Defense was the name of the game on Friday night at the Fremont Firebirds’ first home game of their 2018 campaign. Unfortunately for the Sunnyvale Firebirds, they did not play enough defense required to beat the Leland Chargers of San Jose. Missed tackles by the defense and huge offensive plays by Leland doomed the Firebirds … Read more
The Sunnyvale Fremont Firebirds began their 2018 season campaign with a 27-24 road loss to the Los Altos Eagles on Saturday afternoon. The Firebirds fought hard all day long after falling behind 27-10 midway through the fourth quarter until back-to-back touchdowns by quarterback Bryand Arcia. One was a 60-yard blazing run to cut the deficit … Read more
The Fremont Firebirds football team is set to face some ferocious foes this season, their first under new Head Coach Adam Herald, as they have made the jump to the ultra-competitive De Anza League. Last season the Firebirds tied for third in the El Camino League standings with a 4-2 record. Fremont finished 6-4 overall … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, if you walked down Sunnyvale’s Murphy Avenue around noon, you would have heard peals of laughter as ventriloquist Steve Chaney (www.cornycrow.com) and his dummy Corny Crow’s goofy antics entertained the young audience gathered at Bookasaurus. Right next door to Bookasaurus is Leigh’s Favorite Books (www.leighsbooks.com), where Leigh Odum, co-owner of … Read more
The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCCVCD) has detected West Nile virus (WNV) positive tests in adult mosquitoes collected from an area around portions of the 94087, 95050 and 95051 ZIP code areas that include parts of the cities of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. The detection has prompted the scheduling of a truck-mounted adult … Read more
This past Friday, Aug. 3, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) held its annual “Head-to-Toe: Backpack Day,” a back-to-school event that distributes backpacks, school supplies, gift certificates for new shoes, books, dental hygiene kits and bags of nutritious food to 1,800 low-income Sunnyvale school children. SCS (www.svcommunityservices.org) is a private, nonprofit emergency assistance agency that works to … Read more
This post is from Nextdoor and is authored by Public Information Officer Laurel Anderson, County of Santa Clara The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCC VCD) has confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) positive tests in adult mosquitoes collected from an area around portions of the 94085, 94086, 95051 and 95054 ZIP code areas that … Read more