A massive mixed-use development that came to the Santa Clara City Council nearly seven years ago has come back — with substantial changes. At its Nov. 19 meeting, the council unanimously approved the complex that adds 2,600 apartments to the city’s housing stock, but the development also includes office and retail space. Amenities featured at … Read more
The perjury trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker dragged into a ninth day on Wednesday as Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office criminalist Fernando Ramirez, Jr. continued his testimony at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill. Ramirez extracted data from Becker’s electronic devices and the devices of former 49ers communications chief … Read more
When it comes to Santa Clara high school football, it’s typically been the Wilcox Chargers who have been the stronger school. However, in this year’s inaugural season of girls’ flag football in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL), it was the Santa Clara Bruins that were by far the more impressive squad. The Bruins, … Read more
The issue of what exactly makes someone an “expert” witness took up some of the time in Department 106 at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill on Tuesday. Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky asked Judge Javier Alcala to recognize Fernando Ramirez Jr., a criminalist with the DA’s office, as a “digital forensics expert.” Anthony … Read more
Despite losing starting quarterback Kai Imahara last week to a season-ending injury, the No. 1 seeded Wilcox Chargers still managed to look as dominant as ever in their CCS playoff opener against Santa Teresa on Friday. The Chargers pummeled the Saints to the tune of a 36-3 final just one week after Imahara suffered a … Read more
Three advocacy groups have filed a complaint against the local school district, alleging it has created a culture hostile to Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims. On Oct. 31, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and the Arab Resource & Organizing Center filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department … Read more
Four witnesses for the prosecution testified Monday in the perjury trial of Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker. The first witness was the director of a public relations firm the 49ers used during the time of the civil grand jury report leak. The second was the designer who set up the website GrandJuryReport-dot-com, a site … Read more
On day six of Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial, the jury got to hear testimony from him — although in an atypical way. In court Friday, Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, assisted by fellow Deputy District Attorney Joel Gorman, read into the record Becker’s testimony to the criminal grand jury in 2022. … Read more
All eyes are on the Santa Clara Unified School District and Board of Trustees after a student committed suicide last week. The community is grieving, but they are also angry. They’re angry that not enough was done to protect this young life. Culture of Bullying Bullying is unacceptable, is what Superintendent Dr. Gary Waddell … Read more
Sixteen-year-old Mikhil Kiran, a senior at the Harker School in San Jose, started out in the business world in the fourth grade, selling handcrafted soap with friends at a children’s business fair in Burlingame. He had so much fun that he wanted to do it again—but closer to his home in Santa Clara. “Why don’t … Read more