Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program is still going strong.  Last year, the Beat reported that the ...

We can’t let a good crisis go to waste.” These words were spoken by Marie Bernard, Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community ...

Milpitas SMART (Simple, Mobile, Access to Reliable Transit), our city’s own on-demand rideshare provider, is becoming more ...

Rhoda Jordan Shapiro works as a journalist and media creator in the Bay Area. She is the winner of the 2022 Golden Quill Award for her Education journalism. She has written for both the Tri-City V… ...

As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I feel a deep sense of responsibility to reflect on what loyalty to our nation truly means. For me, as an Ahmadi Muslim woman living in America, it is ...

Months back, Milpitas resident Adesh Mehta was talking to a friend about how the Silicon Valley didn’t seem to have any kind of ecosystem where like-minded people could gather to discuss and ...

Last night, William Lam was sworn in as a new councilmember, and both Mayor Carmen Montano and Councilmember Evelyn Chua were also sworn in to their new terms. “As your mayor, my mandate is to ensure ...

The Union Editorial Staff celebrate the first issue of the year. Photo by David Newman. Good things are happening in Room E9. This is where Advisor Sanjit Roy teaches Journalism at Milpitas High ...

As I stood in front of Milpitas City Hall, I watched as Vice Mayor Carmen Montano pulled into a parking spot. Within moments, she was out of her car and walking toward me. She was wearing a bright ...

When Vyomi Seth was just 6 years old, she started falling in love with the game of tennis. She would go to the Hall Memorial Park tennis courts to play, bonding with her dad, Vikas Seth, who was also ...

As reported by The Beat in September, 2019, homelessness is on the rise in Milpitas. That year, the biennial survey by Santa Clara County known as a Point-in-Time Count or PIT Count, put the number at ...

As Election Day approaches, the candidates are doing all they can to rally support and connect with voters in their last push for every possible vote. “Because in me is great leadership with integrity ...