Milestones: Fuzzy Math Continues

Milestones Fuzzy Math Continues with the audit

You just have to love this one. In scrutinizing the TAP audit of the Santa Clara Chamber, CVB and Convention Center I noticed the auditor used the same math as Mayor Lisa Gillmor. You may remember last month’s announcement that the arbitration court awarded Santa Clara a rent increase on our stadium of about $280,000 … Read more

Supportive Affordable Housing Project Garners Funding from Housing Trust Silicon Valley

Housing Trust Silicon Valley and County Measure A

A large housing project is planned for Santa Clara located at 2904 Corvin Drive that’s designed to provide homes and supportive care for those experiencing homelessness. The project is being developed by Abode Services, a Bay Area agency that works to end homelessness by connecting people with stable and supportive housing. Abode Services recently cleared … Read more

JW House 10th Anniversary: A Decade Worth of Friends

JW House Gala

JW House celebrated in grand style its tenth anniversary of providing a loving home away from home for Silicon Valley families with children facing medical crises. A decade’s worth of friends gathered on Sept. 22 for its first-ever gala, held at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View. They shared stories of how JW House has … Read more

Santa Clara Bruins Win Thriller at Levi’s Stadium

Santa Clara Bruins Football at Levi's Stadium

It was a birthday that Santa Clara quarterback Nick Garcia won’t ever forget. His teammates probably won’t forget it either. Garcia celebrated his 18th birthday by helping lead the Bruins to a 26-21 victory over Saratoga at Levi’s Stadium on Friday. He accounted for all four of the Bruins’ touchdowns, three on the ground and … Read more

Mission Branch Library’s Renovations Are Revealed at Grand Reopening

Mission Branch Library Grand Reopening

On Sept. 22, community members and city dignitaries gathered at the Mission Branch Library (at 1098 Lexington St.) to celebrate the grand reopening of the library after its extensive renovations. The day’s itinerary came with speeches first, followed by library tours, and finally, family entertainment. “This is Santa Clara’s oldest library but now it will … Read more

Fremont Falls to Third Place With Loss to Gunn

Fremont Firebirds Volleyball

Tuesday’s volleyball matchup between the Sunnyvale Fremont Firebirds and Gunn Titans pitted a pair of 3-1 teams vying for sole possession of second place in the El Camino League standings. Both Fremont and Gunn came into the match having previously lost to first-place Cupertino. Between the two schools, only Fremont managed to pull out a … Read more

From Ballot Measures to Budgets, Santa Clara’s $200K Spin Meister Directs City Communications

Sam Singer works with Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor

Last winter Santa Clara hired crisis PR virtuoso Sam Singer to provide “professional public affairs/media relations services” that amounted to running the City’s public communication. Since then he has run the City’s communication with its constituents more like a marketing department than a public information office. From the Mayor’s squabbles with the 49ers to the … Read more

Police Report: Sept 16 – 22

The Santa Clara Police Department is on scene at Maywood Park with armored rescue vehicle. Eisenhower School on shelter in place.

Sunday, September 16, 2018 Burglary Location:  3600 Block of Stevens Creek Boulevard At approximately 1720 hours, two suspects driving a vehicle with paper plates pulled up behind an occupied, parked vehicle on the 3600 block of Stevens Creek Boulevard. The suspects broke the rear window to the occupied vehicle and took a backpack containing two … Read more

Fremont Loses Against Division Leading Wilcox

Fremont v Wilcox Football

The De Anza Division-leading Wilcox Chargers (5-0) steamrolled past the Fremont Firebirds of Sunnyvale (1-4), 59-7 in a division game tilt on Friday night at Fremont High School. From the opening possession for Wilcox, it was clear they were the better team scoring 26 seconds into the game on three plays. The Firebirds looked a … Read more

Santa Clara’s Chamber of Commerce Endorses Flood Protection Bill

Flood Bill: Senate Bill 881 by Senator Bob Wieckowski

Like many of the world’s shorelines, the South Bay is expected to be increasingly impacted by sea level rise due to climate change in the coming decades. With the wealth of commercial development and infrastructure located in the South Bay that’s precariously positioned to be threatened by damaging flood events, steps are being taken to … Read more