San Jose Inside

Santa Clara County's average today, $5.48 for a gallon of regular gas, was in the middle range of Bay Area counties.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested Feb. 28 after he allegedly chased and shot at Harry Goularte, a 43-year-old man suspected of touching a 4-year-old child inappropriately at a childcare business in San Martin.

Cain Velasquez arraigned on attempted murder charges in relation to Feb. 28 shooting.

The San José Downtown Association selected downtown-based entertainment industry veteran Mauricio Mejia to promote future concerts.

Last we heard, Joanna Rauh was going to sit out the downtown city council race because she had a third child on the way. Good reason. But then the subject line “Joanna Rauh Launches Campaign for 3rd San Jose City Council District” appeared in our mailbox.

Police also learned of other possible victims of Jared Washington when he was coach of the Stingray Volleyball Club.

The county's seven-day average of new Covid cases has held below 550 for six consecutive days. 

Julie H. Sullivan, current president of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, was named the 30th president of Santa Clara University in mid-day ceremonies March 1 in front of the historic mission at the 171-year-old Jesuit, Catholic institution in Santa Clara.

Gary Kremen, founder of Match.com, promised to return $71,000 in campaign contributions from his assessor campaign, but said he wants to keep his seat on the Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors.

Local jurisdictions are free to impose their own requirements, but all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, will no longer be required by California to wear a mask indoors at schools and child care facilities starting March 12. 

A public website displayed limited case profile data on about 260,000 nonpublic state bar attorney discipline case records, along with about 60,000 public court case records.

Superior Court Judge Christopher Rudy is allowing Santa Clara County's lawsuit against Calvary Chapel San Jose to continue. The county wants to collect $2.8 mllion in fines for violating county health orders prohibiting indoor gatherings and requiring people to wear masks.

The former City of Santa Clara councilman is accused of forging six Foothill-DeAnza Community College pay stubs for 2021 – even though he last worked for the college in 2019 – in seeking to obtain a $690,000 loan from Finance of America Mortgage.

The vote ended several months of rancor between the former city manager of Sunnyvale and Oakland and a new council majority.

Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said state indoor masking requirements would still apply for unvaccinated individuals and in schools and other settings regardless of vaccination status.