The mail thefts recently reported on by The Milpitas Beat have been increasing in number, with incidents now spreading beyond the Traverse community and occurring in Ellison Park, the PACE ...

Maria Denise Cuenca is a Reporter for the Milpitas Beat and has proudly written about a variety of issues in Milpitas including homelessness, politics, and community events. With The Milpitas Beat, ...

Community members came together on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk in front of Milpitas City Hall, as part of a widespread string of gatherings… The ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the Performing Arts Center Groundbreaking in January. Photo courtesy of MUSD. At the end of January, the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) broke ground on a new Performing Arts Center at ...

The current lobby of the Hillview Ct. Apartments. Upon entering Hillview Court Apartments (formerly Extended Stay America), one encounters a wide front lobby. Every day, a resident comes down to it to ...

Milpitas City Hall. File photo. This past Tuesday, the Milpitas City Council held a special meeting to discuss procedures and protocols in their current handbook. The handbook, which was originally ...

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… ...

Photo from Milpitas Middle College High School. Courtesy of MUSD. In a win for the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD), the district was awarded $820,000 in grant money from the Golden State ...

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 ...

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 ...