Photos: Orchids bring Spring colors to the Winter season at Filoli Gardens
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing the slideshow on your mobile device. Orchids of different colors and shapes decorated the kitchen inside the house at Filoli Historic House and Garden in...
View ArticleCritter Corner: How to break cat of late night activities
Dear Miss Behavin: My cat, Louie, has been roaming around the house and meowing in the middle of the night, waking me up. How can I get him to stop? Cats are naturally nocturnal animals so this...
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Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino stepping down
After more than two decades of driving regional public policy on transportation, housing and other key challenges, Carl Guardino will step down this year as president and CEO of the Silicon Valley...
View ArticleMountain View: Insurer won’t cover operating largest lots in RV safe parking...
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The insurance provider for the non-profit group operating the city’s RV parking lots has pulled out of negotiations, likely meaning more weeks of delay in expanding safe parking for RV...
View ArticleTrail hike reveals a haunting art piece at Villa Montalvo: Pizarro
On a hike with my family last week at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, we came across something that at a distance looked like flat mushrooms growing inside a circle of Bay laurel trees. Upon close...
View ArticleSunnyvale School District Superintendent to step down
Sunnyvale School District Superintendent Benjamin H. Picard this month announced his intention to retire effective June 30. First hired by the district in 1987 as associate superintendent of personnel...
View ArticleCupertino community briefs for the week of Jan. 17
Library launches new website The Santa Clara County Library District launched its completely redesigned website Jan. 7 at sccld.org. “Our website averages 126,000 unique visitors every month,” County...
View ArticleCampbell crime report for the week of Jan. 17
Auto Burglary: On Dec. 30, an unknown suspect entered an unlocked vehicle and stole items in the 700 block of Dry Creek Road. Auto Burglary: On Dec. 30, an unknown suspect entered a truck in the 200...
View ArticleLos Gatos community briefs for the week of Jan. 17
Rotary crab feed The Rotary Club of Los Gatos is holding its 19th annual Crabfest and Auction Jan. 25 to raise money for local charities. Attendees will feast on all-you-can-eat fresh, cold crab at St....
View ArticleAnticipation building for new LEGOLAND Discovery Center: Pizarro
Since our kids discovered LEGO about five years ago, you can find the ubiquitous bricks in just about every room of our house. We’ve got bins filled with them — all various shapes and sizes — along...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening sports briefs for Jan. 10
To submit an item to the What’s Happening calendar, email ccnsports@bayareanewsgroup.com to request a form. Put “What’s Happening” in the subject line. Nonprofit organizations only. You might be asked...
View ArticleMacy’s to close at Antioch mall almost 16 years after locating there
Nearly 16 years after Macy’s opened a store at Antioch’s Somersville Towne Center, the company has announced it will close its doors there. The announcement of the store closure comes only a few months...
View ArticleAlameda Restaurant Week to offer something for everyone
Alameda has come up with the perfect solution to the culinary letdown after the holidays by presenting its third annual Restaurant Week from January 16 through Jan. 26. The “week” is actually an 11-day...
View ArticleHappy Wanderer: Seaside Carmel seems like a dream, but it’s real
All the beautiful people have dogs. It’s one of the first things I notice about Carmel by-the-Sea, a village where evening lights twinkle in the aromatic mist of orange blossoms and sea salt. Where...
View ArticleHorgan: Do you really need that light on? It’s a winter war of watts
It’s a winter battle that’s as predictable as another tweet from you-know-who. And it has nothing whatever to do with politics. And thank goodness for that. It involves PG&E. It’s a struggle over...
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San Jose housing development planned near downtown includes no affordable...
A proposed housing development along a key San Jose thoroughfare connecting the city’s downtown to its retail epicenter is expected to help transform the neighborhood into a bustling, urban corridor....
View ArticleLos Gatos community briefs for the week of Jan. 10
Violins of Hope As one of the “Violins of Hope” Bay Area partners, New Museum Los Gatos will present “In the Artist’s Studio: The Violin Workshop of Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein.” The exhibition runs...
View ArticleWest Valley calendar of events for the week of Jan. 10
Special Events Friends Bookstore: The Friends of the Los Gatos Library Bookstore is open in the old library. Gently used fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and DVDs are priced to sell quickly. Store...
View ArticleCupertino/Sunnyvale calendar of events for the week of Jan. 10
Special Events Sunnyvale Farmers Market: Enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables and arts and crafts from local growers and artisans. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Murphy and Washington avenues, Sunnyvale....
View ArticleMilpitas community briefs for the week of Jan. 10
Charitable meals grants Santa Clara County’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency charitable feeding pilot program is accepting applications through March 18 for grants of up to $1,000 to...
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