Palo Alto’s three council appointed officers – City Manager Ed Shikada, City Attorney Molly Stump and City Clerk Mahealani Ah Yun – are all set to receive raises next week, according to a report from the Human Resources Department. The raises, which follow a period of evaluation by a City Council committee and its consultant,...
San Jose toughens gun laws to align with state
San Jose leaders are tightening local gun buying laws to pair with California firearms regulations and through recommendations from the city’s watchdog group. A 10-day waiting period for buying handguns in San Jose will extend to all firearms, and residents under 18 will no longer be able to use the written permission of their parents or...
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema coming to San Antonio Center in Mountain View
A new luxury movie chain is moving into The Village at San Antonio Center in Mountain View, taking over the site of the ShowPlace Icon theater that abruptly closed earlier this year. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, an Austin-based company, plans to have the theater ready for movie-goers next summer, with premium viewing technology and top-notch amenities. But it...
Chick-fil-A chickens out of Campbell
West Valley residents craving Chick-fil-A need to go to San Jose, because they won’t find the chicken chain in Campbell. Chick-fil-A pulled out of its proposal to fill a vacant building along one of Campbell’s major corridors last month, after the eatery’s second attempt to come to the city sparked uproar about increased traffic among...
DA: Santa Clara County hospitals illegally dump medical waste
Human flesh and blood. Confidential patient information. Fentanyl. Santa Clara County’s top prosecutor alleges his investigators found these items and more after a covert, yearlong investigation into illegal dumping by Valley Medical Center, St. Louise and O’Connor hospitals. Investigators in hazmat suits conducted a series of unannounced waste inspections of garbage compactors starting in November...
BREAKING: Santa Clara vice mayor found guilty of perjury
A jury has found Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker guilty of perjury and failing to uphold his duties as a public official by leaking a 2022 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report. The verdict ends Becker’s month-long trial, which covered accusations that he leaked the 2022 report to San Francisco 49ers executive Rahul...
Silicon Valley lawmaker revives food benefits program
Thousands of families will be able to shop for free fresh fruit and vegetables, after a Silicon Valley lawmaker obtained needed funding. Assemblymember Alex Lee has secured $10 million to restart the CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Pilot Project. The program, which launched February 2023, allows people with EBT cards to receive instant...
Jury in Santa Clara perjury trial begins deliberations
Closing arguments in Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial have wrapped up, putting the case into the jury’s hands. Jurors will be deciding on two counts: if Becker is guilty of lying to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury about whether he leaked a 2022 report on the city’s relationship with the...
Mountain View Planning Commission backs affordable housing development with little parking
An affordable housing development in Mountain View is one step closer to getting built, although it is still raising concerns that there is not enough parking for the hundreds of residents who will be living there. CRP Affordable, an affordable housing developer, is proposing to build an eight-story, 100-unit apartment complex at 334 San Antonio...
Palo Alto set to expand its network of license plate cameras
Palo Alto Police Department’s latest crime-fighting tool is silent, passive and largely invisible unless you know where to look. The city introduced this tool last spring, when it became just the latest municipality to partner with Flock Safety to mount automated license plate readers on lamp posts, street signs and other fixtures in undisclosed locations....