In 2016 voters approved $950 million in funds to be allocated toward affordable housing through the Measure A Affordable Housing Bond. Some of money, $25 million, is now being utilized to help first-time homebuyers in Santa Clara County through a new program called Empower Homebuyers. The County recently chose Housing Trust Silicon Valley as the … Read more
Every summer, Silicon Valley is treated to a big tennis tournament for professional players of the Women’s Tennis Association. Known as the Bank of the West Classic, the tournament was held on the campus of Stanford University from 1997 until last year, and sponsored by Bank of the West through its entire time at Stanford. … Read more
With the 49ers first preseason game on Aug. 9 and Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s upcoming concert on Sept. 29, the topic of short-term rentals and hotel tax rears its head again. These events and the usual stream of business travelers draw visitors from all parts of the country. Oftentimes, stadium visitors would rather crash nearby than … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 2, 1918) *Santa Clara County War Savings Stamp Drive August 12-19: Campaign to Raise $1,000,000 Planned by War Council: Drive Will Open with War Show at Victory Theatre *New Tax on Automobiles Part of Revenue Bill: Other Luxury Items to be Taxed: Sporting Goods, Pianos, Cameras, and Patent … Read more
Weekly Events Calendar Thursday, August 2 Senior Center Dance Night: Santa Clara Senior Center — 1303 Fremont St., Santa Clara. 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Admission: $6 and the dance lesson is included with admission. Light refreshments are served. Friday, August 3 Street Dance: Franklin Square — 1100-1300 Franklin St., Santa Clara. 6-9:30 p.m. Free … Read more
Santa Clara native Jim Greco has always eaten, breathed and slept baseball. While that may be a cliche, even now, the 42-year-old baseball lifer still gets to eat, breathe and sleep baseball. He is the founder and manager of the Living Legends travel ball program. Greco works full time in baseball between coaching at Homestead … Read more
For the Santa Clara girls volleyball team, winning on the court hasn’t come easy the past two seasons. Back-to-back 1-11 league seasons certainly isn’t ideal, but wins and losses don’t always tell the whole story. This season will be the third year the team has played under Head Coach Megan Morse-Quevedo, who graduated from Santa … Read more
Since Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle found Santa Clara had violated the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), the public conversation has been dominated by alternative districting maps, election sequencing, the extent of judicial power over charter cities and a fast track schedule for implementing a new by-district representation system in time for November’s election. But … Read more
Corruption in Santa Clara politics — not a racial divide — is the main problem with elections in the City, a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee said. At a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night, Kevin Park told a group of 13 people who met at the Women’s Club Adobe that the … 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