Before Santa Clara inked its deal with the Related Companies to develop the City’s 240-acre golf course, City Planning Commissioner and candidate for Council District 2 Raj Chahal found that Santa Clara could have saved 75 acres of land from development at a loss of only 11 percent of anticipated revenue. Chahal took his findings … Read more
The arbitration decision ending the nearly three-years long Levi’s Stadium facility rent dispute took a middle road, giving neither the Santa Clara City Council/Stadium Authority (SA) nor the 49ers Stadium Company (StadCo) everything they asked for. In his decision, the arbitrator, Honorable Read Ambler — a retired judge — relied on one key principle: that “a … Read more
If you could have seen the faces of the candidates for City Council in June, you would understand why the Council had to admonish fellow Council Members Patricia Mahan and Pat Kolstad. Or so Mayor Lisa Gillmor, Vice Mayor Kathy Watanabe and Council Members Debi Davis and Teresa O’Neill think. All four referenced “the look … Read more
Santa Clara Swim Team coach Allison Beebe is stepping onto the international stage this week. She is in Fiji, serving as the head coach of the United States’ Women’s National Junior Team at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships. The team is comprised of America’s future swimming stars. All of the swimmers are under the … Read more
The July City Council calendars are out, and one thing is still clear: previous months have not been edited to reflect missed meetings. There continues to be no mention of Peter Hillan, Banner Public Affairs, and, given the City’s recent rent battle with the 49ers, no mention of Sam Singer, the City’s contracted public affairs … Read more
Real estate developer Equity Residential submitted an application to the City of Santa Clara earlier this year with the aim of significantly increasing the size of the Laguna Clara Apartments at 3131 Homestead Rd. The housing development is on a 12.43-acre lot about midway between the San Tomas and Lawrence Expressways. The application is subject … Read more
Maybe the question about this column is: “Will he return?” As you may have heard, at the beginning of July I contracted pneumonia. After nearly a week in intensive care, I was allowed to escape for home care. The past two months would have been a challenge for better equipped people like Batman. Thank you … Read more
The 10th Annual Sevathon, an initiative of the Milpitas-based India Community Center (ICC), brought together nonprofits to raise funds and awareness for their causes. Over $500,000 was raised from sponsorship and registrations, of which $250,000 was raised by the approximately 85 nonprofits that participated. “Seva” is a Sanskrit word meaning “service.” Sevathon took place on … 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 of the arrests … Read more
You may not be the most productive worker in your company or the best paid, but no one can say you aren’t the weirdest. Alas, there are forces in the work force that are out to attack your weirdness. They want everyone to be “normal.” You can imagine how boring that would be. In a … Read more