Milpitas community briefs for the week of Dec. 13
New librarian sought Stephen Fitzgerald, head librarian at the Milpitas Library, has been promoted to a position at the Santa Clara County Library headquarters. While the county recruits for his...
View ArticlePalo Alto, Menlo Park to consider e-cigarette and flavored tobacco ban amid...
PALO ALTO — With the vaping industry coming under increasing scrutiny amid health concerns, two Peninsula cities are considering emergency ordinances banning the sale of e-cigarettes and flavored...
View ArticleCupertino crime report for the week of Dec. 20
Residential Burglary: Between Sept. 7 and Oct. 14, unknown suspect(s) entered a locked storage area for the Main Street Cupertino Lofts on Vallco Parkway by breaking a door and took an electric bicycle...
View ArticleBay Area Legoland holding contest to find ‘Master Model Builder’
Are you a highly creative person? Do you like working with your hands? And most importantly, do you experience a ravishing warm glow whenever you’re around colorful little plastic bricks? If you...
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San Jose Woman’s Club celebrates 125th anniversary: Pizarro
In 1894, nine San Jose women joined a popular movement during the Progressive Era, gathering at Fannie Estabrook’s studio to create a “woman’s club” here — then a farming city of 19,000. With the...
View ArticleCritter Corner: How to protect your cat and Christmas tree during the holidays
Dear Miss Behavin’: I adopted my cat Ginger a few months ago and now that December is here I would like to get a Christmas tree. I am nervous that Ginger will want to climb the tree and play with the...
View ArticleReview: Hillbarn Theatre’s production of ‘Newsies’ is a crowd pleaser
There’s something incredibly special about the Hillbarn Theatre production of “Newsies,” a musical that started out as a 1992 Disney movie that’s based on the real-life story of beleaguered New York...
View ArticlePalo Alto adopts emergency measures to protect renters from rent increases,...
PALO ALTO — Amid growing calls to offer stop-gap protections for renters before a rent-cap law goes into effect in January, Palo Alto council members voted 6-0 to adopt emergency measures stopping...
View ArticleReview: Redd literally owns the stage in ‘You/Emma’
“You/Emma” running through Sunday, Dec. 15 at Pear Theatre in Mountain View appears, at first glance, to be a trifling play. It’s a one-woman show that’s written by a woman and is about a rather...
View ArticleHorgan: Peninsula traffic congestion: Where will it all end?
Maybe we should just stop fretting about traffic congestion along the clogged Peninsula and admit that it’s so far out of our control that it’s beyond redemption. Developers of extensive office space...
View ArticleShare the Spirit: Finding a new job, and home, with the help of Shelter Inc.
Michael Thompson always thought life was meant to be simple. Do some time in the military. Get married. Go to work. Raise a family. Simple plans. Simple things. But, sometimes, even the simplest of...
View ArticleHow San Jose plans to spend funds raised by its proposed real estate property...
Hoping to convince voters that money raised by a proposed transfer tax on $2 million-plus properties would be spent as promised, San Jose officials approved a plan Tuesday that outlines how they expect...
View ArticleBerkeley authors Chabon, Waldman sign CBS production deal
Related Articles ‘Star Trek: Picard’ — Berkeley’s Michael Chabon to run the show Acclaimed Berkeley authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are embracing television more than ever. The husband-wife...
View ArticleVTA changes should ease clogged downtown San Jose: Pizarro
If you’ve driven, walked, biked or taken the bus in downtown San Jose over the past year, you’ve probably noticed San Fernando Street has become a bit of a zoo. Parking spaces and turn lanes have moved...
View ArticleSan Jose leaders support Liccardo’s plan for a customer takeover of PG&E
A month after San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced plans to convert the state’s largest and most controversial utility into a customer-owned cooperative, the rest of the city’s elected officials have...
View ArticlePhotos: San Jose’s 40th annual Christmas in the Park
CLICK HERE if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device The annual Christmas in the Park is currently open for its 40th year. The display features a 50-foot artificial tree with a...
View ArticleYouth soccer results
West Coast Soccer Club Girls U17 The West Coast Kaos U17 girls capped off the fall season with a strong showing at the Silverlakes Showcase, held over Thanksgiving weekend in Norco. West Coast played...
View ArticlePalo Alto: Council unanimously supports banning e-cigarettes, flavored tobacco
PALO ALTO — With concerns growing about the high rate of nicotine addictions among teens, Palo Alto and Menlo Park council members voted unanimously to move forward with a ban on e-cigarette and...
View ArticleBasketball coach Gary Brinck first inductee into Westmont Hall of Fame
Gary Brinck knew that the Westmont High School boys basketball tournament, now in its 53rd year, was being named after him starting this year. But there was a secret that he didn’t find out until...
View ArticleCornerstone Christian football team finishes season undefeated
There’s a powerhouse football program in East Contra Costa County that has flown under the radar this year. Cornerstone Christian High School has a 21-game winning streak that stretches over two...
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