The City of Sunnyvale is proud to announce it has earned the coveted Prohousing Designation from California Governor Newsom and the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The designation recognizes the City’s efforts to implement policies that go above and beyond state housing law to facilitate housing production. Sunnyvale is one of only 65 … Read more
Contemporary realist Dean Larson’s paintings invite you not just to look, but to enter a story. You wonder: Is the bicyclist outside the all-night corner store buying a lottery ticket? What are the workmen on the scaffolding working building? Are the pedestrians on a San Francisco street hurrying home on a Friday afternoon looking forward … 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. Friday, Aug. 29 Concerts on the Plaza — 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza (500 Castro St, Mountain View) Free event … Read more
The Fremont Firebirds varsity volleyball team learned a valuable lesson in its final scrimmage prior to Thursday’s season opener— even the ugliest of starts to a game can flip 180 degrees and end up in a beautiful finish. Fremont hosted the Leland Chargers on Tuesday in one final tuneup before the real games begin on … Read more
Just around lunchtime on Nov. 21, 2024, 18-year-old Kephas Pope waited in the dirt median between the Domicilio Apartments, where he lived, and Santa Clara University’s (SCU) main campus, waiting to cross El Camino Real. He would never make it across. While Pope waited to walk his bike the rest of the way across the … Read more
The public got its first glimpse of next year’s Super Bowl agreement. With Levi’s Stadium set to host Super Bowl LX in 2026, city employees presented the terms of the agreement to the Santa Clara City Council at its Tuesday night meeting. The presentation was similar to one approved earlier this year that lays out the … Read more
Sunnyvale has passed an ordinance allowing the city to regulate household appliances and heating systems before a state law prevents it from doing so. Starting in October, AB 306 will pause cities’ ability to amend residential construction codes. So, at its Aug. 12, the Sunnyvale City Council started the process of getting an ordinance on … Read more
Two for-sale townhome developments could add to the city’s housing stock, chipping away at state housing mandates. At its latest meeting, Aug. 13, the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Santa Clara City Council approve both projects. The bigger of the two projects, located at 1400 Coleman Ave., kitty-corner from the Costco, would … Read more
On Aug. 16, the Triton Museum of Art debuted “Shifting Terrain,” a show featuring local artist Mark Engel. The show will run through Jan. 4, 2026. Engel is a South Bay Area-based artist and arts educator whose work focuses heavily on portrayals of dramatic figures in animated movement with vivid color palettes. The purpose of … Read more
We all hope that we never need the care of a medical trauma center. But if, for example, you’re seriously burned in a house fire today, you’ll be at Valley Medical Center in less than half an hour, getting the state-of-the-art burn care. Now imagine that the closest place to get that care was Los … Read more