Santa Clara County Local News


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San Jose Spotlight logo From San Jose Spotlight...

03/27/2024
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Sunnyvale's top administrator is retiring after seven years on the job.

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03/27/2024
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Despite the threat of rain, the 41st annual Wildflower Run on March 24 in Morgan Hill was once again a sold out event, with about 1,200 participants in six races.

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03/27/2024
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A long-awaited policy of geographic preference will preserve housing specifically for residents at risk of displacement in hopes of keeping them in San Jose.

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03/27/2024
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Children consoling one another amidst loss. A ragged man offering cookies outside a field hospital. Words of comfort from a colleague, as he shed a tear for a mother's grief.

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03/27/2024
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The San Francisco 49ers are offering Santa Clara a deal that would pour millions of dollars in city coffers, a last ditch effort by the NFL team to end litigation that’s dragged on for more than two years.

California Local Pin Marker From Mountain View Voice...

03/27/2024
The Mountain View City Council unanimously voted to approve zoning changes permitting emergency shelters in residential areas of the El Camino Real Precise Plan.

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03/27/2024
At a recent breakfast with local business leaders, PG&E executives outlined upcoming projects to improve reliability and increase capacity in the Silicon Valley region.

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03/27/2024
The Morgan Hill Unified School District is facing a multi-million dollar shortfall in budget and announced upcoming reductions of school staffing and other cuts.

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03/27/2024
Citing a sudden upcoming 65% rent increase as the reason, Gourmet Franks closed on March 17 after 43 years in business at Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center.

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03/26/2024
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A conversation with Dr. Stu Weiss about the Máyyan 'Ooyákma-Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve, and why it is one of the Bay Area’s premier wildflower hot-spots.

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03/26/2024
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The race to replace Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is about as tight as it can get, and it will likely be weeks until it's clear who's going to the runoff.

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03/26/2024
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Cupertino is scrambling to fix what city officials are calling an “accounting error” after discovering more than $100,000 in affordable housing dollars went to pay off fees from a housing lawsuit, drawing backlash from residents in a time of fiscal uncertainty.

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03/26/2024
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More than 3,000 Santa Clara County nurses are at an an impasse with county officials and are headed to the picket lines over pay increases and workplace conditions.

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03/26/2024
Katie Causey announced her candidacy for Palo Alto City Council in the November 24 election to fill one of three open seats.

California Local Pin Marker From Palo Alto Online...

03/26/2024
Having recently raised their monthly salaries from $1000 to $1600, the Palo Alto City Council voted to form a citizen committee to consider another raise.

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03/26/2024
CalTrans reports two miles of Highway 9 outside of Saratoga is closed because of debris from a mudslide.

California Local Pin Marker From Silicon Valley Voice...

03/26/2024
The developer for the 240 acre former golf course proposed amending plans to include 1.6M square feet of light industrial space in the stalled project.

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03/26/2024
Hundreds of residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains are facing limited access in and out of the area due to a creeping landslide affecting Mountain Charley Road.

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03/26/2024
Los Altos is making incremental improvements to the downtown with new trash bins, e-bike stations, solar lighting and the introduction of "parklets."

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03/25/2024
Image for display with article titled East San Jose School District Money Problems May Prompt Takeover

An East San Jose school district is facing a dire financial deficit and could be taken over by the county's top education office.

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03/25/2024
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San Jose is struggling to divert 911 calls related to mental and emotional distress away from police, despite the county adopting the 988 mental crisis hotline two years ago to handle those situations.

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03/25/2024
A judge ruled GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene can move forward with their lawsuit against two California cities where rallies were canceled.

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03/25/2024
As energy costs go up and awareness of the environmental footprint increases, people are turning to energy consultants for energy audits and advice.

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03/25/2024
The nonprofit San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has produced free 90-minute shows in Cupertino's Memorial Park every summer for decades but now faces a budget shortfall.

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03/25/2024
The City of Palo and Stanford University are considering an option of converting a strip through El Camino Park into a road for buses.

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03/24/2024
Rumors are flying that California Forever is using dodgy tactics to gather signatures.

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03/24/2024
As school meal programs expand, school kitchens are experiencing struggles hiring and retaining food workers.

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03/23/2024
A report commissioned by the City of Palo Alto noted serious safety concerns for users of CalTrans designed bike lanes based on the high speed vehicular traffic on El Camino Real.
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