Santa Clara County Local News

H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in a retail sample of raw milk from a Fresno-based raw milk dairy. Read on to learn more.

The Mountain View Planning Department approved development of over 800 housing units on East Middlefield Road which includes 150 affordable units. Read on to learn more about the equity concerns of the project.

Learn how you can help local programs as they struggle to meet an increase in need of food assistance.

The race between Rod Sinks and Ray Wang for a seat on the Cupertino City Council is so close that the Santa Clara County Register of Voters is launching a recount. Read on to learn how close the two candidates are and what's next.

Chronic absenteeism dropped to 20% last school year, but that is still higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 12%.

Gov. Newsom gets the first of 13 regional plans to boost economic development across the state. The others are to be ready in January.

Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them.

Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Racial Justice Act into law in September 2020, following the police murder of George Floyd. For the first time, defendants can put bias from any brush with the criminal legal system — from arrest to sentencing — on the stand.

The Food Closet in Palo Alto has been serving the needy for over 40 year. Learn how you can help them help others by donating or volunteering.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a $2 billion shortfall for 2025-26, but says the state can’t afford big new programs. Gov. Newsom has complained about attention on the office’s deficit estimates.

History will — or at least should — see a $165 billion error in revenue estimates as one of California’s most boneheaded political acts.

As California public universities try to balance campus safety with students’ right to protest, community colleges are squaring off in court with students and staff who argue that the schools are violating their freedom of speech, explains CalMatters community college reporter Adam Echelman.

Learn more about the builder's remedy development of a seven-story condo project planned for Fayette Drive in Mountain View.

Gov. Newsom just bought a $9 million house in Marin County, but his sources of income haven’t been made public recently. He had pledged to release his tax returns.

Bird flu has been spreading among dairy workers in California’s Central Valley, jumping from cows to people. A new suspected case in the Bay Area came from an unknown source.

The California Voter Foundation launched a tool tracking daily vote counts in 18 close contests for Congress and the state Legislature. The tracker aims to show how counts change over time and dispel misinformation about election fraud, the group says.

An all-affordable 400-unit apartment complex six stories tall is proposed for a 3.4-acre site on Alum Rock Road in East San Jose. Read on to learn more about the developer and details about the project.

Learn about the plans to develop hundreds of units of housing on a parcel at Stevens Creek Boulevard and Saratoga Avenue in San Jose which was previously slated for an office complex.

Learn how to donate to the annual Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund campaign, and support the nonprofits working to make Mountain View better.