Santa Clara County Bulletin Board

Almaden Plaza in San Jose is getting a couple new stores

Tomorrow will be Barnes & Noble's last day at Almaden Plaza in South San Jose. That space along with the former spaces for Buy Buy Baby, Compass Real Estate, and Tuesday Morning will be merged...

Soccer in San Jose

Visit San Jose has just released a video promoting soccer in San Jose. It's only 90 seconds long, and highlights tailgating, PayPal Park, and our awesome Earthquakes fanbase. Enjoy it embedded below.

Sharks Locker Room: Only Thing Consistent About San Jose? Their Inconsistency

The only thing consistent about the San Jose Sharks in 2025 is their inconsistency. On New Year’s Eve, the San Jose Sharks offered “no desperation” in a 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, their ...

Storybook SCCLD Construction Updates

Have you ever wondered what the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) children's rooms would look like if they were transformed into an enchanted children's storybook? You are about to find ...

Bringing Home Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is a time of excitement. We can replicate this in the U.S. Visit the library to learn more.

A Library Fit for a King

Happy New Year, San Jose. This Monday, we observe and celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., on January 20, 2025.  Widely considered the face of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin L...

Quick bites: Columbus shows San Jose what it could be

Less than a year ago, the San Jose Sharks and the Columbus Blue Jackets were vying to see which team would finish in the basement of the NHL. The Blue Jackets finished the season 29th with 66 poin...

Dell Loves Being Back in San Jose, Enjoys Being a Mentor

Aaron Dell loves being back in San Jose for a third time. “It's great to be back here with the family and everything now, it's awesome,” the Barracuda netminder, recalled in mid-December, said. “M...

Goodwill buys San Jose office building for $17 million

Goodwill of Silicon Valley has just purchased an empty building at 1600 Technology Drive in North San Jose near the airport. The shiny eight-story building is destined to become Goodwill's new hea...

SJPL Service Day 2025

Library Lover's Month is Here!

Sharks at Blue Jackets (game 47): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks look to continue the team's winning ways on the road tonight when the team pays a visit to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Sharks most recently won in Detroit with a 6-3 score t...

Sharks Show Up for One Period, Lose 4-1

The San Jose Sharks visit Nationwide Arena to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. Tyler Toffoli scored, but the Sharks lost 4-1. Period 1 1 in: Celebrini set Toffoli up right in front, open, don't ...

Vlasic Urges NHL To Establish New Award for Defensemen, Recalls Remarkable Rookie Season

Marc-Edouard Vlasic has been with the San Jose Sharks for so long, it’s easy to forget how remarkable his rookie season was. In 2006-07, a 19-year-old Vlasic stepped into a Stanley Cup-contending ...

Preview/Lines #47: Vlasic To Play 1,300th Game, Kovalenko & Kostin Injury Updates

Marc-Edouard Vlasic is still working on his craft. Vlasic will play his 1,300th game, all with the San Jose Sharks, on Thursday. The 37-year-old is just the second defenseman in NHL history, after...

School: Pay To Win?

By Manan, Grade 10   Yo! Welcome to the second part of my AI in school blogpost! If you’re new, refer back to part 1, “Leveling up Learning and Grades with AI”!   The Addicts and the Stay-Aways As...

The Boys in the Boat: A Story of Grit and Triumph

By Yunhan L., Grade 7   This book tells the story of Joe Rantz. It serves as an account of his youth in the middle of the Great Depression, especially when he was rowing at the University of Washi...

SJHN Daily: Musty Explains Trade Request, Celebrini & Sharks Top Pronman’s U23 Rankings

Macklin Celebrini is going to be, simply, the best. That's what Corey Pronman of the Athletic currently projects, of all NHL-affiliated players and prospects under 23. "This is a ranking meant to ...

Massive Asia Live food complex coming to Valley Fair

I was quite bummed when iChina closed down at Valley Fair. I thought the opulent restaurant was San Jose's best chance at getting another Michelin star. However, the good news is that the space wi...

Schaefer, Eklund Top Central Scouting’s Mid-Term 2025 Draft Rankings

Despite having a much better on-ice product this season, the San Jose Sharks are likely to end up in familiar territory this summer, with an early selection in the 2025 NHL Draft. The NHL Central ...

Shopping in San Jose

Visit San Jose has just released a video promoting shopping in San Jose  It's less than 90 seconds long, and highlights Santana Row, Valley Fair, Downtown San Jose, and Japantown. S...

Help us Pick the Best Library Programs

SCCLD is seeking patron feedback during the month of January around its programming. The goal is to improve our offerings and to add events and other programming that will be of interest to a wide...

Sharks at Red Wings (game 46): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks visit the revitalized Detroit Red Wings today to kick off the team's five-game road trip. The last time these two teams met was in San Jose, when the Sharks won 5-4 in overtime...

Sharks Locker Room: Eklund Becoming a Winning Player

William Eklund hasn’t won a lot in his career, but he’s becoming a winning player. The offense is obvious: The San Jose Sharks winger put up three points in a 6-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wing...

3 Points for Eklund, Sharks Win 6-3

San Jose Sharks visit Little Caesars Palace to take on the Detroit Red Wings. Jan Rutta and Nico Sturm and William Eklund and Mikael Granlund and Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro scored, and the Sh...

How Can Will Smith Become a Better Winger?

Benching Will Smith is part of the process. That’s how San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky looks at it. On Saturday, in a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild, the top prospect was sat late in the...

Preview/Lines #46: What’s Warsofsky Want From Smith? Vanecek Update

Jake Walman established himself as an everyday NHL player with the Detroit Red Wings. Walman, 28, wasn’t able to establish himself with the St. Louis Blues, who drafted him in the third round of t...

Silicon Valley Reads 2025

Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World is the theme for the 2025 Season of Silicon Valley Reads.

Dual high-rise project Icon/Echo requests an extension

One of the most anticipated development projects in San Jose is Icon/Echo at 147 East Santa Clara street. It's being developed by the San Jose superfans at Urban Catalyst. This firm has just compl...

What Are Scouts Seeing From Bordeleau This Year? (+)

Thomas Bordeleau is heating up. Bordeleau, 23, started off the season with a lower-body injury and was sidelined until Oct. 25. After just a pair of goals in his first 12 games with the San Jose B...

2024 mid-season look at the San Jose Sharks forwards

The San Jose Sharks have played half of the season, and the team, as a whole, is in a better place at this juncture than it was last season. Even with the December losing streak and the recent los...

SJHN Daily: Mukhamadullin Sent Down, SJ Sharkie Surprises Pat McAfee

SJ Sharkie took over "The Pat McAfee show". .@PatMcAfeeShow welcome to the tank pic.twitter.com/0xgPgYDvfz — #SJSharkie (@sjsharkie) January 13, 2025 The San Jose Sharks mascot visited the E...

Walman Talks Return to Detroit, What’s He Added to Sharks’ Locker Room?

Jake Walman is going back to Motown a big hit. Over the summer, Walman, 28, was dropped by Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings, traded with a 2024 second-round pick to Mike Grier and the San J...

Sharks Locker Room: Let’s Talk About Will Smith’s Benching

Will Smith, like the rebuilding San Jose Sharks, is learning on the job. It's normal for a teenager in the NHL to be down, then up, then down again. It's normal for a young team to be down, then u...

What local artists and writers have to say about Silicon Valley

Opportunity Now has a four-part series on what Silicon Valley means to local artists and writers. There are a lot of interesting perspectives in there, many of which highlight things that we take ...

Toffoli Will Use Pride Tape During Sharks’ Pride Night Warm-Ups

Tyler Toffoli is happy to represent once again. The San Jose Sharks are hosting their annual Pride Night on Saturday against the Minnesota Wild. Toffoli told San Jose Hockey Now that he will, as h...

Sharks Locker Room: Learning To Stay in the Moment

Even the best teams aren’t at their best every night. But good teams — playoff teams — manage, even when they’re struggling, to dig deep and get points. The San Jose Sharks aren’t that, as they sh...

San Jose Museums

Our friends at SJ Today have a list of San Jose museums. However, it misses a few interesting ones. After you click through to the link, come back here to see what was excluded.There is a new Adob...

Wild at Sharks (game 45): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The good news is that the San Jose Sharks can quickly put last night's game against the Utah Hockey Club behind them. The Sharks managed just 17 shots on goal and went a long, long stretch that sp...

Sharks Pound Fleury With Shots, But Lose 3-1

The San Jose Sharks welcome the Minnesota Wild into SAP Center on Pride Night. William Eklund scored, but the Sharks lost 3-1 Period 1 I thought Warsofsky might try to set a tone with his opening ...

Sharks Celebrate Pride Night: Celebrini, Ferraro, Others Show Off Pride Tape in Warm-Ups

The San Jose Sharks celebrated Pride Night in a big way. On Saturday night, the Sharks saw quite a few of their players, Macklin Celebrini, Cody Ceci and Mario Ferraro to name a few, don Pride tap...