Campbell News Archives

A handwritten sign on the door at In Vino Veritas in Scotts Valley announces the eatery's closure Wednesday, Oct.

Campbell police are investigating an accident Tuesday that sent two pedestrians to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle near the city's Bucknall area.

Two people were hurt in a pedestrian accident near Forest Hill Elementary School in Campbell Tuesday afternoon.

I spend the first weeks of fall looking backward, clinging to summer ways. But last week's big, bad storm tossed me smack into the middle of autumn.

After the heavy rains last Tuesday, just about everyone thought the racing season was over at Ocean Speedway.

Q Thanks for recently nominating me to be your Dream Driver for 2009, but you've got the wrong guy.

Q I received a notice from a collection agency claiming that I owe the city of San Jose $100, plus $36 interest and a miscellaneous $48 fee.

Chris Cozort, one of the top runners at the Dammit Run over the past few years, won the Campbell Oktoberfest 5k on Saturday in a time of 16:19. Andria Bengtson was the first women, in a time of 20:07. Bengtson has performed well this year, and has now won her second race in less than a month.

Almaden Expressway and Curtner Avenue, 6 p.m. Friday Police got wind of a large drug transaction and as a result, 10 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $25,000 was seized.

And to entice hungry techies to hang up the oven mitts, chefs are binding together to host Silicon Valley Restaurant Week.

Q In September, I went to Wells Fargo to send 3,500 euros to a company in Ireland.

Q: I enjoyed the columns about excuses drivers give traffic cops. My co-worker and I were having a stressed-out, horrible day at work and after reading it and laughing as we read it, suddenly the day wasn't so bad anymore.

Rey Giese, of San Jose paints a store front sign at R and J Jewelry and Loan, with the tools he has always used for his job as a window sign painter Tuesday October 7, 2009.

Tom Campbell, the poor man in the Republican gubernatorial primary, is running neck and neck with billionaire Meg Whitman - and millionaire Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's campaign seems to be having trouble gaining traction, according to the latest statewide Field Poll.

The city of Campbell is working to save a bit of history in the form of a red 1974 Chevy pickup.

First Street and Ayer Avenue, 5:30 a.m. Saturday A person waiting for a light rail train was punched in the face and robbed by a person later located, determined to be on parole and arrested.

Three words come to mind when I think of Simply Smashing ! Posh. Modern. Industrial.

When I walked into the annual reunion of the WWII War Brides Association, I saw a room full of elderly people and knew that each had an amazing story to tell.

Vehix.com Have you heard the tale of the guy in Arizona who installed a jet-assisted takeoff unit on his old Chevy? In an attempt to zip down the open road, he missed a curve and inadvertently blasted himself into the side of a cliff four miles away.