SCU Student’s Family Sues City, County and CalTrans for Wrongful Death

The family of Kephas Pope is suing SCU, Domicilio Apts & others after a driver jumped the median on El Camino and killed the college student.

Just around lunchtime on Nov. 21, 2024, 18-year-old Kephas Pope waited in the dirt median between the Domicilio Apartments, where he lived, and Santa Clara University’s (SCU) main campus, waiting to cross El Camino Real. He would never make it across. While Pope waited to walk his bike the rest of the way across the … Read more

Sunnyvale Jewelry Store Employees Deter Another Robbery, Police Arrest Five Suspects 

Sunnyvale police, in conjunction with SCPD, have arrested five people connected to an attempted smash-and-grab robbery.

Armed employees at a Sunnyvale jewelry store foiled another attempted smash-and-grab robbery less than a week before police arrested five men for similar crimes. On the afternoon of July 18, surveillance footage captured video of approximately 10 would-be thieves descending on Nijjar Jewelers, 1024 E. El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. Just five days later, on … Read more

El Camino Hospital Breaks Ground on Rehab Facility in Sunnyvale

El Camino Hospital broke ground on a new rehabilitation facility on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale on April 22. It will include beds for long-term stays.

A new, state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility will soon take shape along one of Sunnyvale’s main corridors. While initial construction work on the new El Camino Hospital facility on El Camino Real near Mary Avenue has already started, the official groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 22. “Patients in these types of facilities will learn how to … Read more

Planning Commission Approves Subdivision Map for Townhouses on El Camino Real

The Santa Clara Planning Commission approved a tentative subdivision map for a planned development with 22 townhomes on El Camino Real.

A quick meeting of the Santa Clara Planning Commission on Oct. 11. In less than an hour, the commission dispatched all of the City business before it and headed home for the night. The only item on the agenda was a tentative subdivision map for the property located at 3378-86 El Camino Real. The lot … Read more