Looks like a pretty simple night. We start the evening with a study session to discuss how to encourage the use of heat pumps for water and space heating. The agenda is pretty light all the way around. The consent calendar mainly has a construction agreement for rehabilitating the irrigation systems at Braly and Ponderosa Park. Item … Read more
At the end of October, the California State Auditor released a report finding that the state’s Department of Health Care Services is responsible for $4 billion in questionable Medi-Cal payments made between 2014 and 2017. The error resulted from a failure to ensure proper eligibility for the program. After comparing Medi-Cal beneficiary eligibility data between … Read more
Inside Sunnyvale’s Indian Street Cafe (www.indianstreetcafe.com) are auto rickshaws, a bus, and a car as well as pop culture posters, all here to create a simulation of an actual Indian street. The Indian street fare is also worth coming for. For example, their mango lassi is blended with real fruit, whereas other restaurants might pre-make … Read more
The following is a list of events happening in Santa Clara and throughout the Silicon Valley. Thursday, November 22 Happy Thanksgiving from The Weekly Friday, November 23 2018 Christmas in the Park Tree Lighting: Christmas in the Park in San Jose. 6 – 9 p.m. Free Event. Saturday, November 24 Between Riverside … Read more
Most Santa Clara County schools choose to stay open while South Bay air quality worsens. In a statement this morning, Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools Mary Ann Dewan and Santa Clara Unified School District Superintendent Stan Rose, informed the public that schools in Santa Clara County are not closing though air quality conditions have … Read more
Founded in 1970, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) is one step ahead in attracting early holiday shoppers even before Halloween. On Oct. 26-27, this non-profit emergency assistance agency hosted the SCS Auxiliary Holiday Boutique. Inside SCS’s facility at 725 Kifer Rd., a colorful, hand-stitched quilt hung on a wall as a raffle prize. Homemade jam, cookies, … Read more
Long night. We start the evening with another closed session regarding the California Voting Rights Act. This is followed by a study session where the Council and the various board and commission chairs and vice chairs meet to discuss ways to improve commission meetings. The general session starts with a presentation of the 2018 Municipal Information Systems … Read more
“Cabaret” is a cautionary story about how a gullible observer can misinterpret bigotry as national pride. Currently, Sunnyvale Community Players is showing this musical, set in 1930s Berlin shortly before the Holocaust. The propaganda posters from this time in history were not up yet during the show’s Oct. 25 dress rehearsal. Nonetheless, the show is … Read more
Those who follow high school sports closely in the Santa Clara and Sunnyvale neighborhoods are probably aware of the two-division alignment for the various public schools in the area. The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) is made up of two divisions for each sport, the De Anza League and the El Camino League. Depending … Read more
Only days before Election Day and in Sunnyvale we still don’t know whether we will have a legal City Council election. The City still has not acknowledged it received a notice advising that Sunnyvale’s system for electing its Council is illegal under the California Voting Rights Act (“CVRA”). That notice, sent on October 2 by … Read more