Saratoga News

The pavement in the Village will come alive June 22 for the annual Sidewalk Affaire, offering visitors good deals and plenty of fun in the sun.

Most high school seniors don't catch the attention and interest of Boeing. But then, few high school seniors get a planet named after them, either.

To make a business come to life, it takes a dream and a plan, and in the Silicon Valley there seems to be no shortage of either.

Looking out on his back yard one day last month, Michael Metz saw a scene that startled and terrified him: three coyotes surrounding his 100-pound dog.

In his first commencement speech at Saratoga High School, principal Paul Robinson sent off his 346 graduates with a quote by famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

There is a famous Chinese saying: "Good things come in pairs." Taking that to heart, Judy Wely's class will present not one, but two Kids Helping Kids concerts on June 30. This year's concerts will be held at the theater at West Valley College, 14000 Fruitvale Ave. in Saratoga.

East Bay LGBT Shabbat. Renewal service co-sponsored by Aquarian Minyan, Chochmat HaLev and Kehilla Community Synagogue.

Surrounded by the unique scenery of Northern California, this modern Victorian inn in Saratoga, California offers welcoming amenities and services as well as stunning views of the property's brook-side setting.

As a Jazzercise teacher at the Campbell Community Center and a former preschool teacher, Dru Barth is used to staying active.

When she was young, Eesha Khare celebrated her birthdays with guests shooting off Alka-Seltzer-powered rockets and writing notes with "invisible" lemon juice ink readable when heated by a light bulb.

The Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation presented scholarship awards to 18 graduating seniors from public schools in Silicon Valley at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.

The Saratoga Foothill Club recently awarded a pair of graduating students from Saratoga High School with scholarships.

The new commissioners are Maya Gupta, an eighth-grader at Redwood Middle School; Allison Lin, a sophomore at Saratoga High; Mihir Pandya, a freshman at Lynbrook; Summer Smith a sophomore at Saratoga; and Jeremy Wang, a junior at Monta Vista.

Farmers markets today are much like the town squares of old. They're not simply a collection of booths selling local produce, bread or cheese.

DUI arrest--On May 26 at 8:17 p.m. in the 18000 block of Marshall Lane. Deputies arrested a motorist for driving under the influence of alcohol.

A parcel tax that the Santa Clara County Library District has relied on for the past 20 years is about to expire, leaving the district's libraries with a possible future of limited funding.

Q I was driving on University Avenue in Los Altos where there are signs warning drivers of upcoming "Speed Humps."

The name may say "Russian," but from the beginning, the International Russian Music Competition has always been a global affair--as its name also suggests.

Nearly eight months since Eric Dean Garcia was found dead in the Santa Cruz Mountains, members of his family are trying to solve a homicide that investigators say has gone cold.

Photos by Hans Halberstadt/2013 Hats, both vintage and new, will be for sale at the Fabulous Hats! Party benefiting the Preservation Action Council of San Jose on June 15. The event also includes jewelry and other fashion accessories for sale.