San Jose mayor teams with county supervisor to improve public safety
Two Silicon Valley officials are teaming up in an effort to help homeless and drug addicted residents who they said are scaring and attacking people living in downtown San Jose. At a town hall meeting Friday, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County District 2 Supervisor Betty Duong, who’s district...
Gifford Fire smoke expected in Bay Area, air quality advisory in effect
Bay Area residents may see hazy skies and smell smoke, but the air district does not expect pollutant levels to exceed federal 24-hour health limits.
Mark Zuckerberg Angers Furious Neighbors in Swanky Silicon Valley Enclave Over Sprawling 11-home, $110M...
Mark Zuckerberg has infuriated his neighbors by snapping up 11 homes surrounding his house to create a massive Silicon Valley compound.
Santa Clara County Proposes Sales Tax Hike to Offset $1 Billion Federal Funding Shortfall
In a decisive move to combat the significant loss of federal funding, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has voted to put a general sales tax measure on the November ballot. According to the County of Santa Clara, this move follows the slicing of over $1 billion in revenue due to federal budget cuts. This...
Los Gatos Ranch Manager Charged with Animal Cruelty
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged the manager of Chaparral Ranch’s Bear Creek Stables in Los Gatos, a popular South Bay horse riding ranch, with criminally failing to care for a horse that died from malnutrition and heat stroke last year. Honey the horse was...
Facing immigration fears and inflation, a 25-year Watsonville family business fights to survive
➤ Para leer el artículo en español, haga clic aquí. As she waits for customers to trickle into her clothing store, La Minita, on a Friday afternoon, Maria Ceballos busies herself with altering the hems of jeans her customers have dropped off throughout the week. The sound...
Zuckerbergs’ ‘pandemic pod’ school forced to close after neighbor backlash
The Zuckerbergs were forced to close a private school they opened during the pandemic after neighbors complained, according to a new report. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, a pediatrician, opened what the San Francisco Chronicle described as a "pandemic pod" for their children and the children of...
Celestial spectacle expected in Bay Area night skies
"You want to be able to see as much of the sky as you can," one astronomer said.
Milpitas man dies in Colorado River drowning
MILPITAS, Calif. - One of two men who drowned in the Colorado River in Arizona has been identified as a Milpitas resident. What we know: — The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims as Venkata Mukkaala, 32, of Milpitas, and Anoop Gankidi, 32, of Tempe, Arizona.
Police bust San Jose smoke shops for alleged illegal cannabis, mushroom sales
Police in San Jose arrested five people and seized multiple controlled substances, including cannabis, mushrooms and nitrous oxide, following a bust of several smoke shops in East San Jose last week.
