The Silicon Valley Voice

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Residential Burglary Location: 600 Block of Hudson Drive Public Safety Dispatchers received a call for service regarding a prior burglary on the 600 block of Hudson Drive. The victim’s storage shed had been broken into overnight and numerous items were stolen valued at approximately $1,030. The unknown subject(s) remain at large.... This is the second time the victim’s storage shed has been broken into (Case #20-1118055) in recent months. See more

The suspect is described as a Caucasian adult male or light skinned Hispanic adult male, 20-30 years old, 5 foot 11 inches 6 foot 2 inches tall, 140-160 pounds, skinny build, long dark shoulder length curly hair, patchy facial hair, last seen wearing a white t-shirt, faded blue jeans, and white shoes.

Santa Clara Unified has partnered with Valencia Labs to provide no cost monthly asymptomatic testing for teachers and staff. They have also thrown their name into the hat to be a vaccination site once teachers can be vaccinated.

Last year, Rajvi Umrigar and Michelle Wallerius co-founded the free, online mentoring platform Inara, meaning shining light." It represents the bright future they see for their mentees.

Santa Clara faces a $42 million budget shortfall in the coming fiscal year and residents can expect to see $24 million in City budget cuts over the next 12 months, plus possible increases in fees and taxes. This shortfall is up from about $29 million general fund deficit forecast last April.

Many have prematurely said that Santa Clara City Council Candidate Suds Jain wouldn't be able to vote on Downtown's development. Today, we got official word that Jain will be able to vote on the project.

Local cities make changes and reopen more. The Cities also start planning on how to celebrate the holiday season while keeping residents safe.

Milestones - Opinion by Publisher Miles Barber

Santa Clara City Council approved reducing the number of affordable apartments. However, rent on those apartments will now cost roughly $1,100 a month less than before. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developer, ZAEN Partners, was unable to secure financing for development. To make the deal work, Ensemble is now partnering with Related. The development satisfied the affordable housing component for two projects for each developer.

The end of the election is near. See what your neighbors have to say about that, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics. To submit a letter, send an email to editor @ svvoice .com or use the Write to the Editor button on our website.

Santa Clara developer Related Companies which hasn’t paid a dime in rent for the 240 acres of City land it’s had a development contract on for seven years its luxury fitness subsidiary Equinox, and its subcontractor Power Design have collectively paid about $15 million in wage theft penalties in California and Washington D.C. since 2013.

Because the alleged crimes were not committed during their employment with SCPD, Philip Cooke, who just plead guilty, and Brian Gilbert will not lose their pensions.

Thursday, October 22, 2020 Misuse of 9-1-1 System Location: 1500 Block of Newhall Street Between 10/11/20 and 10/14/20, Public Safety Dispatchers reported that a subject has called the City’s Communications Center via the emergency 9-1-1 line on 97 occasions, from two separate phone numbers. In each of the calls, the subject did not report a crime, medical emergency, fire, or any situation that would require an immediate response. Instead, the caller attempts to engage in c...onversations about personal matters or make derogatory or expletive comments. These types of calls tie up phone lines needlessly and burden Public Safety Dispatchers attempting to triage real police, fire and medical emergencies. For customer service-related inquiries (e.g. obtain a copy of a police report, get a ticket signed off, etc.), residents are encouraged to call 408-615-4700 (Monday Friday, 8 a.m. 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. 3 p.m.; Closed Sunday). For non-emergency situations requiring police attention (e.g. loud party, barking dog, graffiti, vandalism, etc.) call 408-615-5580. In an emergency (e.g. fire, life threatening medical condition, burglary in progress, traffic accident with injuries, etc.) dial 9-1-1. Please do not use social media to report issues requiring police, fire or medical response; it is not monitored regularly. This matter has been assigned to the Police Department’s Community Response Team (CRT) for follow-up. See more

There have been some questionable political actions happening this election season. Will the Fair Political Practices Commission investigate and hand out fines?

CodELEVATE is an initiative that eliminates disparities in tech education mainly through educating students on skills in GitHub," said Riteka Murugesh, 17.

The Santa Clara Unified School Board approved the Health and Safety Plan. They still don't have a reopening date, but they are getting draft plans together for welcoming elementary school students.

The Police Union PAC had a political press conference with Mayor Gillmor & the Police Chief to discuss a Jed York supported PAC & the candidates it's supporting through independent expenditures, however, some pointed out that the police PAC does the same thing.

Santa Clara County is the first county in California to make Juneteenth a paid county holiday.