Santa Clara County Bulletin Board

Valley Water working to reduce methylmercury (toxins) in local waterways

For more than 15 years, Valley Water has measured mercury levels in reservoirs and creeks in the Guadalupe River Watershed and studied ways to reduce the metal’s harmful impacts. Parts of the Guad...

Potential coaches for the San Jose Sharks

Taking a look at the San Jose Sharks head coaching option after David Quinn was fired. Ryan Warsofsky, David Carle, Jay Woodcroft, Marco Sturm, Joel Ward.

Elyse Teaser

I had a chance to try the new Elyse yesterday and I think everyone reading this is going to be pretty happy with Downtown San Jose's newest restaurant. I'll have a lot more info by next week, but ...

National Pet Month: Caring For Your Furry Friends

National Pet Month is Every May

Sharks fire Head Coach David Quinn

The San Jose Sharks announced that the team had fired Head Coach David Quinn on April 24, 2024. No decision has been made about the Barracuda coaching staff.

REACTION: Quinn Fired!

It’s an emergency episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier has fired head coach David Quinn. When did Sheng first get wind that Quinn’s job might be in jeopardy? H...

Grier Not Saying Much About Why He Fired Quinn, Who’s Next as Sharks Head Coach

At least today, Mike Grier wasn’t saying much about firing David Quinn. Grier says it wasn’t really about the San Jose Sharks’ 19-54-9 record this past season. And from a distance, it appeared as ...

BREAKING: Sharks Fire David Quinn

Mike Grier was coy about David Quinn’s future with the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. There was a reason for that: The Sharks announced today that they've let him go. Quinn, Grier’s first head coach...

Jewish American History Month

Join the Palo Alto City Library to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month with books and a documentary screening about violinist David Arben.

A Memoir of an Unusual Parisian Lifestyle: a Review of Jeremy Mercer’s “Time Was Soft There”

Anya, grade 12 "Time Was Soft There" written by Jeremy Mercer is a memoir that features Mercer, a lonely journalist from Canada, who buries himself into his job and uses alcohol as a way of escapi...

28-story high-rise proposed next to San Jose's City Hall

A new high-rise is being proposed at the site of a Lee's Sandwiches and New Tung Kee Noodle House across the street from City Hall. The 28-story tower would have 529 residential units, 21,000 SQFT...

Wednesday 4/24: No Tech for Genocide! SJSU Boycott Rally

San Jose State University Student Union Patio

Fitoor is now open, bringing high-end Indian cuisine and late-night music to Santana Row

The San Jose food-scene continues to evolve and reach new heights. Fitoor (which is the word for passion in Hindi) is brining Indian food back to Santana Row in the same space that housed Amber In...

Recalling the most exciting playoff win in Sharks history

Today marks the five year anniversary of the San Jose Sharks comeback win over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Sharks scored four goals in less than five minutes.

Thrun Details What He’s Doing To Become Better Defenseman

Rookie Henry Thrun matured and grew despite the San Jose Sharks' grueling and tumultuous season. The 23-year-old defenseman, who started the season with the San Jose Barracuda, eventually finished...

RFA Kunin Hopes To Sign Multi-Year Contract With Sharks

Luke Kunin didn't start feeling like himself until January. So even though Kunin managed to play 77 games this season, it took him a little more than a year to recover from the right ACL tear that...

Ferraro Teases Burns, Excited To Bring Sharks Back to Playoffs One Day

Don't blame Mario Ferraro if he had run out of patience. Ferraro has been with the San Jose Sharks for five years, missing the playoffs in every single season. It's through no real fault of Ferrar...

Sky Zone is bringing indoor zip lines and climbing walls to West San Jose

A major indoor active entertainment space is coming to Westgate Center at 1600 Saratoga Avenue. Sky Zone will feature zip lines, trampolines, climbing walls, and drop zones inside a 34,800 SQFT an...

Grier on State of Sharks’ Rebuild, Free Agency Plans, Empty Seats at SAP Center & More (+)

We talked with Mike Grier for 40-plus minutes on Saturday. The San Jose Sharks GM said plenty — from his summer plans for the team to a Will Smith update to not ruling out new Sharks and Bar...

Sturm Gets Real About Sharks’ Season, Why It’s So Important To Be Better Next Year

If you thought Nico Sturm was blunt in his exit interview last season... buckle up. Exit Interview: Sturm Details Where He Can Improve, Excited To Play for Germany at Worlds After setting career h...

Earth Day at the Library

This is a blog about Earth Day.

Giants Make First Visit To Fresno This Season

SAN JOSE GIANTS (5–9) at FRESNO GRIZZLIES (10–3)SERIES SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:Tuesday, April 23 11:05 AM SJ — Dylan Carmouche (0–0, 3.60) vs. FRE — Albert Pacheco (0–0, 3.86)Wedne...

Granlund Will Play for Finland, Talks About Being ‘Dad’ for Eklund & Zetterlund

There weren't a lot of feel-good stories on the last-place San Jose Sharks this season. Mikael Granlund was perhaps the best of them. After being dealt from the Nashville Predators to the Pittsbur...

Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month

Join Palo Alto City Library as we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage (AANHPI) Month.

The Fay, Downtown San Jose's newest residential high-rise is almost complete

SoFA's shiny new 23-story high-rise is still on schedule to welcome its first residents in 2025. The building started construction in 2022 and already has had a major impact on the Downtown S...

San Jose’s pending RFAs & UFAs

The San Jose Sharks have decisions to make. Players like Kevin Labanc and Devin Cooley are UFAs, while Thomas Bordeleau, Luke Kunin and more are RFAs.

Eklund Talks Minor Injury, Zetterlund Brings Him Coffee

William Eklund started his season slow, but by the end of it, showed why he’s a big part of the San Jose Sharks’ future. Points aren’t everything, but it’s a decent thumbnail for the 21-year-old f...

Culture Night Market today

The Guadalupe River Park Conservancy is hosting a Culture Night Market today right outside Little Italy in Downtown San Jose. The free event includes live music, a soccer tournament, a screening o...

Granlund, Blackwood Lead 2023-24 Sharks’ Micro-Stats (+)

How bad have the San Jose Sharks been this year? Let me count the ways – literally. All season, third-party data tracker SPORTLOGiQ – which is used by virtually every team in the NHL – has sent me...

Grier on How To Improve Sharks, Will Smith Update, Still Evaluating Quinn

Mike Grier has a couple ideas about how to make the San Jose Sharks better next season. Of course, the Sharks can’t get much worse, right? Their .287 Points % is the second-worst of the salary cap...

Couture Shares Hopeful Timeline for Return to Skating, Game Action

Logan Couture is hoping that his nightmare season doesn’t repeat itself next year. Couture played just six games this season in January, hampered by a deep groin issue, revealed to be Osteitis pub...

Viva CalleSJ: SoFA to the Streets (San Jose's SoFA, SCC Fairgrounds, and Martial Cottle Park)

Viva CalleSJ is back for it's 1st event of the 2024! Miles of city streets will be completely shut down to let people walk, run, dance, bike, unicycle, skateboard, or hoverboard down the streets o...

YA Friday: Six Years Later…

It's been SIX years since the first YA Friday post. Since then, there have been over 300 uninterrupted weeks of YA recommendations, 70 monthly wrap-ups, over 3,750 recommended books, and over 30,0...

Quick bites: Sharks couldn’t break 20 wins this season

This was a tough season for Sharks fans and that 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames in game 82 certainly didn’t help. The loss kept the Sharks just below that 20-win mark, a number that didn’t mean mu...

Sharks Locker Room: What Type of Player Should San Jose Target This Off-Season?

When you’re the worst team in the NHL, there’s a lot wrong with you. But if I were to start with one thing for the San Jose Sharks to focus on this off-season, after they ended their year with a 5...

2024 Volunteers of the Year – Branches T-W

Tully Community Branch Library – Helen Pham Helen Pham has been a Teens Reach volunteer at Tully Branch since April 2022 and has been a regular face at the library almost every week. She has an ea...

2024 Volunteers of the Year – Branches J-S

2024 Volunteers of the Year - Branches J-S at San Jose Public Library

2024 Volunteers of the Year – Branches E-H

2024 Volunteers of the Year - Branches E-H at San Jose Public Library

2024 Volunteers of the Year – Branches C-D

2024 Volunteers of the Year - Branches C-D at San Jose Public Library

2024 Volunteers of the Year – Branches A-B

2024 Volunteers of the Year - Branches A-B at San Jose Public Library