Opinion

Santa Clara County Executive Jeff Smith has a difficult time understanding just what has occurred in the past two weeks. His vision of leading a dramatic expansion and improvement of a public healthcare system is suddenly on the verge of hitting a brick wall...

This is a follow-up to the Aug. 16 article describing what Santa Clara County has done to the Mt. Madonna archery range. In this letter, I hope to shed light on what kind of people we have at our county level. On the one positive...

Professional geoscientists have generated voluminous geologic, hydrogeologic and geotechnical engineering information on the parcel of land proposed for development of the Cordoba Center mosque and cultural center on Monterey Road (at California Avenue) in San Martin. As a licensed (but now mostly retired) consulting...

Armistice Day, 100 years ago Nov. 11: They met in a park in London; that was the story. My grandfather had recently been on the front. My grandmother a young woman living in London with her family and going to college, studying botany. When...

There were cheers last week about the record or near-record turnout levels in the midterm elections in California, and across the U.S. While the numbers were relatively high—approaching 60 percent in some California counties— they were properly qualified by adjectives such as “midterm,” “off-year”...

There were cheers last week about the record or near-record turnout levels in the midterm elections in California, and across the U.S. While the numbers were relatively high‰-approaching 60 percent in some California counties‰- they were properly qualified by adjectives such as ‰"midterm,‰" ‰"off-year‰"...

By Poonam Chabra and Manjeet Singh It’s that time of the year again—the Indian Association of South County’s annual Diwali mega event is here! IASC is a nonprofit organization and an initiative of the Indian community living in south Santa Clara County. The organization’s mission is...