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Monday, May 19, 2025
The Milpitas Beat’s editorial staff wishes to sound a note of alarm around the recent arrest and detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University.  Öztürk co-authored...
On Friday, May 9, at around 2:40pm, a car and a motorcycle collided near Kennedy Drive’s 1500 block. A parked car also got hit in the crash. The motorcycle driver...
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Historic First: Inaugural class graduates from middle college in Milpitas

Back in August of 2021, a group of 13 students embarked into uncharted territory.  They entered Milpitas Middle College High School (MMCHS), an innovative program...

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Milpitas teachers demand fair salary increase

Milpitas teachers and classified staff members came out full-force to the Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) March 11 board meeting to demand a fair...

$3300 in gifts delivered to families of Milpitas Wishes Program

Norma Morales, an SLS Supervisor of Well-Being of Immigrant and Refugee support for the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD), has always looked for ways...

Forward-thinking Education: MUSD celebrates Phase 2 completion of Innovation Campus in Milpitas

In a momentous event held last Friday (Sept. 20), the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) proudly unveiled Phase 2 of its much-anticipated Innovation Center,...

How the Weller PTA is making a positive impact

Article sponsored by Milpitas Charity Bingo.  When Milpitas resident Emerald Rubio’s kids were attending Joseph Weller Elementary School, she found herself wishing to get more...

Milpitas receives $2.9 million grant for enhancing pedestrian safety around public schools

The City of Milpitas recently got awarded $2.9 million in federal grant money, to put toward pedestrian safety and car crash reduction near the...

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How are Milpitas tax dollars being spent?

Dear Editor: I serve on the Milpitas Community Housing Commission, which is an advisory body that weighs in on matters affecting Milpitas residents. At a recent Commission meeting there were...

NJROTC offers pathways and opportunities to MHS students: Let’s find ways to keep it going

The Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program at Milpitas High School is a 48-year program that offers high school students the opportunity...

RIP World War II Veteran Phil Coneeny

This past June, my friend Phil Coneeny passed away. He was 96. I used to sit next to him at Veterans Day and Memorial...

Letter: “The reality is public parks with tennis courts are not intended for pickleball”

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the Letter: “Hall was selected for Pickleball Pilot Program due to its distance from residential homes and...

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Islam and the education of women

When you see a hijab (head covering)-clad woman walk by, what is the first thought that crosses your mind?  Be honest.  “People are shocked to see...

Milpitas Library keeps community engaged virtually

Although the doors to the Milpitas Library have been closed since shelter-in-place orders went into effect last month, it doesn’t mean that access to...

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Thoughts on gratitude

Nothing makes you grateful for what you have like something being taken away. As I sit here, hacking up a lung with two kittens...

Reflections during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. All month, mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors and community members unite to promote suicide awareness. I admit that...