Bruins Football Finishes First Summer Under New Coach

With the month of August on the horizon, the new football season is quickly approaching. Both the Santa Clara High School Bruins and the Wilcox High School Chargers will begin “fall” practices with full pads on Friday, August 3. This past week the Bruins wrapped up their summer session of workouts — their first under … Read more

Six Districts, Two to Elect New Council Members in November

CVRA Legal Fees

Yesterday an amended order was published in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit directing the sequencing of elections for the City’s new by-district Council. Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle also ruled that the plaintiffs are entitled to recoup their legal fees and costs — which are likely to be in the millions — and … Read more

Limited Mosquito Treatment on Thursday, July 26 in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara

Mosquito Treatment

This post is from Nextdoor and is authored by Public Information Officer Laurel Anderson, County of Santa Clara   The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCC VCD) has confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) positive tests in adult mosquitoes collected from an area around portions of the 94085, 94086, 95051 and 95054 ZIP code areas that … Read more

Santa Clara District Elections Sequencing for California Voting Rights Act Remedy: Districts 2 & 3 in 2018

2018 City Council districts chart

Today, the judge in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Thomas Kuhnle, published an amendment to his July 23 order showing the sequence of elections for Santa Clara’s new by-district City Council. Districts 2 and 3 will elect their first district representatives in November, and the remaining four districts will elect their first … Read more

Day Two of the California Voting Rights Lawsuit Remedy Hearing

Voting Rights Case Lawsuit

Yesterday’s hearing in Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit began where it left off on Wednesday: with demographer David Ely testifying. Ely was asked by plaintiff’s attorney Maurice Baller to make a hypothesis about what would have happened in the 2014 and 2016 City Council elections if they were by-district elections using Ely’s seven-district map. The … Read more

Judge in Voting Rights Case Considers Proposed Order for 7 Districts

Voting Rights Case Lawsuit

On Wednesday Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit entered its second phase: determining the remedy for the City’s voting rights violation. County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle announced that this case would have a third phase: an implementation phase where the court has “direct oversight of the implementation of the remedy.” A proposed remedy order was … Read more

Fire, Ready, Aim: Council Launches New Ballot Measures, Considers End Runs Against Court Orders

Voting Rights Violation

At a special Monday night meeting — within days of a judge’s remedy order for Santa Clara’s voting rights violation — the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to advance another ballot measure about City elections, this time an advisory vote on whether or not the City should elect its Council by districts. The measure … Read more

Council Set to Admonish, Possibly Censure, Two Of Its Own

Renewable Energy

Two Santa Clara City Council Members came under heavy fire for failing to appoint someone to the Council’s vacant seat. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Council entertained reprimanding Council Members Patricia Mahan and Pat Kolstad for what many saw as an attempt to subvert the process to fill former Council Member Dominic Caserta’s seat. Following … Read more

Fuego Nuevo Brings the Fire to Family Fun Night

Fuego Nuevo, Family Fun Night

The multicultural performances at the weekly Family Fun Nights put on by Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends have been drawing crowds all summer. The performers of Ballet Folklórico Mexicano Fuego Nuevo took the stage at July 9’s Family Fun Night. The Central Park Pavilion was alive with the sounds of upbeat Mexican music … Read more

Santa Clara this Week – A Calendar of Upcoming Events

Silicon Valley Events

Weekly Events Calendar Thursday, July 19 Walk with a Cop Safety Talk: Santa Clara Senior Center. 10-11 a.m. For more information, call (408) 615-3170.   Friday, July 20 Teen Library Lock-In: Central Park Library. 7 p.m. For grades 7-12. Register at https://sccl2018lock-in.eventbrite.com.   Saturday, July 21 Santa Clara Farmers Market #FreshYoga Series Event: At the … Read more