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Parents, teachers and employees in the Kathryn Hughes Elementary School community plan to turn out at Thursday’s Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) Board of Trustees meeting to demand the district take steps to remove the school’s principal. They say that they’ve already had several meetings with district staff about Principal Louis Barocio and they want to know why the district has not taken action. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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The Santa Clara City Council discussed the changes in the municipal fee schedule and whether nonprofits should have waived fees. It also talked about efforts to get more parks and city streets into ADA compliance. Santa Clara is between a rock and a hard place. During a study session Tuesday, the Council heard details as to the plan to update its fee schedule...Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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The energy was palpable at Sutter Elementary School on Monday morning. Kids swarmed onto the blacktop, bouncing and screaming, but it wasn’t your typical recess that caused all the excitement. It was the solar eclipse. “I think it’s very interesting with the glasses because you can’t see anything except that shining bright sun,” said Elsa, 11. “I think it’s cool. It’s kind of like the moon except it’s orange,” said Anvi, 11. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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While the recent restoration of paramedic services to Sunnyvale was a victory for residents, it still doesn’t address the larger issue. Late last year, the Public Safety Officers’ union raised the alarm bell that a paramedic shortage was causing delayed response times, putting lives at risk. Sunnyvale is a bit of an oddity: its officers are essentially cops, firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs). But they aren’t paramedics. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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Santa Clara City leaders face a big decision on Tuesday. Agree to settle with the 49ers and quash all pending litigation or continue to fund a legal battle that has been raging for more than five years. The Forty-Niners Management Company (ManCo) has offered the Santa Clara Stadium Authority (SCSA) $18 million to resolve two current legal disputes. Both sides would also return to the table to talk about concessions that could resolve future issues. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition: The Bias Inside Us — April 1 – April 21 at Santa Clara University Library (500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara). Read complete article at svvoice.com.

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The Fremont Firebirds fell 8-2 to the Los Gatos Wildcats on Monday, but the final score is rather misleading. Firebirds starting pitcher Jiyah Caban was far and away the Firebirds’ player of the game as one could make the case that none of the Wildcats’ first five runs should have scored. The first two runs in the bottom of the first were both unearned. And with some cleaner defense behind her, Caban arguably should have had a shutout going after four innings of work. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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When Anita Wong moved to Santa Clara three months ago, one of the first things she did was change her Facebook affiliation from Buy Nothing Berkeley to Buy Nothing Santa Clara. “I’ve been addicted ever since I joined Buy Nothing San Francisco more than five years ago,” said Wong. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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If you don’t like the results of a survey, just call into question the methods used to gather the data — at least that is what many attending the Santa Clara City Council’s priority-setting session seemed content to do. At the first of two priority-setting sessions Monday, many, including several Council members, challenged the results of a community survey conducted by EMC Research, a public opinion consultant. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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The trial of Council Member Anthony Becker will now take place at the end of July. During a brief motions hearing in San Jose on March 29, the presiding judge agreed to push the start of the trial back to July 29. Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson met with Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky and Chris Montoya of the Public Defender’s Office in her chambers prior to starting her afternoon court session. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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Amanda Pease, President of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Swim Club, is busy planning for the Swim Club’s “Casino Night,” a fundraiser to be held on Saturday, March 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. at 1600 Martin Ave. where the Aquamaids’ Bingo Hall is located. “We just want some community bonding and community building with our membership,” Pease said. “The event is open to anyone who wants to come.”

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If you want to know what a sizable part of Santa Clara’s former golf course and promised future urban and entertainment center is likely to look like in the future, you should skip Santana Row and take a drive down Central Expressway. On Jan. 31, Related Companies, which has held an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) on the 240 acres of former city golf course since 2013, proposed a development plan amendment (“Scheme C”) to add 1.6 million sq. ft. of light industrial space. It cut retail, restaurant and entertainment space by 30% and office space by 20%. Read more at svvoice.com

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The birds were no match for the bears on Thursday afternoon in Saratoga when the Santa Clara Bruins barrelled past the Saratoga Falcons with ease. Santa Clara stormed out of the gates in the top of the first and never looked back. Before Bruins’ starting pitcher John Kepner even toed the rubber for his first pitch of the game, Santa Clara already had a 4-0 lead. Read more at svvoice.com

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Born blind, David Han immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul, Korea, with his parents when he was seven. He grew up in Santa Clara, learning English and braille as second languages and, with his parents’ encouragement, navigating the world boldly with a white cane and a seeing-eye dog. Read more at svvoice.com

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The death last Monday of former city manager Jennifer Sparacino gave the final punctuation to the end of an era in Santa Clara — an era of long-tenured City staff who came up through the ranks, as Jennifer did; getting her lessons in municipal management from legendary city manager Don Von Raesfeld. Her lowkey style tended to obscure her truly momentous achievements — starting with her first big achievement: the purchase of the land under Great America in 1983. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is still investigating after an apparent road rage incident ended with two people stabbed. It happened on Friday afternoon, March 15, around 3:25 p.m. near the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale. Witnesses called DPS to say that several men were fighting in the intersection. When officers arrived at the scene, they found two men with stab wounds. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

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Vickie Geary was washing the dishes one Saturday morning when she suddenly started feeling strange. She tried to describe the symptoms she was experiencing to her husband. “It was like a bowling ball pressing on my stomach,” said Geary, who was 55 years old at the time. “And there was a tingling in my fingertips.” Although Geary didn’t know it, she was having a heart attack. Read complete news at svvoice.com.