Santa Clara County Local News

The observatory, owned and operated by the University of California, makes deep space research accessible to students, professors and enthusiasts.

Oceans cover most of the Earth, but ever since our prehistoric ancestors flopped onto land 375 million years ago, we’ve been a little out of touch—the vast majority of the sea remains unexplored.

Santa Clara County health officials said June 17 that they are ready to open Covid-19 vaccine eligibility to the county’s youngest children once they are federally authorized as expected next week.  Federal regulators are on track to approve the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as soon as this weekend for children between 6 months and 5 [...]

An expansion project underway at the South County Regional Wastewater plant will increase the treatment facility’s capacity by nearly 30%, and bring advanced technology to the local recycled water production system.

Wolf opened Idea Computer on N. Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Los Gatos in 1982. It shortly thereafter became Wolf Computer, one of Silicon Valley’s leading computer retailers.

Thousands of people across the Greater Bay Area experienced electrical outages today, with more than 10,800 customers in Santa Clara County and more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County losing power.

Digital NEST is getting closer to opening its youth workforce development center in Gilroy, and has a number of workshops and social activities scheduled soon.

Nirmal Nair is a “techie” in his professional background, but he has always been a “foodie” with a strong interest in health and wellness. This combination of abilities and passion led him to start Sempera Organics mushroom farm in Morgan Hill about 18 months ago. Operating out of a modest industrial warehouse space off Church [...]

Gov. Gavin Newsom joined President Joe Biden and industry executives to announce public and private investments in the mining of minerals like lithium and cobalt.

Mercury News reporter Michelle Pitcher talks to the co-creator of an app that may just be the taxidermist’s best friend.