Front-yard swastika display angers El Sobrante residents again
It’s beginning to feel a bit like deja vu for El Sobrante residents who say they are in no mood for hate symbols in their neighborhood. But Steven Johnson’s creation — a stone garden in the shape of a...
View ArticleMe & My Car: Willys-Knight partnership beneficial for early auto industry
Editor’s note: David Krumboltz’s regular column is on hiatus until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, we’re running some of Dave’s favorite past columns. This one...
View ArticleLocal wineries deal with restrictions from both sides of county line
From a winery perspective, county-by-county rules about reopening are presenting a great deal of confusion. If you’re in Santa Clara County, you must sell food to serve wine. Not so in Santa Cruz...
View ArticleMilpitas community briefs for the week of July 3
Clean energy milestone With the approval of a contract with 8minute Solar Energy in June, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) has more than $1 billion committed to building and operating renewable...
View ArticleSunnyvale community briefs for the week of July 3
Clean energy milestone With the approval of a contract with 8minute Solar Energy in June, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) has more than $1 billion committed to building and operating renewable...
View ArticleLos Gatos community briefs for the week of July 3
Music for the Soul For residents at The Terraces of Los Gatos senior living community, meditation is now as simple as turning on their TVs. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Victor Bejarano, The Terraces’...
View ArticleCampbell community briefs for the week of July 3
Conversations on racial injustice Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg is hosting three virtual countywide Community Conversations for residents and community-based organizations to talk about...
View ArticlePhotos: Protesters participate in Drive 4 Justice caravan in Oakland to...
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing this gallery on a mobile device. Hundreds of demonstrators with The Defund the Police Coalition held a massive car caravan today. The caravan started from...
View ArticleCOVID-19 complicates struggle to shelter San Jose’s homeless population
Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course at journalism. Students in this year’s virtual program report...
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Mosaic profile: At-home nursing in the pandemic era
Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course at journalism. Students in this year’s virtual program report...
View ArticleQ&A: Chef Sandra Dailey talks cobbler, canning and giving back to the community
About a decade ago, Sandra Dailey swapped a successful Silicon Valley career for a chance to put an entrepreneurial spin on a lifelong passion, baking and cooking. The result was Sandi’s Cobbler Cups...
View ArticleCritter Corner: How to prepare and calm your dog for the Fourth
Dear Miss Behavin’: We have a new puppy and are concerned about the upcoming Fourth of July holiday and how our pup will react to the fireworks. What are some steps we can take to ensure a safe and...
View ArticlePhotos: Black Lives Matter protest at Oakland police headquarters
CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. A short peaceful Black Lives Matter march ended at Oakland police headquarters on Monday evening after winding through...
View ArticleInfluential commission to guide San Jose development finally gets citywide...
For years, one of San Jose’s most influential commissions has been overwhelmingly controlled by white representatives from some of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods. But that’s about to finally...
View ArticleSan Jose community briefs for the week of July 3
Great Plates for seniors Residents ages 65 and older can take advantage of the city’s Great Plates Delivered partnership through July 10. The program provides eligible seniors who are unable to leave...
View ArticleCampbell crime report for the week of July 10
June 21 100 block of Michael Drive: A victim desired prosecution of a suspect with whom she has a no-contact order for indirectly attempting to contact her. June 22 Overnight in the 200 block of Union...
View Article‘This Street’ makes sharp turns in tone, subject matter
An eccentric, sometimes unsettling, series of digital video productions make up Pear Theatre’s new hodgepodge of vignettes called “This Street and the Next.” Directed by the company’s artistic...
View ArticlePets and the pandemic: San Jose families add four-legged pals to their bubbles
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COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter weigh heavily on San Jose teens’ mental...
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Quarantine creativity: An Oracle Park made of Lego bricks
If you can’t get out to the ballpark during this wretched coronavirus pandemic, at least you can build one on your dining table. That apparently was the thinking of Kavin Mistry, a Cupertino resident...
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