January 5, 2021 Op-Ed: VTA Should Rethink Those ‘Spaced Out’ Bus Stops By Robin Roemer and Gil Rodan If we can’t even make room and time for bus stops on our streets, there is little hope we’ll ever get the fast-moving transit system that we need. Read More 10
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 20, 2020 Shooting at Milpitas Great Mall Was Self-Inflicted, Police Say By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Milpitas Police Department asked holiday shoppers to shelter in place for hours as they searched the center store by store. Read More 6
December 19, 2020 BREAKING: Police Investigate Shooting at Milpitas Great Mall By Silicon Valley Newsroom Milpitas police shared few details about the incident, saying they ordered a shelter-in-place “out of an abundance of caution.” Read More 1
December 8, 2020 Milpitas Police Chief Armando Corpuz to Retire at Month’s End By Emanuel Lee The veteran law enforcement official started his career as a Milpitas reserve officer in 1990 and climbed the ranks to top cop in 2017. Read More 0
December 2, 2020 Covid-19 Outbreak Reported at Santa Clara County Juvenile Detention Facilities By Michael Moore The outbreak is the first detected transmission of the virus in the county’s juvenile facilities since the pandemic began in March. Read More 2
November 18, 2020 Judge Rejects Motion to Halt Project HomeKey Development By Grace Hase Judge Patricia Lucas, meanwhile, has asked the plaintiffs to return to court next month with a new appraisal on the property in question. Read More 12
November 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Trades Jail Plans for Mental Health Facility By Jana Kadah, Bay City News In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors reinforced its commitment to build a new mental health facility. Read More 7
November 18, 2020 Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran Flip-Flops on Proposal to Assess Homeless Residents By The Fly The mayor went from being ecstatic about the proposal to effectively opposing it by abstaining from the otherwise unanimous vote. Read More 22
November 5, 2020 Election 2020: Meet Alex Lee, California’s First Gen Z Legislator By Jennifer Wadsworth The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years. Read More 5
October 26, 2020 Gov. Newsom Announces Project HomeKey Funding, Including $56 Million for Bay Area Projects By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Project HomeKey is a statewide initiative that buys different motels, hotels or apartment buildings and transforms them into housing. Read More 3
October 16, 2020 Milpitas City Council Asks Santa Clara County to Withdraw Plans for Homeless Housing Project By Grace Hase City leaders want the county to withdraw the project over what they say is a lack of transparency and a hasty timeline. Read More 15
October 14, 2020 PG&E to Cut Power for 2,000 Customers in Santa Clara County By Grace Hase Residents living east of Milpitas near the Calaveras Reservoir are expected to lose power at 8pm. Read More 3
October 14, 2020 Measure T Would Extend a 2014 Parcel Tax to Preserve Santa Clara Valley’s Open Space By Emanuel Lee The proposal would lengthen but not increase the tax set by Measure Q, which county voters overwhelmingly approved six years ago. Read More 3
October 8, 2020 Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran May Sue Over Project HomeKey By Grace Hase Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran is concerned that residents won't have a fair chance to provide feedback due to the accelerated timeline. Read More 10
September 22, 2020 Project HomeKey to Flip Milpitas Motel into Long-Term Housing By Grace Hase The $29.2 million in state funds will pay to convert a 146-room Extended Stay America into 132 apartments for homeless residents. Read More 24