Another public relations person for the San Francisco 49ers and the treasurer for its independent campaign committee testified for the prosecution Thursday in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker. Deliberations on the fifth day of the perjury trial of the Santa Clara vice mayor didn’t get off to a great … Read more
Connor Kim is a smiling and healthy 8-month-old baby. Before he was even born, Connor’s mother Stephanie Kim made the decision to protect him from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Last year, when she was 36 weeks pregnant, Stephanie Kim received the newly approved prenatal vaccination against RSV called Abrysvo. “I got the shot because … 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 Foundation and Friends Book Sale — Friday, Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. … Read more
The vote is in and the four years of retail “free theft” has ended. Voters didn’t like the idea and if the details hadn’t been buried in a sneaky ballot measure, it wouldn’t have passed in the first place. This column has covered the crime of approving free crime up to $950 at least a … Read more
The fourth day of testimony in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker ended with a bang. After the jury left the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Public Defender Chris Montoya aired his frustration at late discovery produced by the prosecution. Montoya told the court that since … Read more
Santa Clara will construct a power transmission line despite resident concerns that its emissions cause negative health impacts. In early October, the Santa Clara City Council delayed the item until it could get more information. At that meeting, droves of residents turned out to implore the council to halt the project, citing the potential for … Read more
Former 49ers chief of communications and public relations, Rahul Chandhok, was back on the stand Tuesday to wrap up his testimony in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker. During the defense’s cross-examination at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill, Becker’s pro bono attorney Grant Fondo, spent a lot of … Read more
The recent suicide of a Santa Clara teen has left many reeling, trying to untangle the circumstances that led to his death. Last week, 14-year-old Jose Zamora took his own life. Since then, school officials and police have been trying to get to the bottom of the boy’s death. Zamora’s father, Jose Bautista, has claimed … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers are league champions this season and leading the way is sophomore Kai Imahara, who, at 15 years old, is the youngest starting quarterback for Wilcox in 30 years. The last time the Chargers went with a sophomore as the varsity starting quarterback was back in 1994. Even more impressively, Imahara won the … Read more
Starting a brand new high school football program has been a big challenge for Kathleen MacDonald High School. Yet after finishing their third ever season, and first ever season at the varsity level, with a .500 league record (4-4), one could argue that Head Coach Burt Codera was able to ace the biggest test he’ll … Read more