Photos: Fair Food Fridays in Pleasanton
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. The Alameda County Fairgrounds held its third “Fair Food Fridays” at the fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Customers pre-ordered...
View ArticleValley Verde seedlings get special delivery by bike volunteers
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device When Santa Clara County’s shelter-in-place order went into effect, Valley Verde Executive Director Raul Lozano knew his San...
View ArticleSunnyvale community briefs for the week of May 15
SEF gets Google donation To help students shift to distance learning during the “shelter in place” order, Google has donated $100,000 to the Sunnyvale Education Foundation (SEF). The money will be used...
View ArticleLos Gatos community briefs for the week of May 15
Post-SIP singing Mission Valley Chorus is looking for female singers to join the group once the “shelter in place” order has been lifted. The chorus meets Tuesday nights at Nordahl Hall in Los Gatos....
View ArticleRestaurants ponder dine-in options as COVID-19 restrictions ease
At some point during “Phase 2” of the statewide road to reopening businesses, restaurants should be allowed to have guests dine in again. But not everyone is totally bullish about dipping their toes in...
View ArticleSan Jose community briefs for the week of May 15
Commendable pet care San Jose’s Animal Care Center was commended for its outstanding work in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. American Pets Alive gave kudos to 15 shelters across the country,...
View ArticlePhotos: Mothers give to others on special day
SAN JOSE — On Mother’s Day, instead of letting others pamper them, four mothers and other volunteers came together to help out other mothers, handing out meals and flowers to people in hundreds of cars...
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San Jose nurse finds fostering kittens good for her mental health during...
Diane Foxen came home from her shift in the neonatal intensive care unit and went straight to her bedroom. Foxen, a nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, had been potentially exposed...
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‘American Idol’: Danville’s Grace Leer bows out with class
Leer performs in Hawaii Related Articles ‘American Idol’ Top 7: Who survived the cut? ‘American Idol’: Danville’s Grace Leer on the night that changed her life One of the downsides to the...
View ArticlePizarro: The great car parade debate of Santa Clara County
There are some things everyone in Santa Clara County can agree on right now: We need more testing, distance learning is hard, and Aqui’s swirls are really, really good. But in a surprising twist after...
View ArticleCampbell crime report for the week of May 22
May 7 10:25 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Winchester Boulevard: A man, 50, was contacted after being reported as passed out and was found to be too intoxicated to care for himself. 3:15 a.m. in the...
View ArticleJudge: San Jose must pay county to recount signatures for labor-backed ballot...
In a decision that could cost San Jose an estimated $1 million, a judge has ordered the city to pay for the recount of nearly 100,000 signatures collected for a controversial labor-backed ballot...
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Tesla defies Bay Area coronavirus orders, restarts Fremont plant
Tesla, one of the Bay Area’s largest manufacturers, resumed operations at its Fremont plant Monday in a high-profile act of defiance to regional public health orders meant to contain the spread of the...
View ArticleFremont, Newark, Union City sewer rates to increase 45 percent over five years
Sewer rates in Fremont, Newark, and Union City will be going up by 45 percent over the next five years after the Union Sanitary District board approved the increases by a unanimous vote at its meeting...
View ArticleCupertino faces budget impacts of COVID-19
This is an edited version of an open letter to the community released by Cupertino City Manager Deborah Feng on May 6. The city of Cupertino—along with municipalities across the country—has been...
View ArticleCan this San Jose building be historic if people think it’s ugly?
If I told you an early work of César Pelli, the architect behind San Francisco’s iconic Salesforce Tower, was in danger of being demolished in San Jose, you might object. As you might if I said one of...
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‘Legend’: Santa Cruz surfer killed by shark celebrated as the brightest of...
Kyle Pitchford was back in the ocean on Monday, one of the few close friends of Ben Kelly ready to return to surfing. He paddled out at the spot the two of them and other friends frequented, a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Notre Dame High School seniors get surprise from teachers, principal
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery on your mobile device. Like many other institutions across the country, Notre Dame High School in San Jose has been forced to make changes...
View ArticlePhotos: SJPD, first responders, recognizes healthcare workers at Regional...
(If you’re having trouble viewing this gallery or video on a mobile device, click here.) SAN JOSE — “Thank you’s” were volleyed back and forth between first responders, over a hundred from different...
View ArticleCOVID-19 lockdown spells shutdown for beloved Oakland shop Issues
OAKLAND — A pair of entrepreneurs who defied the odds by opening a shop dedicated to the ever-shrinking world of print periodicals is reluctantly closing their doors after 13 years, having suffered...
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