In the old Wild West there were a few major items that won the West. The locomotive, the Winchester rifle and barbed wire. Now, you could argue there were other important ingredients like the law, and you may recall that the law of the West could be a little spotty. You may have seen an … Read more
School is back in session and Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) is on top of keeping students and staff safe by testing water for lead. A recent report by the San Francisco Chronicle stated that few California school districts took measures to test water under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Under the 2017 Permit … Read more
Golden Mushroom Pizza has become the latest casualty in a string of long-standing Santa Clara restaurants closing its doors. The pizzeria, which opened on Dec. 19, 1974, will close for good on Thursday, Sept. 20 — just three months shy of its 45th anniversary. According to Caroline Moran, who currently runs the day-to-day operations with … Read more
A housing project that drew the ire of prospective neighbors at the start of the year is now being lauded as a remedy to issues of rent affordability in Santa Clara. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Council and the public alike seemed to do a 180 on the housing complex at 2330 Monroe St. … Read more
It certainly didn’t take long for the volleyball season to feel like it was in full swing on Thursday night. The first set in the first league game turned out to be a stand alone thriller. The Santa Clara Bruins — led by seniors Fiona Paul and Bianca Blandford — took on their rival Wilcox … Read more
New Saturday hours at Santa Clara’s DMV office have led to mixed results. In late July, California decided to extend the hours at 60 DMV offices statewide, including the one on Flora Vista Ave. The hope was that by opening earlier and on Saturday, it would help alleviate wait times. But on Aug. 25, the … Read more
Early exclusion trouble would come back to haunt the Fremont Firebirds on Tuesday afternoon in Sunnyvale. After one quarter, Fremont trailed the visiting Wilcox Chargers just 3-1, but the Chargers took advantage of the Firebirds’ misfortunes. Fremont was missing one of their captains for the duration of the contest as senior Isaac Jacobson was out … 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
Small agenda with some big items in it. We start the evening with a study session to review the Civic Center Master Plan Final Environmental Impact Report. For the general session, the consent calendar is pretty small. There are only two items of note – the quarterly investment report and the extension of an exclusive negotiating agreement … Read more
Personally, I blame Benjamin Franklin. It was old Ben who told us, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” The fact that it can also make a man exhausted, cranky and deeply depressed did not stop Franklin from promulgating his catchy, but highly prejudicial, axiom. Which is why … Read more