Detailed blueprints show an ICE office with detention and processing space is planned in South Santa Clara County. The 111-page document obtained by this news outlet, dated Sept. 17, 2025, illustrates a future U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility with detention areas, detainee processing areas, interview and holding rooms, spaces for mothers with infants,...
Will the World Cup be a boon to Silicon Valley businesses?
The FIFA World Cup is the last of the sports trifecta to bring an economic boost into Santa Clara County following the Super Bowl in February and NCAA March Madness. An international crowd is expected to descend on Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, increasing sales and foot traffic in neighboring cities between June 13 through...
Sylvia Arenas ahead in early results for South County contest
Early results show District 1 Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas comfortably fending off a challenger to hold onto her agricultural South County seat. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Arenas is leading with 61.9% of the vote or 26,962 votes. Morgan Hill Unified School District board member Rebecca Munson is in second with 37.9% of...
Thousands to lose Medi-Cal and food aid in Santa Clara County
New rules and work requirements for Medi-Cal and food stamps imposed by the federal government could strip benefits from thousands of people in Santa Clara County. As of Monday, work requirements for people receiving food stamps, known as CalFresh in California, have expanded to include adults ages 18 to 64, raising it from the prior...
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds shifts leadership structure
After two years of uncertainty, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds leaders are gearing up to change their own governing structure, ceding more control to the county over the 165-acre public property’s future. The Fairgrounds Management Corporation board of directors on Wednesday voted unanimously to move forward with the county’s recommendations to go from five volunteer board...
Santa Clara County church commits funds to immigration defense
Faith leaders across Santa Clara County are committing money to immigration legal defense services as advocates warn families continue to face fear and uncertainty around detention and deportation. More than 120 donors across the Presbytery of San Jose are giving $15,000 to local immigration advocacy groups to support legal aid services for people facing deportation....
Santa Clara County faces $200M losses in new state budget
Outrageous. Catastrophic. A massive leadership failure. These are the words Santa Clara County leaders used this week to describe Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decisions in response to his May 14 state budget revision. Instead of helping California’s second largest public hospital system withstand billions of dollars in funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s H.R. 1 spending...
Increased demand strains South Bay service providers
South Bay safety net service providers facing an increased demand and decreased funding are calling for community support. The Emergency Assistance Network, a collaboration of Santa Clara County nonprofits led by United Way, is confronting a devastating lack of financial assistance due to federal and county budget cuts. The network provides coordinated support for residents...
Report shows child deaths in Santa Clara County were avoidable
Santa Clara County has seen an encouraging decline in child death rates, while simultaneously being marred by repeat tragedies and scandals as a result of bad homes and youth welfare leaders bungling foster cases. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday grappled with official findings that most deaths of children under the county’s care between 2021...
Santa Clara County nurses say no to pay raise delay
Santa Clara County displayed “Happy Nurses Week” banners across the hospitals of California’s second largest public healthcare system this month. But the nurses weren’t feeling the love. Instead, they’re up in arms as county leaders — grappling with a crushing budget deficit — have asked to delay cost-of-living wage increases that nurses went on strike for...