In the Valley this Week: November 29 – December 5

Silicon Valley Events

Thursday, November 29 The Future of Santa Clara’s El Camino Real: Santa Clara Senior Center — 1303 Fremont St, Santa Clara. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Register on Eventbrite. Between Riverside and Crazy Opening Night: San Jose Stage Company — 490 S 1st St, San Jose. Nov. 21 – Dec. 16. Tickets: $30-$72 for more information … Read more

Wilcox Makes School History; Will Play for CCS Championship

Wilcox Chargers CCS Championship

For the first time in school history the Wilcox Chargers football team will play in a CIF NorCal regional game. A 45-27 victory over the Salinas Cowboys in the Central Coast Section Semifinal has also put the Chargers in line for a CCS Championship, which would be their first since 1997. “It’s pretty cool for … Read more

Milestones: Thanks for Nothing…

Thanks for nothing, Deanna Santana, Chamber of Commerce

Thanksgiving is obviously over. Our City Council has not, and is not, giving thanks to the Chamber of Commerce for 35 years of commendable service. You may recall the Chamber has been managers of our Convention Center and Convention Visitors Bureau for more than three decades. What makes this remarkable is the length of time … Read more

Transparency: City Council October Calendars

In August, the Santa Clara City Council Members met with people like Jude Barry and discussed topics like Related Santa Clara.

Related’s Day The Related Companies’ Executive Vice President Steve Eimer and President and CEO Ken Himmel met with most of City Council in October, and City Manager Deanna Santana — who maintains biweekly meetings with the developer — and Assistant City Manager Ruth Shikada sat in on those meetings. All meetings with Related occurred on … Read more

City Takes Steps Towards an Eminent Domain Action on Stars & Stripes

David's at Stars & Stripes under eminent domain

In October, Santa Clara sent David Ebrahimi, the owner of the now-closed David’s Restaurant and the still-operating David’s Banquet Hall, an offer to buy out his lease on the banquet hall in order to widen and reconfigure Stars & Stripes Drive. It’s the first step in an eminent domain action and the result of many … Read more

Gateway Crossings Surpasses Hurdle at Planning Commission

Gateway Crossings, Very High Density

Planning Commissioners devoted the bulk of the Nov. 14 meeting to deliberate over the proposed Gateway Crossings project at 1205 Coleman Ave. After much discussion about affordable housing and traffic impacts, the members voted to approve the Environmental Impact Report, a General Plan amendment to allow for high density housing associated with the project as … Read more

Self-Driving Cars Arrive in Sunnyvale

Waymo Driverless Minivan on the Road

Waymo’s self-driving cars are now on the roads of Sunnyvale. “Waymo’s 39 authorized test vehicles can operate with no one in the vehicle within the approved areas of Santa Clara County. Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Sunnyvale,” said Marty Greenstein, a spokesman for the Dept. of Motor Vehicles (DMV). “The … Read more

Police Report: November 18 – 24

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

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

11/27/2018 Sunnyvale City Council Preview

water supply, bonds

Looks like a pretty simple night. We start the evening with a study session to discuss how to encourage the use of heat pumps for water and space heating. The agenda is pretty light all the way around. The consent calendar mainly has a construction agreement for rehabilitating the irrigation systems at Braly and Ponderosa Park. Item … Read more

49ers Partner with Learning by Giving Foundation to Help Local Students

49ers Partner with Learning by Giving Foundation

The San Francisco 49ers Foundation announced a new partnership with the Learning by Giving Foundation. A non-profit started by Doris Buffet, Learning by Giving’s mission is to educate the next generation of philanthropists. Locally, that next generation is made up of students from Cabrillo Middle School and Santa Clara High School, who are involved in … Read more