SAP putting virtual twist on Take Your Child to Work Day
Believe it or not, Thursday is Take Your Child to Work Day. And for lots of parents already working from home in the Bay Area, that might just mean letting the kids be the background for yet another...
View ArticleVolunteers clear vegetation along Three Creeks Trail in Willow Glen
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing the slideshow on your mobile device. For a community service project, clients from the Genesis Project headed outside this week to tackle the overgrowth...
View ArticleTensions mount as San Jose chooses new site for homeless housing amid...
When the city first proposed turning a plot of land into a tiny home community for the homeless in their neighborhood three years ago, residents who live in San Jose’s Metcalf, Los Paseos and Basking...
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Watch live: Sunset stroll along San Francisco Bay
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device Join us as we take a sunset stroll past a marshy realm of salt ponds and wetlands. Alviso Marina County Park is situated...
View ArticleSan Jose officials want a say in the loosening of Bay Area coronavirus...
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo would like the city to have a say over which businesses will be the first to resume operation when Bay Area health officials ease restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic....
View ArticleLeslie Lawton, Sunnyvale Historical Society leader, dies
The Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association lost a prominent leader when Leslie Lawton died April 15. Early on, Lawton was one a strong advocate for preserving the apricot orchard at the...
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Willow Glen foundation making sure Class of 2020 isn’t forgotten
The COVID-19 pandemic — and the health orders instituted to slow its spread — forced the cancellation of high school graduation ceremonies around Santa Clara County and beyond. But Willow Glen High’s...
View ArticlePhotos: Regional Medical Center nurses protest planned closure of maternity ward
(If you’re having trouble viewing this gallery or video on a mobile device, click here.) Nurses and health-care workers gathered Thursday to protest the planned closure of Women’s Services at HCA’s...
View ArticleCupertino community briefs for the week of May 1
City orders use of masks The city of Cupertino issued an emergency order requiring the use of face coverings for everyone when working or obtaining essential goods and services outside of their homes...
View ArticleWhy an attempt to turn this city-owned San Jose hillside into a vineyard failed
Backers of a proposal to transform a barren, city-owned hillside on San Jose’s Communications Hill into a vineyard had spent years devising a plan, drumming up support and gathering signatures to bring...
View ArticleWillow Glen nonprofit fights hunger, food waste
Many years ago, Willow Glen resident Paul DiMarco was leaving a buffet dinner when he discovered that all the leftovers would be trashed and thought, “Why can’t it be picked up and delivered?” Acting...
View ArticleBay Area Muslims observing Ramadan in the coronavirus era
The hilal, or crescent moon, has been sighted in the night sky, ushering in the holy month of Ramadan. For the hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the Bay Area, this year’s observance — which runs...
View ArticleWatch live: Puppies, puppies, puppies — the cure for the lock down blues
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the video on a mobile device When the coronavirus pandemic came crushing down on the Bay Area, forcing most people behind to close doors, the staff of...
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Bay Area kids turn to art while sheltering in place
Sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic can lead to serious boredom — unless, of course, you have watercolors, markers or other art supplies handy. Kids across the Bay Area are channeling...
View ArticlePhotos: Coronavirus won’t keep ARF from finding homes for these puppies
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery and video on your mobile device The coronavirus isn’t keeping Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek from fulfilling its...
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Martinez native captures $1 million prize on Heidi Klum’s fashion-design series
Cota with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Reegan Smyth) Martinez native Jonny Cota has had a great big secret bottled up inside of him since last September. That’s when “Making the Cut,” a new fashion...
View ArticleSanta Clara County sues San Jose over controversial labor-backed ballot...
Santa Clara County’s top elections official is suing San Jose’s city clerk, demanding a recount of nearly 100,000 signatures for a controversial labor-backed ballot measure to shift the city’s mayoral...
View ArticleLocal students get community’s help with food insecurity during pandemic
Students in the Fremont Union High School District who are experiencing food insecurity during quarantine have been getting help from the district and the community at large to make sure they don’t go...
View ArticleFremont, Newark, Union City facing largest sewer rate hikes in 20 years
The Union Sanitary District, which provides sewer service for residents and businesses in Fremont, Newark, and Union City, is proposing a 45 percent rate increase over the next five years — the highest...
View ArticleBlockchain firm Ripple donates $5 million to Bay Area food banks
If you’re not into cryptocurrency, you may never heard of Ripple. But the San Francisco-based blockchain firm is making a big splash with its generosity during the coronavirus pandemic. Ripple and its...
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