Santa Clara County Local News

Tensions on the Santa Clara City Council flared over how to officially respond to reports calling it “dysfunctional” and suggesting the city did a poor job negotiating its Levi’s Stadium contracts.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD) has hired two new assistant superintendents: Kolvira Chheng, who will oversee Business Services, and Diana Tavares, who will oversee Human Resources.

Santa Clara voters in November will weigh whether to replace half their elected officials and decide who should win a highly-competitive open seat.

A public radio station program focusing on agriculture in the United States, has turned its focus on two local enterprises in Morgan Hill.

With home ownership increasingly surpassing the reach of many Californians and residential real estate prices going up across the board, more people in South County are renting their homes in recent years.

Calling all pickleball enthusiasts: the wait is over. The City of Morgan Hill this week announced the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art outdoor pickleball courts.

San Jose officials have zeroed in on the city's first location for a sanctioned encampment, where homeless people will be allowed to stay inside tents without fear of being swept.

A legal shield protecting police officers from excessive force lawsuits has taken a major blow in San Jose. 
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied qualified immunity for Michael Panighetti, a San Jose Police Department officer who shot a Black activist, Derrick Sanderlin, in the groin with a foam round while he held a sign in 2020. The incident occurred during local protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The ruling allows Sanderlin’s excessive force lawsuit to proceed, despite city officials’ efforts to prevent it from going forward.
“We are happy the case is going forward. It’s been a long time coming — over four years at this point — so all my clients are eager to have their case finally heard by a jury," attorney Sarah Marinho, who represents Sanderlin and six others in the lawsuit, told San José Spotlight.
Marinho said she expects the case to move forward in the trial courts soon.
“I’m waiting at any moment to receive the next court date by the trial judge. That could be a month out — there’s no way to know when exactly," Marinho said.

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