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Santa Clara Vice Mayor Resigns After Being Found Guilty of Perjury In 49ers Scandal

A sitting Santa Clara City Council member and Vice Mayor of the city, Anthony Becker, was just found guilty of lying under oath about an illicit favor to the San Francisco 49ers ownership. He’s now stepped down, and he’s got prison time to worry about.

Arts & Entertainment

Alamo Drafthouse Opening Two New Movie Theaters In the South Bay

Santa Clara and Mountain View will both be getting new Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters this summer, as the hip theater chain is taking over two abandoned shopping mall movie theaters with plans to revitalize them.

SF News

Santa Clara High Student Dies by Suicide After Classmates Bullied Him for Being Homeless

14-year-old Jose Zamora’s short tenure at Santa Clara High School came to a tragic end last week, as the freshman took his own life after weeks of taunting for living at a homeless shelter and being raised by a single father.

SF News

NAACP Lobbies for Release of Man Who’s Already Supposed to Be Out of Santa Clara Jail

Carlos Harris has already served a 20-year sentence for a crime he says he did not commit, and a judge ordered his release from Santa Clara County Jail last week. But thanks to bureaucratic red tape, the jail can not release him.

Bay Area Sports

Levi’s Stadium Getting a $200 Million Facelift as Super Bowl and World Cup are Coming In 2026

With the 2026 Super Bowl and several World Cup games coming to Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers say they’re sprucing the place up with plenty of enhanced 4K, 5G, and whatever amenities there are in the pricey luxury suites.

Bay Area Sports

49ers Settle Ongoing Lawsuits Against Santa Clara, But Santa Clara’s Mayor Says It’s ‘a Loan-Shark Type Deal’

The San Francisco 49ers organization agreed to cough up more money to the City of Santa Clara by settling two lawsuits, but the city bizarrely must still pay for “buffet service” for 49ers fans in the most expensive seats, and there’s a new $4 charge on Levi’s concert tickets.

SF News

Humpday Headlines: Santa Clara Shooting Victim Was Three-Year-Old Boy

The victim in Tuesday's shooting in Santa Clara was a three-year-old boy and the suspect is the mother's boyfriend; Katie Porter came out swinging for Adam Schiff in their final debate; and a bit more rain may be passing through today.

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Levi’s Agrees to Pay $170 Million for Ten-Year Extension of Levi’s Stadium Naming Rights Deal

Levi’s Stadium will continue to be called Levi’s Stadium until 2043, as the apparel company has agreed to re-up their naming rights deal for $170 million, even though they still have nine years left on their original deal.

SF Politics

Pro-49ers Santa Clara Councilmembers File Ethics Charges Against Mayor and 49ers Critic Lisa Gillmor

The mud is flying both ways between Jed York’s critics and allies at Santa Clara City Hall, as York’s supporters just lodged a series of ethics complaints at Mayor Lisa Gillmor, whom Jed spent $2.5 million unsuccessfully trying to defeat.

Arts & Entertainment

Taylor Swift to Be Named Honorary Mayor of Santa Clara, City to Be Renamed ‘Swiftie Clara’

For two days (and two Midnights), Taylor Swift will be the honorary mayor of Santa Clara, and the city ceremonially renamed “Swiftie Clara,” under a proposal that will be considered tonight by Santa Clara City Council.

SF News

President Biden Arriving In Bay Area Today For Multi-Day Visit

Biden’s in the Bay Area starting this afternoon to tout a climate project and of course raise money for his reelection campaign, and oddly, Ron DeSantis will be here courting donors tonight too.

SF News

BART San Jose Extension Gets $375 Million State Grant, Expects To Start Construction Next Year

Another big pile of state money is kickstarting BART’s extension into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, which will come in handy, as authorities now admit the total project cost will indeed be about $9 billion.

SF News

Tuesday Morning Topline: Santa Clara ER Shut Down Briefly By Threatening Person

The emergency room at the Kaiser hospital in Santa Clara was the scene of a tense situation this morning, containment of the Washburn Fire has gone down slightly, and the White House has reaffirmed legal protection for emergency abortions.

Arts & Entertainment

Great America’s Land Sold to New Owners, It Will Close in Six Years or ‘Up to 11 Years'

Santa Clara’s beloved amusement park Great America has been sold, and the new owners will allow it to remain the Great America you know for only another six years, or maybe as many as 11 years.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

First Bay Area Eataly Location Gets an Opening Date, and Here Are Some Food Pics

We have a June 16 Grand Opening now officially scheduled for Santa Clara’s Westfield Valley Fair location of the Italian food emporium Eataly, which will be a staggering three stories, 45,000 square feet, and have two dedicated restaurants.

SF News

Santa Clara Makes Very Small Exception to Unpopular Levi’s Stadium 10 p.m. Curfew Rule

Levi’s Stadium has been a laughingstock concert venue over its nitpicky 10 p.m. concert cut-off, so Santa Clara just changed it — but only for five nights a year.

SF News

Most of Santa Clara's Mass Vaccination Sites Are Closing Soon (But That's a Good Thing)

With 80% of eligible county residents vaccinated against COVID-19, four of the five mass vaccination sites in Santa Clara County will shutter in the coming weeks. Remaining vaccine appointments in the county will be handled through mobile efforts, pop-up locations, retail pharmacies, and clinics.

SF News

Levi’s Stadium Throwing Teen Vaccination Parties With DJs and Oodles of Goodies

The vaccine machine that is Levi’s Stadium is offering teens a “Vaxstage Pass” — vaccine shots, with chasers of 49ers swag, locker room tours, and live DJs several nights this week.

Bay Area Sports

49ers' Jed York Makes Lavish Donations In Attempt to Unseat Unfriendly Santa Clara City Councilmembers

The 49ers CEO has dropped $3 million ($100 per registered voter!) to elect a new Santa Clara city council that would be far friendlier to billionaire NFL owner interests.

SF News

Santa Clara Sees Spike in Fentanyl Overdoses Under Shelter-In-Place

Fake oxy and percocet sold on Snapchat have contributed to a tripling of fentanyl overdoses in Santa Clara County, and prosecutors are starting to charge dealers with murder.

SF News

Another DoorDash Driver Is Caught Stealing a Package

A second DoorDash driver, this time in Santa Clara, was caught on surveillance video being a porch pirate just moments after handing off a bag of food to a customer.

Arts & Entertainment

Santa Clara Ramps Up Fight With 49ers, Votes To Take Over Control Of All Non-Football Events At Levi's Stadium

Oooo some drama is happening down in Santa Clara following that widely read story about the Rolling Stones never wanting to play at Levi's Stadium again.

SF News

One Worker Injured In Four-Alarm Construction Site Fire In Santa Clara

A condo complex under construction in Santa Clara went up in flames Friday morning, and one construction worker trying to escape the blaze was taken to a hospital with injuries.

SF News

Gang Of Over 100 Teens Terrorize Guests At Great America Halloween Event

Things got super scary for guests of a Halloween event at California's Great America Saturday, but the fright didn't come from ghosts or goblins — instead, a large group of violent, larcenous teens was

Arts & Entertainment

Coldplay Goes Well Past Santa Clara's Curfew (Because Of Course)

#Coldplay ends concert 56 min past curfew. @49ers "concerned concerts may not come to Levi's Stadium again unless the music ban is resolved" pic.twitter.com/NuolhRiT4I— Janine De la Vega (@JanineDLV) October

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