Santa Clara police have arrested a Silicon Valley Power (SVP) employee for possession of illegal guns. Thejon Baza, 47, of Turlock, was a journey lineworker for SVP, according to the site Transparent California. In 2023, Baza earned $460,191 in pay and benefits, $149,326 of which was overtime pay. The site has not been updated with … 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 Foundation and Friends Book Sale — Central Park Library (2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara) Friday, Jan. 17: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 … Read more
A legal ruling has caused Santa Clara to claw back rules requiring that all new construction be entirely electric. A 9th Circuit Court ruling against the city of Berkley found that such environmental regulations are illegal. Since Santa Clara’s regulations, known as its reach code, were modeled after Berkley’s, City Attorney Glen Googins said it … Read more
When Santa Clara planned to build a new library in Central Park, city officials worried the Santa Clara Lawn Bowlers clubhouse would be an eyesore. So, the city demolished it. City officials told the club the city would build a new clubhouse. In the meantime, the lawn bowlers could use an old construction trailer. It … Read more
As more local firefighters headed south over the weekend, crews already on the scene are putting in long hours in the fight against the cataclysmic fires raging in Los Angeles. Over the weekend, Santa Clara Fire Engine 90 was dispatched to the Pasadena Fire Staging Area at the Rose Bowl as part of a Mutual … Read more
In 1896 — 14 years after Thomas Edison launched the first electrical power plant in the U.S., Santa Clara’s Board of Town Trustees made a historic decision: they invested $7,000 in an electric generator. That 1896 project laid the groundwork for all of the city’s electric power policy that followed. While that policy put control … Read more
Misinformation ran rampant online regarding the fate of little league fields leading up to the Santa Clara Unified Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, Jan. 9. This is not the first time a Board agenda went live and caused premature panic. Facility Master Plans Controversy For two and a half years the District has … Read more
Southern California’s cataclysmic fires were only 36 hours old, but by Thursday afternoon, firefighters from Sunnyvale and Santa Clara were on the ground in Southern California. They are part of a Santa Clara County strike team joining the fight against five wildfires that have, in two days, burned a path of devastation and tragedy across … 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. All Weekend Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club presents Gabriel Rutledge with Erin Ingle and Imran G. — Thursday, Jan. 9 – Sunday, Jan. … Read more
There are people in this world who are proactive. They prepare for the future; they stock their cupboards, and they build their earthquake kits. There are also people in this world who are reactive. These are the people who knock on your door for a cup of sugar mid-baking project. They are the ones who … Read more