Milpitas News

Have you ever thought about going into business for yourself, either opening a store or right at home? The Milpitas Chamber of Commerce is here to help you make the thought a reality.

The Holiday Season is just around the corner! Foremost of these activities is the 2nd Annual Festival of Trees which will be held on December 3, 2009 at the Milpitas City Hall Rotunda at Calaveras Boulevard from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., according to a representative from the Milpitas Parks and Recreation Foundation.

Wal-Mart plans to expand its existing store in Milpitas, California into one of those notorious community-killing Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Walmart has submitted a draft environmental impact report to the City of Milpitas for a store expansion that would allow it to sell fresh food and groceries on a 24-hour, seven day a week basis.

Dell Avenue, 8 a.m. Friday Ladders and scrap metal were taken from a yard. Springfield Drive, 1:14 a.m. Sunday A red vehicle seen speeding away with the headlights off was spotted, then pulled over on San Tomas Expressway.

Two South Bay men were nabbed outside Embassy Suites over weekend after attempting to burglarize cars parked at the hotel, Milpitas Police Department reported.

Tanhauser Court and Tierra Buena Drive, 7:28 p.m. Wednesday A passenger who bolted out the rear door of a vehicle police were attempting to stop, fired a gun at officers and tried to run off, was caught and arrested.

1 A plasma television was stolen from a furnished model apartment by someone able to break the dead bolt.

Milpitas Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the "Shop and Dine Milpitas" campaign for the holidays.

Milpitas Police Department continues its search for suspects connected with the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Richmond resident Michael Anthony Peeler-Davis, found dead inside GreatMall's east parking structure on Oct.

An apartment building owner's multi-year fight about Milpitas Fire Department inspection fees came to a head at Milpitas City Hall last month without the outcome for which he hoped.

Nearly two months after battling a three-alarm blaze in two North Abel Street duplexes, the Milpitas Fire Department offered further assistance to the families left devastated.

Freeway widening work on southbound Interstate 680 from Pleasanton to Milpitas will pave the way for a $37.6-million high occupancy toll lane, or HOT lane, to relieve traffic congestion.

Parents are learning invaluable lessons each week as they pull up a chair to take on the role of student during a free parenting and community based English tutoring class.

The return of Broadway shows to San Jose is good news for foodies, too: The acclaimed Paolo's has revived its gourmet pre-theater buffets.

Noted artist Thomas Soltesz will demonstrate his painting technique at the Golden Hills Art Association monthly meeting Nov.

1101 Welch Road, 9:26 a.m. last Wednesday Oxycontin pills valued at more than $50.000 were embezzled during the past year.

Milpitas City Council received a progress report this month on the $13.2-million Milpitas Senior Center at 40 N. Milpitas Blvd.

Milpitas Parks and Recreation Services' free Spooktacular Halloween event begins this weekend at GreatMall.

Milpitas Police Department has yet to determine the identity of a man found shot to death Friday inside GreatMall's east parking structure nor the killer or a motive for the crime.