It is about to get harder to smoke in Santa Clara County, at least in the unincorporated areas. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors passed a series of ordinances that increased restrictions on the sale and use of tobacco products in the county. The new ordinances had two purposes: to reduce the level of youth smoking, and protect all residents from second hand smoke.
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A local family is suing the SJPD over the excessive use of force, after a woman was tased and a man was shot in the face. The verdict could have ramifications on police policies regarding the use of force on suspects, and whether Latino residents are more likely to be subjected to force in encounters with the SJPD.
Apple reported fourth quarter revenue of $20.34 billion on Monday, significantly higher than 4Q revenues of $12.21 billion reported for last year. The big sale item was the iPhone, with the number of units sold increasing 91 percent from last year. The one disappointment was the iPad, which sold 4.19 million units, though Apple had hoped to sell over 5 million.
Thrashers stun Sharks in home opener; Press extends scoring streak in two Stanford weekend victories; Earthquakes’ loss hurts playoff positioning; Broncos gallop past Spartans; Cardinal bounce back from first loss with sweep of Washington schools.
Lazarus Reavallez, 16, and Kliefert Guiang, 17, were arraigned before a judge on Friday on a single count of arson. Police suspect that the two minors are responsible for the fire that destroyed much of Trace Elementary School this summer, causing millions of dollars in damages. Though the two boys are minors, District Attorney Dolores Carr decided to arraign them as adults.
As Californians prepare to vote on the legalization of marijuana, narcotics agents in Santa Clara County raided the Angel’s Care Collective in Santa Clara, seizing 100 pounds of marijuana and two freezers full of cookies, candies, and drinks prepared with marijuana. Santa Clara Police Chief Steve Lodge warns that other dispensaries in the county could also be targeted by the police in the weeks leading up to the election.
One week after Republican superstar Sarah Palin dropped by San Jose to drum up support for Republican candidates, Bill Clinton appeared before a crowd of 5,000 people at SJSU on Saturday to win support for Democratic candidates Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom. He called on the audience to use social networking to help bring voters to the polls.
Officer Clay Rojas, 36, of the Santa Clara Police Department has been arrested for providing confidential DMV information to a member of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang, William Bettencourt, 38, of Live Oaks. Rojas is expected to be arraigned on Monday. He could face up to three years in prison.
Courtney Howard, a sophomore at SJSU, was a victim of that hazing for a period of three weeks. Now she is suing SJSU, claiming that she was beaten and tortured as she pledged for a sorority. Four members of the sorority pleaded no contest to charges of hazing—a misdemeanor—and were sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation, and the school has suspended Sigma Gamma Rho for five years.
Sarah Palin—the 2008 vice-presidential nominee, self-proclaimed Mama Grizzly and unofficial Queen of the Tea Party—brings her political circus into the heart of Silicon Valley this week with a trio of events slated for downtown San Jose on Thursday.
