Santa Clara Unified announces its policy to serve nutritious meals every school day under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Breakfasts and lunches will be served free of charge every school day, but Santa Clara Unified is still required to make eligibility determinations for free and reduced-price meals. Effective July 1, 2025 … Read more
Sunnyvale’s latest park, which honors the city’s farming heritage, is now open. Earlier this year, the Sunnyvale City Council named the park located at 1197 Lily Ave. Corn Palace Park. From 1965 until 2015, the two-acre parcel where the park is located acted as a farm stand. On June 27, the city cut the ribbon … Read more
After nearly 50 years of public service, a local political mainstay is finally throwing in the towel without a loss on his record. Larry Stone, Santa Clara County’s assessor, announced last month that he will not seek re-election in 2026. For the past 30 years, Stone has managed a department that determines the value of … Read more
We’ve all been hearing about likely PG&E power shutoffs — Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) — to reduce California wildfire risks. And in Santa Clara, we’re all asking the same question: Will shutoffs affect Santa Clara’s municipal electric company, Silicon Valley Power (SVP)? The short answer is: Unlikely. “So far the City of Santa Clara … 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. This Weekend Foundation and Friends Book Sale — Friday, July 18 (3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) & Saturday, July 19 (10 a.m. – 2 … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council altered the zoning on two parcels to make way for a pair of housing projects that will add 17 for-sale homes to the city. At its last meeting on July 15 before its break, the council approved slight increases to two properties fairly close to each other, allowing for a … Read more
To avoid having to meet below-market-rate housing requirements, the developer for a Sunnyvale housing project has turned over a parcel of land to the city. Valley Oaks Partners, a San Jose-based developer, originally planned to turn the vacant Orchard Supply Hardware site, located at 777 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road, into a combination of townhomes and below-market-rate … Read more
Two recent Santa Clara City Council decisions will continue to bolster Silicon Valley Power’s (SVP) system expansion. At its most recent meeting July 8, the council approved a contract for upgrades at SVP’s northern receiving station. The project would add five transformers — three 115 kilovolt and two 230 kilovolt — as part of SVP’s … Read more
The Sunnyvale Little League Intermediate All Stars have been rocking and rolling through their early summer tournaments. After winning District-44 and Section-5, the Sunnyvale baseball team, consisting of a dozen soon-to-be eighth graders, currently finds itself in the Northern California city of Rocklin for the NorCal State tournament. While the Sunnyvale squad dropped its opener … Read more
Three years after CalMatters’ reporting revealed that only 3% of California Highway Patrol officers wore body cameras, one of the state’s largest police forces plans to equip all its officers with the technology by next year. In 2015, now-retired Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer pitched a $10 million plan to give all CHP officers body cameras. Lawmakers … Read more