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Valley Water releases draft Environmental Impact Report on the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project

On July 12, 2024, Valley Water released the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This document identifies environmental impacts associated with Valley Wat...

San Pedro Square Block Party on Thursday, July 18th

Over 60 businesses around San Pedro Square will be participating in the latest Downtown San Jose block party. The even will feature live music, tons of food, local makers & artists, and activi...

AI at Your Library: Getting Started

Celebrate AI Appreciation Day! Learn about what AI is, its impact on daily life, and how to explore more with SJPL's events, books, and online courses.

Wennberg Excited To Join Rebuild, Get To Know Eklund Better

There are many things that excite Alexander Wennberg about joining the San Jose Sharks. “I tried the rain in Seattle,” he joked first thing on Tuesday, “so I kind of look forward to try a little b...

Sharks Tried To Bring Retiring Pavelski Back

What could’ve made a perfect San Jose Sharks’ summer even more perfect? How about the Sharks righting a wrong and bringing back popular ex-captain Joe Pavelski to mentor 2024 No. 1 pick Macklin Ce...

In Case You Missed It: Recent Blog Highlights

Catch up on the latest updates and insights from Palo Alto. Our recent community updates cover a variety of topics, including wildfire safety tips from the Fire Department, #HeatPumpItUp energy an...

Saturday 7/27: Drag 4 Justice

San Jose Peace and Justice Center. 48 South 7th Street San Jose, California 95112. Behind the center.

Happy National Ice Cream Month

July is National Ice Cream Month!

Sharks Sign Coe…What’s His Ceiling? (+)

Is Brandon Coe figuring it out? The San Jose Sharks have hope, agreeing with their 2020 fourth-round pick, coming out of his ELC, to a one-year, two-way contract. The #SjSharks accepted his Qualif...

1,472 new homes headed to Seely Avenue in North San Jose

There are only a few empty lots left for development in North San Jose, one one of those is at Montague Expressway and Seely Avenue right along the Coyote Creek. The land currently has farmland an...

2024 NHL Draft: Getting to know Colton Roberts

With two top-four defensive prospects added in the first two rounds of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, the San Jose Sharks went about rounding out the prospect pool in the latter half of Day 2. The team...

Todd Marchant Talks Next Step for Cam Lund

Cam Lund isn't ready to turn pro. But San Jose Sharks director of player development Todd Marchant is pleased with the 2022 second-round pick's growth. "Cam is developing just nicely," Marchant to...

Sunday 7/21: Fundraiser, Protest, and March for Gaza

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San Jose's Archer Aviation is partnering with Southwest Airlines to build air taxi network

Archer Aviation is making a number of headlines lately. They just announced plans to build a network of five different air taxi locations across the Bay Area. Now they are announcing a partnership...

2024 NHL Draft: Getting to know Christian Kirsch

There were a lot of questions about whether the San Jose Sharks would draft a goaltender during the 2024 NHL Draft, considering that that aspect of the prospect pool is woefully shallow. Turns out...

Bailey Shares Good Reason for Players To Sign With Sharks/Barracuda

Justin Bailey might have a tough time breaking camp with the San Jose Sharks. But one thing that he knows, based on last year — if he’s playing well with the Barracuda, the Sharks will notice. Tha...

Emberson Shares Health Update, What’s Going To Be Different With Warsofsky

The San Jose Sharks didn’t see a lot of Ty Emberson last year, but they clearly liked what they saw. On Thursday, the Sharks inked the 24-year-old RFA blueliner, who played just 30 games in his ro...

Yelp ranks a San Jose Indian restaurant as #2 in the United States

Yelp has put out it's very first ranking of the best Indian restaurants in the US, and the second one on the list is none other than Kadhai Kitchen in North San Jose. It actually started out as a ...

2024 NHL Draft: Getting to know Carson Wetsch

After doing some damage in the first and second rounds, the San Jose Sharks had to wait a while before coming around to pick 85 in round three. Apparently, the wait was a little too long because b...

SJHN Daily: Pavelski 2nd in Celebrity Golf Tournament, Gadjovich Gets His Name on Cup

Congratulations, Jonah Gadjovich! Even though Gadjovich didn't automatically qualify, the Florida Panthers were able to petition to get his name on the Stanley Cup. Per Florida Hockey Now, the "Pa...

San Jose's fanciest movie theater shuts down

The ShowPlace Icon movie theater at Westfield Valley Fair has suddenly shut its doors. The theater was one of the many entertainment draws at Valley Fair and featured premium seating, food, and co...

2024 NHL Draft: Getting to know Leo Sahlin Wallenius

The San Jose Sharks had a good mix of players drafted in the 2024 NHL Draft. While the big swings happened in the first round with the additions of Macklin Celebrini and Sam Dickinson, the most im...

Youth Herald: We Changed the Law!

Youth Commissioner Nolan Mascarenhas advocates to the City Council for recommended changes to the Municipal Code on behalf of youth.

Becher on Why It Took Sharks So Long To Rebuild, Celebrini Effect

Jonathan Becher joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! The San Jose Sharks’ president talks about the Macklin Celebrini effect and why it took the Sharks so long to embrace the rebuild. But before...

SJHN Daily: Barracuda 2024-25 Schedule Released

The San Jose Sharks' schedule was released last week... Sharks' 2024-25 Schedule Released: When's Thornton Jersey Retirement, Hertl Return? And now, the San Jose Barracuda have released their sche...

Dellandrea on What Pavelski Means to Him, Excited for Opportunity With Sharks

For Ty Dellandrea, seeing Joe Pavelski retire after losing in the Western Conference Finals was "devastating." The former San Jose Sharks captain mentored the newest Shark both on-and-off ice thro...

Prime corner spot in Downtown San Jose to become a new restaurant and office space

A new corner restaurant is destined for 189 West Santa Clara Street at the intersection of Almaden Avenue. The space is part of the thriving San Pedro Square area and the owner already operates mu...

2024 NHL draft: Getting to know Igor Chernyshov

Fear the Fin and just about every other site that's a fan of the San Jose Sharks has written extensively about Macklin Celebrini, the team's newest forward. We were stunned when the Sharks snagged...

BREAKING: Sharks Sign Emberson

The San Jose Sharks aren't going to arbitration. Defenseman Ty Emberson had filed for arbitration on Jul. 6, but instead of going to a hearing, the Sharks and Emberson agreed to a contract today. ...

Summer Learning: Beat the Heat

Beat the heat with these great books about summer, sweets, and young love.

Clowe on Why He Returned to Sharks, Expectations for Team

Ryane Clowe will have his fingers in many pies. “He’s a really bright guy, sees the game, can break down the game really, really well. So it’s another different perspective for me and our staff to...

Kunin on Getting To Know Will Smith, Wife Sophia’s Decision To Retire

Sophia Kunin's husband needs to win a title. Luke Kunin's wife, Sophia, secured the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League title with Minnesota this past season. 26-year-old Luke still has p...

Hygiene Kit Drive

The Palo Alto City Library is partnering with Downtown Streets Team to host a Hygiene Kit Drive. Help us collect essential hygiene items for our community members in need.

Fourth Wing: Your Next 5 Star Read

By Tessa, Grade 7   Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros was the book responsible for making me the fantasy book fan I am today. At the time, I was not a big fantasy reader at all. When I got recommended...

Graphic Novels: Literature or Not?

Neha, Grade 10   Graphic novels have been shoved in the spotlight a lot in the past few years. At least in North America, the most popular genres of fiction have consistently been general fiction,...

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy, Ranked

by Neha, Grade 10   The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy is a 3-book series about teenager Belly Conklin as she grows up, surrounded by her brother Steven, her mother Laurel, family friends Conrad a...

The Galapagos Islands Through Photos

by Neha, Grade 10 After just coming home from an amazing, breathtaking trip to the Galapagos Islands (and briefly, mainland Ecuador), I found my camera roll filled to the brim with pictures of the...

Hidden Fortress Opens Cafe at Cruzioworks

Hidden Fortress Coffee, known by many as the coffee vendor at Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets since 2013, has just opened their first downtown Santa Cruz location. The new spot is inside the ...

Downtown West Creekside Socials - Upcoming free classes

Downtown West's Creekside Socials programming is continuing into July. To me this gives hope that Google still has a foot in the door with San Jose. Their multi-million SQFT, mixed-use campus next...

Podcast #115. “Big Germs”

June 23, 2024. Reading my anti-gun “Big Germs” story at the SF in SF meeting. In memory of Terry Bisson. And huge thanks to sound wizsard Rusty Hodge. Press the arrow below to play “Big Germs." We...