On Nov. 13, Santa Clara’s City Council will decide whether to approve a rate increase for Silicon Valley Power (SVP). The proposal to increase electricity rates by two percent for customers was described as “modest” by the City as it would only result in an estimated $1 per month uptick on the average Santa Clarans’ … Read more
Planning Commission members voted to move the Tasman East Specific Plan closer to adoption at a meeting on Oct. 24. The commissioners voted to recommend that the City Council approve the plan document at an upcoming meeting on Nov. 13. The action came with modifications to the plan that would further reduce the number of … Read more
Thousands of Santa Clara voters cast their vote in the November 2018 elections. As of Wednesday, Nov. 7, 100 percent of all the precincts are reporting and the City will welcome new leadership as well as welcome back some familiar faces. Interestingly, more voters cast a vote for Measure M — the cannabis tax measure … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the City and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all of the arrests … Read more
On Saturday, Santa Clara voters received a hit piece from a gray money PAC endorsing Don Rocha and falsely accusing his opponent Susan Ellenberg of taking donations from the 49ers. The mailer showed a faked picture of a check signed by Jed York and made out to a non-existent campaign committee. There are no 49ers … Read more
You could compare candidate for Mayor Anthony Becker’s online campaign to the new TV season. And you could call that of his opponent, Sitting Mayor Lisa Gillmor, reruns from the 2016 season. A professional videographer, mayoral candidate Becker hasn’t been shy in attacking opponent Lisa Gillmor’s record on Twitter, Facebook and his YouTube channel. Becker … Read more
In an effort to raise awareness and consciousness about issues facing the Guadalupe Washington neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara University students teamed up with community members to have a mural painted at Washington Elementary School. Seven undergraduates enrolled in SCU’s Community Based Participatory Action Resource course spent 20 weeks photographing neighborhood concerns and collecting … Read more
As of Friday, $231,000 has poured into Santa Clara’s 2018 City election in direct donations and PAC spending. Here are the candidates’ rankings in the money race. We include political clubs in the designation ‘political action committee’ (PAC). We are also considering both direct donations and independent expenditures in the calculation of candidates’ total economic … Read more
At one of two Oct. 20 Computer Autopsy Programs at Northside Library, Teen Librarian Rachel Hughes wore blue medical scrubs as she dissected two old computers from Central Park Library. Hughes projected the contents of each computer onto a big screen for her audience of second to fourth graders. “When I was younger, the thing … Read more
The California legislature passed a series of new laws that went into effect January 2018 that help promote the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) by clarifying policies and making it easier to move forward with such projects. ADUs come in a variety of forms such as micro-homes, granny flats, backyard cottages and in-law units, … Read more