Santa Clara County Local News

The State Assembly bill would address complaints of overwork by members of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West union.

Michael Bloomberg has contributed $500K to a super PAC supporting former San Jose Mayor Sam Licacardo's run for U.S. Congress representing District 16.

A permit application has been filed to convert the historic Bank of Italy office tower in San Jose to 100+ units of housing.

California prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin's death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state prisons and housed in the general population.

Sieroty, of Beverly Hills, served as a state Assembly member and senator, championing disability rights and efforts to protect California's coast.

Last weekend, President Biden signed a package of bills that included $205 million in construction funding for Sites Reservoir, a proposed $4.5 billion project planned for the rolling ranchlands  west of the town of Maxwell, about 70 miles north of Sacramento.

The acquisition of the 103-acre property off Congress Springs Road will allow for the creation of a new publicly accessible trail that will lead to a historic area of the park.

Sanborn expansion
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a plot of land in unincorporated Saratoga that would expand Sanborn County Park.
The acquisition of the 103-acre property off Congress Springs Road will allow for the creation of a new publicly accessible trail that will lead to a historic area of the park, according to a March 11 press release from Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian's office.
“This is an exciting opportunity to expand a beloved park,” Simitian said. “Not only will we be preserving open space, but folks will have a new opportunity to access a piece of our county’s history as well as enjoy the outdoors.”
The action also comes after the board of supervisors voted in late January to restrict parking on Black Road near the entrance to the John Nicholas Trailhead at Sanborn County Park to improve traffic congestion.
Sanborn County Park, which is open to the public for camping, hiking and picnicking, is located just north of Skyline Boulevard.
Local Coca-Cola scholar
Saratoga High School senior Zeyneb Kaya was named a national 2024 Coca-Cola scholar, according to a press release from the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District.
Kaya will receive a $20,000 scholarship and an invitation to attend the Coca-Cola Scholars Weekend in Atlanta this April. Selected from over 100,000 other applicants, Kaya will join the cohort of 150 Coca-Cola scholars across the country this year who have been recognized and awarded thousands of dollars in scholarship money. Senior Brad Ma was also selected as a finalist for the competition this year.
Kaya was previously named a 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Scholar for an algorithm she designed that sought to improve language processing models for artificial intelligence that could aid in the preservation of endangered languages.

The current count indicates only about 35% of registered bay area voters cast ballots in the March 5 primary election.

California will miss its goals unless it can increase emission reductions threefold, according to a new study.

An interview with the CEO of the popular outdoor app serving more than 60 million users worldwide.

A United Airlines aircraft flying between San Francisco Medford Airport was discovered to have a missing panel.

Santa Clara County Valley Healthcare is opening a new health care center in the former De Paul Health Center, expanding primary and urgent care in the historically underserved region.

Mountain View's Mathnasium celebrated its reopening in Mountain View on Pi Day (3-14) with, what else, pies.

An interview with Lucinda Lee Katz, the first grade teacher of the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lau vs. Nichols.

Shravan Sundaram is an environmental scientist who photographs urban bobcats in the South Bay, including in San Jose.

The City of Milpitas has reached a labor agreement with City employees represented by
the Milpitas Employee Association (MEA) and the Milpitas Professional and Technical Group (ProTech).

The 7410 square foot building at 445 Bryant Street is city-owned, with rent to be used to fund programs specifically for Palo Alto youth and teens.

The Santa Clara Planning Commission denied a conditional use permit for a development at 2805 Bowers Avenue involving the replacement of an existing two-story building with a new four-story data center.

Incidents of copper wire theft reported at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority sites have resulted in over $500,000 of damages so far this year.