Cupertino News

Neither the fruit nor the mobile device was anywhere in sight on the Fourth of July in the Cupertino park, which was back in business after being closed for a two-year renovation. With much holiday fanfare, the lush, 38-acre public site flung open its gates to Independence Day crowds, who swarmed the sparkling swimming pools and picnic areas to stake out their turf for picnics and barbecues.

Despite initial concerns about the spread of swine flu, Japanese leaders from Toyokawa gave Cupertino students an enthusiastic go-ahead to visit their town for the annual sister city exchange that has taken place for more than 30 years.

Two local Chambers of Commerce are cutting back costs starting at the very top. The Sunnyvale and Cupertino Chambers of Commerce both let go of their CEOs this week.

The city of Cupertino will host daylong festivities on July 4. The De Anza Optimist Club will start the morning with a pancake breakfast at the Quinlan Community Center from 7 to 11 a.m. A children's parade will begin at the Memorial Park ball field at 10 a.m. Evening activities will begin at 6:45 p.m. at Creekside Park, Hyde Middle School and ...

On July 4, residents will get their first peek at Cupertino's upgraded Blackberry Farm. The 38-acre historic farm, which has been closed for two years while undergoing a $13.7 million facelift, is set to reopen its gates for an official dedication and daylong festivities.

Santa Clara County has reached a settlement with the family of one of the victims in a 2008 crash involving a patrol car driven by a sheriff's deputy.

The Santa Clara Valley Koi and Water Garden Club will hold its 18th annual pond tour on July 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour will feature six ponds of various sizes and designs located at private residences in Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and Mountain View.

The city of Cupertino is looking to collect stimulus funds to help save money on its energy bills.

Santa Clara police say they've nabbed the city's most prolific tagger in recent memory - a 21-year-old unemployed man who allegedly spray painted his moniker 100 times on baseball dugouts, sound walls, elementary schools, parked vans and apartment complexes.

Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $2.3 million to the parents of one of the bicyclists killed when a former sheriff's deputy drove his patrol car into a group of cyclists in the Cupertino foothills.

After seven months, T.G.I Friday's is reopening at its former Cupertino location, but the new managers say the remodeled restaurant will have a lot more flair.

Kimberely Gay, owner of Bowser's Buddy Pet Care based out of Sunnyvale, with, clockwise top left, Max, a greyhound, Ollie, a long-haired dachshund, Buckthorn, a Welch terrier, and Miss Angel, a miniature pinscher.

The school's last Principal/Superintendent, Alicia Mommer, rings the school's bell for the last time at Montebello School in Cupertino, Calif.

An educational summit was held in Cupertino Thursday to train clergy members on how to look for signs of elder abuse.

A former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy tearfully apologized in court Thursday before being sentenced to four months in jail and 800 hours of community service for hitting and killing two bicyclists in Cupertino last year when he fell asleep at the wheel of his cruiser.

Santa Clara Superior Court Judge David Cena Thursday afternoon sentenced a sheriff's deputy to four months under house arrest and 20 weeks of community service for hitting and killing two bicyclists with his patrol car after he fell asleep at the wheel while on duty in Cupertino last year.

Inside of Lehigh Southwest Cement plant on Thursday June, 18 2009 in Cupertino. The U.S. EPA is proposing strict new rules to reduce emissions of mercury and other pollution from America's cement plants, and the industry is concerned that they will dramatically increase costs.

The former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy who killed two bicyclists after falling asleep behind the wheel of his patrol car will be sentenced today.

The city of Cupertino has awarded contracts to renovate the softball field at Memorial Park and the irrigation system on the grass field near the library.

The Cupertino City Council on June 16 unanimously approved a balanced budget for 2009-2010 that includes $915,000 earmarked for pending state takeaways.