Earlier this month, Madison Nguyen was hired to step in as the City of Milpitas’ Interim Economic Development Director.  “I ...

It all started with a vision.  It was 2008 when the City of Milpitas first adopted its Transit Area Specific Plan (TASP), ...

The Milpitas Police Department (MPD) and Milpitas Fire Department (MFD) made national news this week for a heroic rescue carried out last weekend… Last Saturday, around 3:15pm, a local resident called ...

Milpitas resident Chia-Ling Kong was voted onto the Milpitas Planning Commission at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Carmen Montano, Vice Mayor Evelyn Chua, and ...

Student creating a prototype on a 3D printing machine in the Makerspace. Photo courtesy of Addison Tuet. Imagine walking into a high school classroom where the students are relaxed, focused, and ...

Photo of Milpitas City Hall by The Milpitas Beat. The City of Milpitas might see some of its workers going on strike soon… A segment of City employees called “MidCon” (Mid-Management and Confidential ...

Last Saturday, The Milpitas Beat attended the world’s largest gathering of people living with Acromegaly (also called “Gigantism” in cases where the disease begins before patients have reached puberty ...

Amogh Maheshwari (left), Savir Dillikar (center), and Sohan Dillikar (right) at WeaveHacks in San Francisco. Several months ago, Savir Dillikar was on the phone with a customer representative from ...

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 ...

Anu Nakka has been elected to the Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education. She is the first Indian-American ever to have been elected to public office in Milpitas. “I honestly ...

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 ...

Photo courtesy of Simon Property Group. 2025 has already been a big year for The Great Mall (447 Great Mall Drive)… Since the beginning of this year, they’ve opened a total of 8 new shops and dining ...