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Assistant Santa Clara County Assessor Neysa Fligor early today declared victory in her bid to be elected county assessor. Fligor's victory announcement shortly after midnight coincided with a concession statement by her runoff election rival, former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar. Fligor led Kumar by nearly...

Californians infected with Covid-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.  California’s top public health official, Dr. Tomás Aragón, last week...

When Clyde Horn got back from Vietnam, after fighting with the infantry during the Tet Offensive, he was a changed man. But he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly was wrong. “I didn’t know how to define it,” he told the Kiwanis Club of...

A vehicle collided with a 40-year-old woman along Highway 9 in Ben Lomond, then drove off, on Sunday around 9:40pm. “For reasons still under investigation, the vehicle struck the pedestrian while the pedestrian was in the northbound lane,” said Sgt. E. Addy, of the California...

The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) announced the Santa Clara County 2026 Classified School Employees of the Year at the Santa Clara County Board of Education meeting June 3. Honorees were selected for each of the nine service categories: clerical and administrative, custodial...

Longtime Los Gatos journalist Dick Sparrer died Saturday, according to family members, after a long illness. He was 72. He worked in newspapers for 45 years before retiring at the end of 2016 after 15 years as the Los Gatos Weekly-Times’ editor.  “It seems like only...

Legal advocates are warning the public about a multistate scam targeting the immigrant community, with some victims losing as much as $30,000. According to Claudia Abasto Rivilla, founder and executive director of Salinas-based Latin Advocacy Network (LATINAN), scammers target Spanish- and Indigenous-language speakers using information...

Feb. 22  A caller reported her wedding ring missing from her home on Newville Drive after returning from out of town at 12:14pm. A person was reported to have driven their car into the creek in front of the caller’s property on Shannon Road at 3:44pm....

After a pledge of allegiance led by Boy Scouts Troop 2 , Council immediately jumped into discussing federal funding cuts to Santa Clara County residents as a result of HR1, colloquially known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Sept. 16. The law was signed into...

Does anyone go to the malls anymore? Then again, not all is as it appears online. So, why not get your luxury fix here in town? Luxurious has many meanings: extremely comfortable, elegant, enjoyable—and especially in a way that involves great expense. Let’s take a stroll along Santa...