Santa Clara will eliminate three focus areas the city previously designated for housing. At its Tuesday night meeting, the Santa Clara City Council opted to maintain industrial and office uses in the Central Expressway, De la Cruz Boulevard and Lawrence Station regions, removing the general plan designation that earmarked them as areas for potential housing. … Read more
Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, California’s community colleges are trying to crack down on financial aid fraud. Scammers have increasingly infiltrated the state’s 116 community colleges, posing as students in an effort to steal financial aid from the state and federal government. At a meeting on Tuesday, the board that oversees California’s community … Read more
As the economy continues to retract, an area workforce developer is rolling out some new initiatives to help workers and employers navigate tough economic times. NOVAworks Job Center is a federally funded job services program. It provides services to job seekers and employers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, NOVAworks serves Los Altos, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, … Read more
Santa Clara University SCU Presents is wrapping up the 2024-25 season with a pair of jazz concerts, Wednesday and Saturday of this week, with something for almost every jazz lover. The performance on the 28th features a full jazz orchestra performing classic jazz pieces and a modern composition by Annie Booth — commissioned for the Reno … Read more
Santa Clara is in Cindy Weir Cooper’s bones. “I grew up in Santa Clara. I went to Santa Clara High. I work at Santa Clara University. I live on Santa Clara Street,” she said. “I feel like Santa Clara is me, sort of. I can’t escape it. I can’t get away from it.” Cooper is … Read more
Recently installed speed cameras throughout San Francisco are capturing an average of more than one thousand speeding drivers each day, according to data released by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. SFMTA began its speed camera pilot program in April, with cameras set up so far at 21 locations across the city. For now, drivers … Read more
The Gilroy Garlic Festival will be held at Gilroy Gardens’ South County Grove this summer after a tragic shooting in 2019 and post-pandemic financial strain caused the festival to go dark in 2022. The return of the Gilroy event, which dates back to 1979, influenced a similar festival that had sprung up in its absence … Read more
A delivery driver pleaded guilty on May 13 to defrauding more than $2.5 million from the San Francisco-based DoorDash delivery company, according to federal prosecutors. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, a 30-year-old Newport Beach resident, and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2024 with a single count of conspiracy to commit … Read more
Life-long Santa Claran Susie Hartline got tired of paying $460 a month to rent a storage unit to store all the stuff she no longer wants or needs. So, she signed up for Santa Clara’s city-wide garage sale on April 19 and emptied her storage unit. It was also an opportunity for her mom, Geri … Read more
They’re calling it “Ulta Thefts … Ultimate Arrests.” The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department has arrested two people tied to a string of beauty product thefts in the South Bay and deputies are looking for a third suspect. Deputies say the trio stole from multiple Ulta Beauty stores, including ones in Sunnyvale and Cupertino. According … Read more