Santa Clara County News

Dec. 2-6, 2009: Shirakawa visits San Diego on a taxpayer-funded trip and spends one hour Dec.

In December 2009, Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. flew into the San Diego airport, rented a Grand Marquis and headed to a marina Marriott for a five-day taxpayer-funded trip.

One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has issued a notice to hikers in Los Gatos that a bat found near a trail has tested positive for the rabies virus, a deputy health officer said.

A 21-year-old woman accused of striking and killing a bicyclist in Campbell two months ago will a face a hit-and-run charge for allegedly leaving the scene, as well as a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the special June 4 election for District 2 Santa Clara County supervisor.

Restaurants in Silicon Valley don t have to post their inspection report, but do have to show it to you if you ask to see it.

Milpitas Police Department has confirmed that a missing 82-year-old Milpitas man with medical issues was found disoriented but safe last night on Jacklin Road near South Park Victoria Drive by a police sergeant.

At three locations scattered throughout the South Bay, somber and grisly reminders were present Thursday of the tragic spasm of violence that had engulfed the city over a 12-hour period, leaving four dead.

An interim fire chief was named Thursday to take the reins at the Menlo Park Fire Protection District while fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained while doing yard work at his home on Saturday.

Celebration is Part of National Foster Care Appreciation Month Santa Clara County CALIFORNIAOver the past year, 2238 children in Santa Clara County were placed in foster care for at least one day.

Santa Clara County's new sales tax survived a legal challenge on Thursday when a state appeals court found that the board of supervisors complied with California law when it placed Measure A on last November's ballot.

After a six-hour manhunt that began in the unincorporated part of San Jose, federal marshals on Wednesday night captured a mentally ill "person of interest" following the brazen and deadly stabbing of a 40-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child.

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In the award-winning Evergreen School District, there has been no districtwide science fair this year.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department spokesman Kurtis Stenderup said a 3-year-old girl also was stabbed during the attack on Wednesday afternoon.

Santa Clara County prosecutors say a party bus owner has been arrested in the death of a Santa Cruz County woman who was run over by the bus after she fell out of it.

Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol were conducting a yard-to-yard search in the Alum Rock area of East San Jose Wednesday evening as they looked for a man suspected of stabbing a 40-year-old woman and two young children.

A day after a deadly crash, a parent asks drivers to slow down near Parkview Elementary School in San Jose.

Santa Clara County is celebrating May as Preservation Month, which might be a little funny to people who care about historic preservation in the county.