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
On Saturday, Santa Clara voters received a hit piece from a gray money PAC endorsing Don Rocha and falsely accusing his opponent Susan Ellenberg of taking donations from the 49ers. The mailer showed a faked picture of a check signed by Jed York and made out to a non-existent campaign committee. There are no 49ers … Read more
You could compare candidate for Mayor Anthony Becker’s online campaign to the new TV season. And you could call that of his opponent, Sitting Mayor Lisa Gillmor, reruns from the 2016 season. A professional videographer, mayoral candidate Becker hasn’t been shy in attacking opponent Lisa Gillmor’s record on Twitter, Facebook and his YouTube channel. Becker … Read more
In an effort to raise awareness and consciousness about issues facing the Guadalupe Washington neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara University students teamed up with community members to have a mural painted at Washington Elementary School. Seven undergraduates enrolled in SCU’s Community Based Participatory Action Resource course spent 20 weeks photographing neighborhood concerns and collecting … Read more
As of Friday, $231,000 has poured into Santa Clara’s 2018 City election in direct donations and PAC spending. Here are the candidates’ rankings in the money race. We include political clubs in the designation ‘political action committee’ (PAC). We are also considering both direct donations and independent expenditures in the calculation of candidates’ total economic … Read more
At one of two Oct. 20 Computer Autopsy Programs at Northside Library, Teen Librarian Rachel Hughes wore blue medical scrubs as she dissected two old computers from Central Park Library. Hughes projected the contents of each computer onto a big screen for her audience of second to fourth graders. “When I was younger, the thing … Read more
The California legislature passed a series of new laws that went into effect January 2018 that help promote the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) by clarifying policies and making it easier to move forward with such projects. ADUs come in a variety of forms such as micro-homes, granny flats, backyard cottages and in-law units, … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (November 1, 1918) Political Doom of E.A. Hayes Sealed by Sordid Tactics: Deputy County Clerk Eugene Don Makes Sworn Statement Charging Hayes’ Newspaper, the Mercury-Herald, with Changing Official County Record to Injure Candidacy of Hugh Hersman Give President Wilson a Real Genuine Supporter: Elect Hugh S. Hersman War Council … Read more
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Spreading awareness with various innovative measures, it is aimed at creating a world safe from bullying. According to the national statistics on the Unites States official website on bullying, stopbullying.gov, between one in four and one in three students in United States have been bullied at school, with the … Read more
“Faith Led, Justice Driven” was the theme of the 24th Annual Gala of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA). The gala sold out, drawing more than 1,300 Bay Area Muslims, friends and dignitaries to the Santa Clara Convention Center on Oct. 27 to uplift their faith community and raise funds to … Read more