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This Weekend in the Valley: Friday, Dec. 20 – Sunday, Dec. 22

This Weekend in the Valley: Friday, Dec. 20 – Sunday, Dec. 22

Santa Clara Weekly

December 19, 2024

The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event…

Sunnyvale City Council Approves Severe Weather Program for the Homeless

Sunnyvale City Council Approves Severe Weather Program for the Homeless

David Alexander

December 19, 2024

A pilot program to shelter homeless residents during severe weather acted as a lens to a broader discussion about the…

Milestones – “Blind Justice” is Peeking – Opinion

Milestones – “Blind Justice” is Peeking – Opinion

Miles H Barber, Publisher

December 19, 2024

A few weeks ago, District Attorney Jeff Rosen rushed down to Morgan Hill to grab the spotlight after Councilman Anthony…

Chargers’ Ball Movement, Tenacity Key in Win Over Sequoia 

Chargers’ Ball Movement, Tenacity Key in Win Over Sequoia 

Andrew Bensch

December 18, 2024

The cliche “It ain’t the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the…

Santa Clara Seats New Elected Officials

Santa Clara Seats New Elected Officials

David Alexander

December 18, 2024

The Santa Clara City Council swore in the winners of the November election. At its meeting on Dec. 17, Council…

Sunnyvale Tech Business Expo Features Variety of Innovations

Sunnyvale Tech Business Expo Features Variety of Innovations

Erika Towne

December 18, 2024

From self-driving vehicles to delivery drones to health monitors, Historic Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale offered a little 21st-century innovation to…

Santa Clara Teen’s Suicide Spurs School District Program

Santa Clara Teen’s Suicide Spurs School District Program

David Alexander

December 17, 2024

The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has rolled out a program aimed at addressing bullying and mental wellness. The…

Pacific Grove Monarch Count Below 250 as Threatened Status Proposed

Pacific Grove Monarch Count Below 250 as Threatened Status Proposed

Bay City News

December 17, 2024

Monarch butterflies, which once migrated in the tens of thousands to Pacific Grove, have fallen to 228 in the latest…

Rotary Lights Up Kids’ Holidays

Rotary Lights Up Kids’ Holidays

Carolyn Schuk

December 17, 2024

“It was a fun day,” said Hannah. “I thought it was going to be talking about cars. But it wasn’t….

Ray Gamma: A Life Spanning Valley of the Heart’s Delight to Silicon Valley

Ray Gamma: A Life Spanning Valley of the Heart’s Delight to Silicon Valley

Carolyn Schuk

December 16, 2024

You might know Ray Gamma’s name from Santa Clara’s Ray Gamma dog park. In the course of his 92 years,…

Police Investigating Fatal Traffic Collision on Stevens Creek

Police Investigating Fatal Traffic Collision on Stevens Creek

Erika Towne

December 16, 2024

Santa Clara police are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a traffic collision near the intersection of Stevens Creek…

Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 

Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 

Andrew Bensch

December 16, 2024

The Fremont Firebirds wrestling program has annually been one of the top teams in the Central Coast Section. Fremont has…

Cabrillo Students Among Top 300 in National STEM Competition

Cabrillo Students Among Top 300 in National STEM Competition

Erika Towne

December 15, 2024

Eight Cabrillo Middle School students have received national recognition at the annual Thermo Fischer Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. The students…

CalMatters: Landlords are Using AI to Raise Rents – And California Cities are Leading the Pushback

CalMatters: Landlords are Using AI to Raise Rents – And California Cities are Leading the Pushback

CalMatters

December 15, 2024

If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords…

Sunnyvale’s 2024 State of the City Honors Community Volunteers

Sunnyvale’s 2024 State of the City Honors Community Volunteers

Diane Andrews

December 15, 2024

The 2024 Sunnyvale State of the City Celebration began at City Hall in the outdoor amphitheater on Sept. 21 with…

SCU Installs Solar EV Chargers for Maintenance Fleet

SCU Installs Solar EV Chargers for Maintenance Fleet

Erika Towne

December 14, 2024

Paired Power and Santa Clara University (SCU) have partnered to provide direct clean energy to the University’s maintenance fleet and…

EdSource: State Board Criticized for Soft-Pedaling Reporting on Low Student Test Scores

EdSource: State Board Criticized for Soft-Pedaling Reporting on Low Student Test Scores

EdSource

December 14, 2024

Clarity matters when explaining to parents how their children did on standardized tests. An imprecise characterization of a complicated score…

Local Business Owner Gets Restitution For Construction Mishaps

Local Business Owner Gets Restitution For Construction Mishaps

David Alexander

December 14, 2024

A Santa Clara business owner who lost business because of two city construction projects has been made whole, but the…

An ODDventure Holiday Fair

An ODDventure Holiday Fair

Carolyn Schuk

December 13, 2024

If Halloween is your favorite holiday, the Menagerie Oddities Yuletide Market on the Winchester Mystery House grounds is the holiday…

City Management Comes Under Fire at Planning Commission Meeting

City Management Comes Under Fire at Planning Commission Meeting

Erika Towne

December 13, 2024

After several continuances, a plan to place a cell phone tower at 3111 Benton Street was continued by the Planning…