Arts & Entertainment Santa Clara Mall to Host Ed Sheeran Lookalike Contest Ahead of Levi's Stadium Show Calling all pasty gingers around the Bay! The winner of Valley Fair Mall’s Ed Sheeran lookalike contest in Santa Clara Saturday will receive two floor tickets to Sheeran’s show that evening at Levi’s Stadium, plus other big prizes.
Arts & Entertainment How to Get Between San Francisco and Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium Without a Car Rideshares and public transit can get Super Bowl and World Cup fans from San Francisco to Santa Clara for as little as $11 each way, or as much as $200 each way. Here’s how to navigate all of the available options.
SF News Yes, ICE Says Their Agents Will Be All Over the Place at the Super Bowl In Santa Clara ICE may be bogged down in controversy for shooting and killing people in Minnesota, but they insist they’re not backing down on previously announced plans to have next weekend’s Santa Clara Super Bowl crawling with ICE agents.
Arts & Entertainment Green Day to Open Super Bowl 60 With Special Ceremony Honoring MVPs Over the Years The NFL announced Sunday that legendary East Bay band Green Day is scheduled to open Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium with a performance celebrating the game’s 60th anniversary and honoring the past generations of Most Valuable Players.
Arts & Entertainment Bad Bunny Disappoints Short Fans With Height Requirement for Super Bowl Show Staff International super star Bad Bunny recently posted two job listings for roles supporting his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on February 8, and local fans were up in arms over the minimum height requirements.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Family Sues South Bay Mortuary For Allegedly Giving Them Bag Containing Son’s Brain A second SF fire displaced ten near Balboa Park Friday; San Diego high school students discovered their school gym was being used for a porn shoot; and a family says a Santa Clara mortuary gave them their son’s remains instead of his clothing.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area World Cup Schedule Announced, and Team USA Might Play One Game Here We now know who’s playing in the six World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium in late June and early July, and we’re mostly just hosting teams like Paraguay and Qatar, but there’s a chance we’ll host Team USA for a knockout game on July 1.
SF News Teen Charged With Attempted Murder in Valley Fair Mall Black Friday Triple-Shooting The 17-year-old who allegedly shot three people in a crowded Santa Clara mall on Black Friday has been charged with attempted murder, and the Santa Clara County DA is determined that the kid face trial as an adult.
SF News [Update] Three Shot, Including Two Bystanders, In Likely Gang-Related Incident at South Bay’s Valley Fair Mall The South Bay’s largest mall, Westfield Valley Fair Mall, was temporarily closed until noon Saturday during the investigation of a shooting that led to the evacuation of thousands of Black Friday shoppers. A man was shot during an argument with the suspect, and two bystanders were also shot.
Business & Tech East Bay Man Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia GPUs and AI Chips to China The DOJ arrested a San Leandro man and three others as part of an alleged conspiracy to evade US trade laws by smuggling powerful Nvidia GPUs and AI chips to China through Thailand and Malaysia. The man allegedly bragged that his dad did the same work for the CCP.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Santa Clara Mayor Responds to Trump's World Cup Threats Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor has responded to Trump's threats about moving the World Cup games; an Oakland neighborhood is menaced by a serial rock-thrower; and a petition seeks to replace Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime performer.
SF News Trump Now Threatening to Move 2026 World Cup Matches Out of 'Dangerous' SF Bay and Seattle It could be an empty threat and more blowhard BS from President Donald Trump, or it could be something he'll actually try. But Trump mentioned on Thursday that he might want to move next year's World Cup matches out of cities that are "even a little bit dangerous."
SF News Sunday Links: Tech Worker Who Was Stabbing Roommate Fatally Shot by Santa Clara Police The Valkyries played a strong game but lost against the Minnesota Lynx; posts on social media are saying salt trucks have been deployed across Chicago in anticipation of ICE; and an unemployed tech worker was shot and killed by police during a knife attack.
SF Politics Former Santa Clara City Manager Sues City, Claiming Harassment Allegedly Orchestrated by 49ers Officials The fired former City Manager of Santa Clara had long raised eyebrows for her salary and benefits package, but now says some of that criticism was stage-managed by 49ers team brass, who did not appreciate her scrutiny of Levi’s Stadium.
Arts & Entertainment Sadly, Great America Amusement Park Looks Like It’s Closing Permanently in 2027, Not 2033 as Previously Announced You might want to hurry on squeezing in your last trip to Santa Clara’s doomed Great American amusement park, as it now looks like the park’s on its final few years of operation after the land beneath it was sold to a real estate conglomerate.
SF News Sunday Links: Newsom and Bass Reject Crisis Claims as Trump Deploys National Guard to LA The Valkyries broke their losing streak in a big win over Las Vegas; Greta Thunberg and other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists are nearing Gaza; and Newsom and Bass say Trump is manufacturing a crisis by sending the National Guard to LA.
SF Politics 49ers’ Favorite Perjury-Committing Santa Clara Elected Official Avoids Jail, Gets 40 Days of County Work Former Santa Clara city councilmember Anthony Becker was convicted of perjury for trying to do the 49ers a favor, but he won’t do jail time, and will just get 40 days of community service.
SF News Sunday Links: Over 800 Constituents Flock To Santa Clara Town Hall, Exceeding Capacity 800 frustrated constituents packed Saturday's town hall in Santa Clara and many were turned away; Trump revoked the security clearances of Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and many other Democrats; and Caltrans is launching its long-awaited study on the large truck ban along part of I-580.
SF Politics 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.
