Milpitas News

A one-hour workshop with Sunnyvale Musical Theatre Camp director Amy Zsadanyi and vocal director Heather Clemens will be offered for children ages 7 to 14 on May 26 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Ave.

Bay Area-based Maddie's Fund is ramping up for the nation's biggest free pet adoption event June 1 and 2. The free pet adoptions will take place at more than 100 adoption sites and street fairs around the area, including four locations in Fremont along with one in Milpitas and seven in San Jose.

Q What do you think of the proposal to drop the maximum blood alcohol level from 0.08 to 0.05 percent for drunken driving? A I like it and here's why: Although any change is a long shot and at best many years away, it raises awareness that you don't need to be legally drunk to be an impaired driver.

City of Milpitas will host its annual Memorial Day Ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday, May 27 at the Veterans Memorial Flag Plaza next to city hall, 455 E. Calaveras Blvd.

A search for two residential burglars Friday led to an hours-long shelter in place for two public schools on Yellowstone Avenue as authorities sought and eventually arrested the suspects, Milpitas Police Department reported.

Terrell Jamar Rhodes, a 20-year-old San Francisco resident, was arrested in connection to a residential burglary in northeast Milpitas Monday afternoon, Milpitas Police Department reported.

Milpitas Police Department's traffic safety unit will conduct a drunken driving/driver's license checkpoint Saturday, May 25 starting at 9:30 p.m., and extending to 3 a.m. Sunday on Great Mall Parkway.

City of Milpitas will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday, May 27 at the Veterans Memorial Flag Plaza next to city hall, 455 E. Calaveras Blvd.

On May 9 at 7 p.m., Milpitas Police Department officers responded to a residential burglary at a condominium complex at 1000 N. Abbott Ave.

It's a pony-tail day for thousands of Milpitas women after an ill-timed power outage cut electricity at about 7:15, wrecking hairstyles, breakfast plans and, for some, the morning commute.

I have a fully furnished master bedroom with attached bath available in 3BR/3BA in Townhome near Great Mall, Milpitas.

A home daycare center in Milpitas has been shut down after a disturbing discovery.

At the risk of boring your faithful readers and in reply to the excellent letter from Tom Warney, I ask the people of Milpitas to consider something.

The license of a Milpitas day care center has been suspended and is in the process of being permanently revoked after an inspection and investigation turned up conditions certain to cause nightmares for parentsa€¦an infant who was strapped into a car seat, in a dark upstairs closet, facing the wall.

After nearly 20 years of providing services in Milpitas, the California Department of Social Services has suspended the childcare license of Stephanie Newbrough and intends to revoke it, an agency spokesman said this week.

Thirty two single-family residential dwellings, including four "live-work" units, saw formal approval this week for a new mixed-use development at 375 Los Coches St.

A 63-year-old Milpitas woman was identified this week as the person found dead Friday in a car that flipped onto its roof after crashing into a ravine off Calaveras Road at least one day earlier, the California Highway Patrol reported.

A man wanted on a warrant was taken into custody after a brief chase in Milpitas this morning, a police sergeant said.

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday, May 12, and besides the brunch reservations and jewelry, people will be scrambling to buy their No.

A 63-year-old Milpitas woman was found dead in an overturned vehicle in an embankment off of a roadway in an unincorporated area near Milpitas, according to the California Highway Patrol.