Council’s Continued Confusion About Police Chief’s Compensation Although the Santa Clara City Council was set to pass an ordinance giving the job of setting the Police Chief’s salary to the Salary-Setting Commission, at the Sept. 18 Council Meeting meeting they appeared to be confused. The item was pulled from the consent calendar — items that are … Read more
The annual Santa Clara and Wilcox rivalry football game churned out another win for the Chargers on Friday night. Wilcox took this one — a 63-7 victory. However, despite the lopsided loss, Bruins Head Coach Burt Codera said he likes the fact that the schools continue to put the game on the schedule. “I like … Read more
The 2018 Homecoming festivities at Adrian Wilcox High School begin at 12:45 p.m. on September 28 with “Mystical Cities” — a themed parade of marchers, automobiles and, this year, class floats made with a nod to conserving natural resources. Each class chose its mystical city: seniors, Wakanda from “Black Panther;” juniors, Asgard from “Thor;” sophomores, … Read more
The City of Santa Clara’s annual Art and Wine Festival is a favorite, not just in Santa Clara, but regionally. Festival goers and vendors from across the Bay Area come to enjoy summer’s last hurrah in Central Park. This year’s festival had artists with 165 arts and crafts booths, 25 community groups serving festival food favorites, … Read more
The iconic C.J. Olson Cherries stand near the corner of El Camino Real and S. Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale is set to close at the end of the month. Owner Deborah Olson, who was born during cherry season and worked side-by-side with her grandmother, Rose, at the stand until her grandmother’s death in 1988, said … Read more
Sunday, September 9, 2018 Assault with a Deadly Weapon Location: Mayellen Avenue and Scott Street, San Jose The Press Release detailing the San Jose Police Department’s investigation of an officer-involved shooting by a member of the Santa Clara Police Department is available at http://www.sjpd.org/inews/viewpressrelease.asp?ID=2756 Monday, September 10, 2018 Commercial Burglary Location: 2000 Block … Read more
Thursday afternoon at Wilcox was the setting for all four rivalry games. The Santa Clara Bruins and Wilcox Chargers varsity and JV water polo squads for both boys and girls battled for city bragging rights. First on the deck were the varsity boys with Wilcox storming out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter. … Read more
In 2014, Mountain View City Council quietly laid out a condition: any future office tenants in the San Antonio Shopping Center would be prohibited from providing free daily meals or subsidizing more than half the cost of a meal at any in-house cafeterias. The restriction came from complaints made in 2013 by local restaurants struggling … Read more
Santa Clara City Council, Mayoral and City Clerk Candidates Forums Three Santa Clara candidate forums are planned for the November election, two will be held by the City and one by the Old Quad Residents Association. The City-hosted forums will be held at City Council Chambers (1500 Warburton Ave. Santa Clara) and conducted by the League … Read more
Santa Clara paid $579,978.19 to the law firm Churchwell White between September 2017 and July 2018 — an average of $58,000 a month. This was for the services of attorney Steven Churchwell, who represented the City in its losing defense against the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit that was decided earlier this year. Churchwell … Read more