Sunnyvale, Santa Clara voters deciding on moves to district-based elections

Sunnyvale residents and Santa Clara residents with are deciding on changes to their voting systems in Tuesday's primary election, following moves by other Bay Area cities to transition to district-based voting in recent years.

Report of man armed with knife leads to lockdown at Mission College in Santa Clara

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted at Mission College in Santa Clara on Monday afternoon after an earlier report of a man armed with a knife on campus.

Santa Clara County confirms fourth case of coronavirus

The patient is an adult woman who is a household contact of the third Santa Clara County case, according to health officials.

All 110 vote centers now open in Santa Clara County

The Voters Choice Act of 2016 is being implemented this year for the first time in Santa Clara County, with vote centers replacing traditional polling places. 

Mountain View baseball field doubles as flood basin

The $89 million Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project will provide flood protection for roughly 2,200 properties downstream in Mountain View and Los Altos by acting as a reserve basin when the creek floods, according to the water district.

Santa Clara county officials are investigating how a 65 year-old woman contracted coronavirus

Dr. Sara Cody, the director of the Santa Clara County Co.health department, announced Friday that the patient is a 65-year-old woman who had no travel history overseas or contact with anyone known to have the virus.