“It was a fun day,” said Hannah. “I thought it was going to be talking about cars. But it wasn’t. It was about wrapping gifts for others and getting gifts.” Hannah was just one of 150 children from Santa Clara Unified School District invited to this year’s Santa Clara Rotary Christmas 4 Kids. For more … Read more
You might know Ray Gamma’s name from Santa Clara’s Ray Gamma dog park. In the course of his 92 years, the lifelong Santa Clara resident put his mark, if not his name, on much of Santa Clara. Although he’s been professionally retired since 2011, he’s been anything but “retired.” He served on the Santa Clara … Read more
Santa Clara police are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a traffic collision near the intersection of Stevens Creek Boulevard and Tyler Street around 12:19 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10. At least one person was killed and another suffered life-threatening injuries when a pickup truck and SUV collided. Emergency responders from the Santa Clara … Read more
Eight Cabrillo Middle School students have received national recognition at the annual Thermo Fischer Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. The students comprised three teams, each of which submitted a scientific solution to a real world problem. While the projects were submitted during the 2023-24 school year, the announcement of the top 300 was only released recently. … Read more
Paired Power and Santa Clara University (SCU) have partnered to provide direct clean energy to the University’s maintenance fleet and other electric vehicles. In October, the university announced that Paired Power, a leading American-made solar and microgrid electric vehicle charger manufacturer, installed two PairTree solar electric vehicle (EV) chargers at Santa Clara University’s facilities yard. … Read more
A Santa Clara business owner who lost business because of two city construction projects has been made whole, but the situation illuminates a larger question about the city’s responsibility regarding contractors. After two city projects shut off water, shut off his power and closed the street last year, the owner of OG Performance and Tuning, 940 … Read more
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, the Menagerie Oddities Yuletide Market on the Winchester Mystery House grounds is the holiday fair for you. The Winchester House — curious, odd and macabre in its own right —is an ideal venue for the fair and its odd and lovely wares. It’s Día de los Muertos meets The … Read more
After several continuances, a plan to place a cell phone tower at 3111 Benton Street was continued by the Planning Commission again, this time with the hopes that the applicant could review all available options for the tower’s location. The item has come before the Planning Commission three times prior. At each turn, residents asked … Read more
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters certified the results of the November 5 election. This means Santa Clara voters passed Measure I, a general obligation bond that will fund greatly needed infrastructure projects in our city. The $400M in bond proceeds will enhance the City’s efforts to address over $600M in unfunded infrastructure needs, … 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 Winter Wonder Market 2024 — Saturday, Dec. 14 – Sunday, Dec. 15 at San Jose Convention Center (150 W San Carlos … Read more