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Our city is built on many strengths—excellent schools, beautiful green spaces, and a charming downtown—but the heart of Saratoga has always been its neighborhoods. As I begin my third term as mayor, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve …

Free trees The Valley Transportation Authority has partnered with Our City Forest to offer free trees to properties in the City of Sunnyvale. This partnership is designed to restore and enhance greenery around specific project areas, replace trees that were …

Joint art exhibit Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, or MACLA, in downtown San Jose and Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga are collaborating on a multimedia exhibit showcasing generational knowledge and stories. For “From Their Hands to Ours,” five …

Lincoln-San Jose 35,  Valley Center 36 Heartbreaker, Lincoln-San Jose loses by one point in the last minutes of Friday’s game against Valley Center dashing their hopes of a first state football championship in school history. Lincoln’s crowd cheers for them …

High birth rating For the fifth consecutive year, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has achieved the “High Performing” designation for maternity care from U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News evaluates hospitals based on cesarean section rates, rates of early elective delivery, complication rates among …

Serve the public The City of Cupertino is accepting applications for one unscheduled vacancy on the Public Safety Commission. This appointment is for a partial term of less than two years, expiring on Jan. 30, 2027, and doesn’t count toward …

Here’s the bummer we were watching in the third period on Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh: The scoreboard read 5-1 in favor of the hometown Penguins. Sidney Crosby, the face of the NHL for two decades and one of the greatest …

Hoping for toys Assemblymember Marc Berman, whose 23rd district includes Campbell, recently hosted a holiday toy collection for children in need. From art supplies to puzzles to stuffed animals, Berman’s office received donations of new, unwrapped toys from community members. …

Our city is built on many strengths—excellent schools, beautiful green spaces, and a charming downtown—but the heart of Saratoga has always been its neighborhoods. As I begin my third term as mayor, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve …

Free trees The Valley Transportation Authority has partnered with Our City Forest to offer free trees to properties in the City of Sunnyvale. This partnership is designed to restore and enhance greenery around specific project areas, replace trees that were …

By Redd Brown, Dina Katgara, Bloomberg News Americans are increasingly over the “slop bowl.” Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Cava — once stars of the restaurant industry — are struggling as diners tire of all those pick-your-own ingredients piled atop rice or …

By STEFANIE DAZIO The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how …

On the night that Mom forgot Hanukkah, she left a message on my voicemail in a halting tone. It said simply, “For some reason I can’t remember the story of Hanukkah.” At 99, my mother’s always good memory had started …

This year has been full of major events. It began in January with the inauguration of a new president and the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history. A trade war soon followed, sparked by increased tariffs, and in July, …

On Sunday at 4:07 a.m. the National Weather Service released a dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a.m. for San Gabriel Valley. The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA adds to be ready for, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in …

Micaela Ezra was attending another Chanukah event just five minutes away from the attack A 43-year-old woman has spoken of her shock at the terrorist attack that happened ten minutes away from her Bondi home in Australia. Micaela Ezra, who …

“I want to sincerely apologize for leaving the Zoom meeting on December 2 in protest … on reflection, I should not have threatened to leave the meeting to force its termination.” — Cupertino City Council member Ray Wang, whose consideration …

Thiago Robinson has a gift, but he came close to never opening it. Robinson, 20, of Alameda, is neurodivergent, and until recently, things weren’t going all that great for him. He wanted more than what life was offering at the …

Community survey The City of Milpitas is conducting an independent survey to better understand the topics and priorities that matter most to residents. This year’s survey also includes questions related to business license tax policies to help guide long-term funding …

“I want to sincerely apologize for leaving the Zoom meeting on December 2 in protest … on reflection, I should not have threatened to leave the meeting to force its termination.” — Cupertino City Council member Ray Wang, whose consideration …