Long after high school corridors are silent and doors locked, certain home garages around Silicon Valley are buzzing like bee hives. Forgetting time (and occasionally homework), teenage robotics enthusiasts crowd inside them. Members of high school and community robotics teams, they have been engrossed since last fall in the time-consuming challenge of designing, building, and … Read more
Many Santa Clara swimmers are still irate that the George F. Haines International Swim Center (ISC) is closed. The pool being out of commission has been a sore spot for swimmers since hazardous conditions forced the city to close it last year. Since then, aquatics enthusiasts have regularly turned out in droves to the council … Read more
A long vacant lot in Santa Clara will finally be turned into housing and in an area that desperately needs it. On Dec. 16, the developer, Kapital Partners, was joined by community leaders to break ground at 2655 The Alameda, located across the street from Santa Clara University (SCU). The oddly shaped triangular lot has … Read more
Santa Clara has returned Sunday hours at the Central Park Library. As of Jan. 26, the library is open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. A community survey showed residents prioritized returning library hours to their pre-pandemic levels. As a result, the city council set it as a priority, earmarking money to fund 10 additional … Read more
The court date to sentence former Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker has been delayed by two months. His new court date is March 21, 2025. Becker was supposed to be sentenced on Jan. 31 on charges of perjury and violation of duty for leaking the civil grand jury report entitled “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” to … Read more
The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration. This Weekend Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club presents Alex Moffat with Jill Maragos and Iain Langlands — Thursday, Jan. 30 – Sunday, Feb. … Read more
A new year feels like a new beginning, a chance to start with a clean slate. In our everyday lives, we — most of us, anyway — make resolutions to do better in the coming year, exercise more, spend less or start a new endeavor. 2025 also brings to Santa Clara a new city council. … Read more
A commercial van fire in the underground garage of the Orchard Glen apartment complex was extinguished quickly on Thursday afternoon, with no injuries thanks to a speedy response from Santa Clara Fire Department. Smoke from the fire was visible on Stevens Creek Boulevard. The fire broke out at about 1:45 p.m., and SCFD was on … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council has approved a contract with a mental health provider. The three-year $390,000 contract works out to $1 per resident annually. “This effort is to provide connections to mental health care, and it is a priority of the city’s as we all know mental health significantly impacts not only the individual … Read more
The gentle tinkle of the brass bell inside a small conference room at Kaiser Santa Clara on Jan. 17 did not do the enormity of the event justice. As two-and-a-half-year-old Lucy Nguyen clutched the too heavy bell in her small hand and shook, her parents, My and Lawrence, embraced, pressing the small toddler between them … Read more