The Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) celebrated the retirement of two of its K-9 officers this month. Brek, an 8-year-old German Shepard, and Chip, a five-year-old German Shepard have both earned the time off after working tirelessly to keep their handlers and communities safe. Both K-9 officers worked closely with Officer Ogg. Brek has specialized … Read more
A Santa Clara man is the latest to lose expensive French Bulldogs to armed dognappers. Four burglars with guns in hand invaded Misael Rodriguez’s two-story, Santa Clara apartment on the 2700 block of Newhall St. on April 4 at 1 a.m. They carried off his two purebred French Bulldogs, valued at $30,000, leaving electronics and … Read more
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Santa Clara City Council approved a low-income senior complex, received an update on the City’s HUD grants and discussed the possibility of helping residents who live along a portion of San Tomas Expressway fix a sound wall that is toppling over in places. State-issued bonds will fund an 80-apartment complex for … Read more
Collecting single-use, compostable dirty diapers and transforming them into commercial compost has its laughs according to Mountain View dads Mark Siminoff and Tony Patron, co-founders of EarthBaby. “As you can imagine, there are a lot of funny stories when you operate a diaper delivery service, and we’ve heard more poop jokes than you would ever … Read more
In 2018, CalPERS opened a fraud investigation into Santa Clara after seeing possible evidence that now dismissed City Manager Deanna Santana put Mark Danaj on the payroll for a three-day-a-week job just weeks before the six-month deadline for Danaj to remain on the CalPERS classic pension plan. Danaj had been fired from Manhattan Beach in … Read more
President Biden will allocate an additional $200 million for the Silicon Valley BART Extension Phase II in his upcoming proposed budget. The project will extend the BART Silicon Valley alignment from the North San Jose Berryessa station through downtown San Jose to Santa Clara, adding four more stations and 6 more miles of track, including … Read more
“It’s not the way we planned, but it came out perfect,” said newlywed Laura Villasenor after her recent wedding to Ramses Rios in a sunny, balloon-decorated courtyard of the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Rios has been in the hospital for more than six months after a case of COVID-19 seriously damaged his lungs. … Read more
Santa Clara will be welcoming back a longtime City employee as interim City Manager, according to sources not authorized to speak to the press: former Director of Public Works and City Manager Rajeev Batra. He retired in 2017, after serving as Acting City Manager in 2016-17 and is the first Indian American city manager in … Read more
Santa Clara County is offering microbusiness grants to small businesses. Under direction from the County, the Enterprise Foundation will open the Microbusiness Grant portal this week for local eligible businesses to apply for Microbusiness grants of $2,500 each. How to Apply Applications will be available in English, Spanish or Vietnamese starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, … Read more
Russia’s unprovoked military attack and invasion of Ukraine launched on Feb. 24 brought dread to the hearts of members of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Center in Santa Clara, a spiritual and cultural hub since 1963 for South Bay residents with ties to Ukraine. “I was prepared for the attack mentally, but when it actually happened, … Read more