rideshare shuttle will make it easier to get around the city’s Peery Park area. The on-demand transportation…

Debi Davis: Santa Clara Remembers Former Council Member

Debi Davis: Santa Clara Remembers Former Council Member

Erika Towne

April 25, 2025

Former city council member and long-time active member of the Santa Clara community, Debi Davis, passed away over Easter weekend. Davis…

EdSource: Californians Ding Newsom’s, Lawmakers’ Handling of Schools in Survey

EdSource: Californians Ding Newsom’s, Lawmakers’ Handling of Schools in Survey

EdSource

April 24, 2025

Californians’ confidence in their public schools and approval of how Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature are handling public education…

Milestones – Salute to Our Service Clubs – Opinion

Milestones – Salute to Our Service Clubs – Opinion

Miles H Barber, Publisher

April 24, 2025

Rotary Park is a neighborhood playground located a block from Santa Clara City Hall. For decades, it has served hundreds…

Breaking Tradition: “The Plague Archives” at SCU’s de Saisset Museum

Breaking Tradition: “The Plague Archives” at SCU’s de Saisset Museum

Diane Andrews

April 24, 2025

“Maya Gurantz: The Plague Archives,” at the de Saisset Museum on the campus of Santa Clara University (SCU) through June…

Two People Plead Guilty in Bay Area Bank Robbery Ring

Two People Plead Guilty in Bay Area Bank Robbery Ring

Bay City News

April 23, 2025

Two people suspected in multiple bank robberies throughout the Bay Area pleaded guilty to the crime on Thursday, April 17…

Sunnyvale Man Foils Attempted Jewelry Store Robbery

Sunnyvale Man Foils Attempted Jewelry Store Robbery

David Alexander

April 23, 2025

A group of crooks that rammed a local jewelry store with a stolen car absconded from the scene of an…