Tag: <span>Living in Milpitas</span>

Meeting Halls for Events in Milpitas

Whether you need a meeting hall for business, a wedding, or large event, there are halls to rent in Milpitas! Unfortunately, Milpitas has no convention center. When you’re planning an event on a short timeline, you don’t have the luxury of thoroughly vetting meeting halls, let alone taking the time to find and select the right venue. GoMilpitas “Meeting Halls” is a directory featuring halls, community centers, venues and halls for hire | Advertise your hall to your local community for free.

Other Possible Large Halls

Hotels
The larger hotels have rooms for fairly large gatherings.

City Park Picnic Areas
Reservations must be made in-person at the Milpitas Community Center, located at 457 E. Calaveras Blvd.

Milpitas Unified School District Facility Rental
In partnering with Facilitron, Milpitas Unified School District has launched custom facility use sites for the district and each school – allowing facility use requests to be submitted at any time. You can view and request all district facilities here. Milpitas Unified School District’s administrative staff will make final decisions on all facility use requests.

Restaurants
The larger ones often have private dining rooms, and the smaller ones may be willing to close down for your event only.

Event locations
Places where folks have held events and posted in GoMilpitas.com

Volunteer

Volunteer opportunities and matching services in Milpitas, California, Silicon Valley, and the San Jose and San Francisco Bay Area.

Many volunteer groups want you to get a background check and to be fingerprinted. This place is convenient:

Isha Diagnostics California Corporation
Drug & Alcohol, DNA Testing. Live Scan Fingerprinting
1207 S Park Victoria Dr
408-791-6016

Currently Needed

Child Advocates of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Over 400 needy children are on our waitlist for an Advocate. Help a child today. Contact us: info@cadvocates.org
408-416-0400.

Reading Partners Silicon Valley
Volunteer reading partners help equip students with the lifelong literacy skills that empower their learning. Facebook page for local information.

Vision Literacy Adult Literacy Services
To schedule an appointment or for more information, call 408-262-1349 or email info@visionliteracy.org.

Ongoing – Milpitas


Azen Seagulls Project
New videos every Monday. A non-profit organization that aims to educate about art. The Azen Seagulls strive to share our love for arts and crafts with others. We provide engaging and interactive videos for young kids and teens that will enhance or begin their experience with arts and crafts. Especially with quarantine, we believe it’s the perfect time to explore new things, and we believe that art can take you places!

Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley
Offers innovative and effective afterschool and summer enrichment programs primarily for low income, at-risk Santa Clara County youth ages 6-18 years. Yelp review.
518 Valley Way
408-957-9685.

Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Provides essential services to this vulnerable population since 1986. The organization trains and supports Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.

The Family Giving Tree
Interested in volunteering during the Family Giving Tree’s Back-to-School and/or Holiday Wish Drives? We’re always looking for people who want to have fun, are passionate about our work and love giving back to their community. Yelp review.
606 Valley Way.
408-946-3111.

Fresh Lifelines for Youth aka FLY Program
We are always looking for energetic individuals to become mentors or facilitate our law classes. Yelp review.
568 Valley Way
408-263-2630.

Friends of Milpitas Library
If you wish to volunteer for library book sales, please call the library at 408-262-1171 and leave your name and phone number so a member of FOML can contact you.

Graffiti Terminators
Become a graffiti terminator and help beautify Milpitas.

Humane Society Silicon Valley
Whether it’s feeding, walking, or playing, we can always use an extra set of hands. Learn how you can support our programs through volunteering. Yelp review.
901 Ames Ave.
408-262-2133.

Milpitas Police Department Citizen Volunteers
Adults, 21 years of age and older, who have an interest in helping their community improve the quality of life for all citizens of Milpitas. Trained volunteers will be utilized to enhance vital police programs and increase community awareness.

Milpitas Unified School District Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers play a key role in Milpitas Unified School District. They provide essential support to our public schools by mentoring and tutoring students, helping in classrooms and school activities, and helping raise much needed for schools.

Milpitas Volunteer Partners
Parks & Recreation Services has many volunteer opportunities available.

Police Community Relations Unit
A variety of community based programs: McGruff the Crime Dog, Police And Community Educational Seminars, Neighborhood Watch, Police Explorers, Ride Along Program, and Citizen Volunteer Program.

Public Allies
Through our signature AmeriCorps program, Public Allies identifies talented young adults from diverse backgrounds and advances their leadership through a ten month program of full-time, paid apprenticeships in nonprofit organizations, weekly leadership trainings, and team service projects. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.

Ongoing – Bay Area

Bay Area Volunteer Information Center
The purpose of this Web publication is to provide information about volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area. If your group needs volunteers, you should list here.
Santa Clara County
1922 The Alameda, Suite 211
San Jose, California 95126

Be a Blood Donor
American Red Cross Blood Services, Northern California Region is proud to offer online appointment scheduling. It’s easy, convenient and “open” 24 hours a day. Locate donation centers in or near Milpitas or by date.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
Helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching each with a supportive and caring adult role model. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.
600A Valley Way
408-586-0150.

Hands On Bay Area
Every day our volunteers, 10,000 strong, are teaching children the joy of reading, beautifying our parks, coaching athletes with disabilities, cooking meals for our homebound neighbors playing bingo with seniors, distributing food to low income families, cleaning up our city blocks and learning what it means to create positive change.
514 Valley Way
408-956-1448.

RAFT-Resource Area For Teaching
As a RAFT Volunteer, everything you do supports educators, saving them time and money. Yelp review.
1355 Ridder Park Dr., Jose, CA 95131
408-451-1420.

Sports 4 Kids
Recruits and trains enthusiastic adults to lead games and physical activities for all the students at each school. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.

SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
Most SunWork volunteers are local people who are passionate about the environment and who are excited about doing something constructive.
477 Valley Way
650-520-9918

Today’s Youth Matter
Provides battered and abused children in need of positive adult mentoring a wilderness experience followed with year-round support from caring adults, giving them reason for hope and a future. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.

Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley
Volunteers are the backbone of our organization. From animal care to data entry, volunteers keep the Wildlife Center, and our animals, alive! Whatever volunteer opportunity you choose, your contribution of time makes a BIG difference and gives wildlife a second chance.

Gardens in Milpitas

In spite of our “adobe brick” soil, we manage to have quite lovely gardens in Milpitas. Many are giving up manicured lawns for drought-tolerant and California Bay Area native plant landscaping. Plants are selected to attract hummingbirds and butterflies common to our area to our gardens. 

Beautification of Local Gardens

Heritage Tree Program
Recognize and protect individual trees or groves of trees. Includes photos of significant and historic trees in Milpitas’ gardens.

Neighborhood Beautification Ordinance
The Neighborhood Beautification Ordinance was adopted to enhance the quality and appearance of our community. It requires a minimum level of upkeep for properties and prevents activities that detract from a residential atmosphere.

Our City Forest
Free trees for front yard gardens or public pathways. All you have to do is call either 408-998-7337 or City Hall at 408-586-2600.

Santa Clara Valley Water District Landscape Rebate Program Qualifying Plant List
Customers are required to select plants from the following plant list in order to meet the minimum 50% plant coverage requirement for the Landscape Rebate Program.

Borrow or Rent Tools

Lend-A-Tool Shed
Milpitas residents, businesses, property owners and community groups may borrow these tools free of charge! No power tools. While fire station is being rebuilt, the Lend-A-Tool Shed is not available.

Climate

SF Bay A Subtropical Area?
Does anyone know if the San Francisco Bay Area can support tropical plants outdoors? I’m wondering, as I see tropical hibiscus planted outdoors while my gardening books say they aren’t hardy in this area.

Plant Map for Milpitas
Zip code 95035, Milpitas CA is in USDA Hardiness Zone 9b: 25F to 30F. Using updated climate data through 2010, 95035 is in the Plant maps Hardiness Zone 9a: 20F to 25F. The average first frost in 95035 is between December 11 – 20, while the average last frost occurs between February 1 – 10. 95035 rarely has days where the temperature exceeds 86°F. The average annual high temperature in 95035 is 71°F and the average annual low temperature is 48°F. The average high temperature in July (Summer) is 84°F, while the average high temperature in January (Winter) is 57°F.

Sunset climate zones: San Francisco Bay Area and inland
ZONE 17: Marine effects in Southern Oregon, Northern and Central California
The climate in this zone features mild, wet, almost frostless winters and cool summers with frequent fog or wind. On most days and in most places, the fog tends to come in high and fast, creating a cooling and humidifying blanket between the sun and the earth, reducing the intensity of the light and sunshine. Some heat-loving plants (citrus, hibiscus, gardenia) don’t get enough heat to fruit or flower reliably. In a 20-year period, the lowest winter temperatures in Zone 17 ranged from 36 to 23°F (2 to ?5°C). The lowest temperatures on record range from 30 to 20°F (?1 to ?7°C).Of further interest in this heat-starved climate are the highs of summer, normally in the 60 to 75°F (16 to 24°C) range. The average highest temperature in Zone 17 is only 97°F (36°C). In all the other adjacent climate zones, average highest temperatures are in the 104 to 116°F (40 to 47°C) range.

Native Plants and Gardening

California Native Plant Society, Silicon Valley
A non-profit organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of California’s native plants and how to conserve them and their natural habitats through education, science, advocacy, horticulture, and land stewardship.

CalScape
83 likely and confirmed host plants for butterflies and moths native to Milpitas, CA. Enter your specific address to refine this list of native plants to lure butterflies and moths, and the birds that feed off them, to your garden.

Urban Ecological Ecological Planning Guide
Like most cities, the urbanized region of Santa Clara Valley is a challenging place for plants and animals to make a home. Largely covered with pavement, crisscrossed by major freeways, and fragmented by a variety of land uses, the urban landscape creates barriers to the movement of wildlife and hostile environments for plants. While a small set of species tolerant of cities (such as pigeons and raccoons) can tolerate these difficult conditions, our cities have the potential to support much greater biodiversity. Urban greening projects are already occurring piecemeal across urban landscapes. Harnessing this momentum can help these efforts build greater benefits for biodiversity and for people

Composting

Composting Education Program
The UCCE CEP is a partnership with the Cities and County of Santa Clara that seeks to educate our community about composting. In addition to a Master Composter training course, the UCCE CEP offers Community Classes throughout the county as well as technical resources. Home composting bins will be available for purchase at each workshop. 2022 Workshop Dates Coming Soon
408-918-4640 to register for a class.

Guide to Home Composting
The work upon which this information is based was performed pursuant to a contract with the County of Santa Clara. Composting is a practical and convenient way to handle yard trimmings. It’s easy to do, keeps useful materials from being disposed in landfills, and compost improves soil and benefits plants growing in it.

SCC Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency
Provides backyard composting classes during gardening months at locations around the valley, but no longer in Milpitas.

Field Trips

Mornings at Martial Cottle Park
Three different free garden field trips to schools, homeschoolers, and other groups throughout Santa Clara County. Age group is 1st through 5th graders. UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County have created an engaging set of nutrition and science lessons for students to experience in the garden.

Martial Cottle Park, 5283 Snell Ave, San Jose, CA 95136.
408-535-4060

Garden Art and Sculptures

T-rex Eating Flamingo
Flamingos are out. Dinosaurs are in.

Landscape Assistance

Call 811 Before You Dig!
Underground Service Alert (USA) is a free service for homeowners, excavators and professional contractors who are digging, blasting, trenching, drilling, grading, or excavating.

Kim Parker Plants, Inc.
Our office plants, plant rentals, plant sales and plant maintenance guarantees the best design, plants and services at competitive rates supported by superior customer service and technical expertise.
430 Evans Rd.
(408) 262-8989

We Start Gardens
We provide a specialized backyard edible landscaping service. Thats right. All edible We strive to go beyond organic and provide our customers with the knowledge and tools they need to sustain themselves and protect the earth for the next 7 generations.
339 Timber Way
408-915-6861

Nurseries

The Best 10 Nurseries & Gardening near Milpitas
Yelp reviews, but you’ll have to drive out of Milpitas to get the best plants. True, Home Depot has some plants, and often you can get a small selection outside some grocery stores, if you top quality plants, you are going to have to drive.

Organizations

California Garden & Landscape History Society
CG&LHS is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration of the beauty, wealth, and diversity of California gardens and landscapes.

California Native Plant Society
This is a group for fun plant conversations, plant ID, and sharing of information and photos. We welcome everyone who has interest in topics related to native plants of California, from the greenest novice to the career professional.

Green Thumbs Garden Club
Members meet in the Police Station’s Community Room at 7 PM. Review does not accurately reflect meeting dates. Occasionally there are speakers at the meetings who present new ideas about growing flowers or even vegetables. Members are all very helpful to one another, so if you just cannot get that special plant to grow, try asking the Green Thumbs for some useful advice.

Gardening with Natives
A special interest group of the California Native Plant Society’s local Chapter which meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7p in the Community Library. The group is open to all, and includes a mix of seasoned native plant gardeners as well as beginners. Social media: YouTubeFacebook, Meetup, and Twitter.

Local (Milpitas) Home Gardeners Club 2018
This is a community based home gardening club begun to provide education, share pointers, trade and exchange, and overall support each other in building productive and healthy home gardens.

Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
Scientific and educational purposes: promotes horticultural education and service to the community and provides continuing horticulture enrichment for members.

Pests

Creepy Calling
Milpitas-based interior landscaper Parker buys “good bugs”–like ladybugs and wasps without stingers–and brings them into buildings.

Less Toxic Insecticides
Other products—often called less toxic pesticides—cause few injuries to people and organisms other than the target pest. The less toxic insecticides listed on this page should be a first choice when deciding to use pesticides to control insects.

New quarantine zones are added for light brown apple moth
By Holly Hayes, Mercury News, 3/17/09
More Santa Clara County gardeners will find themselves in a quarantine zone following two new discoveries of the invasive agricultural pest known as the light brown apple moth. The new boundary, set by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, includes an additional 64 square miles in the Milpitas area. County agriculture officials are reminding home gardeners who live inside the quarantine area that anything grown inside the zone may not be removed from the property – not even to share with a neighbor.

Pests & Control
A GO MILPITAS RESOURCE
Got something bugging you? Advice on everything from mosquitoes to deer.

Planting Guides

Garden-to-Table Guide to Tomatoes
Tips for growing and caring for tomato plants, plus Sunset Magazine’s favorite recipes come harvest time.

Go Native Garden Tour
Not only information about the tour, but also lots of information about native plant growing, and seed and cutting exchanges in the SF Bay Area.

Growing In A Drought: The Best Plants That Thrive With Little Water
All plants need water to survive. However, like plants that require more water, some plants grow in a lack of water. They are the best drought tolerant plants and can live without water for a long time.

Lemon Tree Growing
Meyer lemons grow well in our soil and climate. Here’s information n how to make yours thrive and ideas for what to do with your backyard crop.

Rose Care in Santa Clara County
The old idea that roses should be cut down to a few canes only 8-10 inches tall does not apply in our climate. If your rose is in its first year in the ground, it will need very little pruning.

Sunset: Garden Basics
Learn how to start your own home garden with our expert gardening tips.

Auto & Truck Service and Repair Shops in Milpitas

The Minnis Circle, Milpitas, auto service shops all cooperate with one another, so, say, you need some mechanical work, a smog test, and wheel alignment, they will shuffle the car between the service shops. You pay for all where you pick the vehicle up.

Abbott Auto Service
Yelp reviews.
1432 S Main St
408-945-1900

Alvin’s Auto Center
We’ve been taking our Toyotas here for years. Always good service, accurate diagnoses. They don’t try to sell you something you don’t need.
1349 Minnis Circle
408-263-4478

AutoDentWork Dent Removal
Paintless dent repair short for (PDR) is the art of removing dents from a car by massaging from the inside of the panel until the dent disappears.
95 Minnis Circle
408-375-4855

Auto Innovations
They specialize in performance upgrades and styling enhancements for your car or truck.
1337 Minnis Circle
408-956-8004.

Bavarian Motorsport
Performing service, repairs and maintenance to all BMW’s 1992 through current model year, including diesels.
1025 Sinclair Frontage Road
408-956-1662

BYOC Auto Repair
Take your vehicle’s performance to the next level–and keep it there.
312 S Main St Ste 5
669-770-7646

Caltech Auto Body Repair and Painting
We specialize in making it easy for you to deal with your insurance company. Customer service is our #1 priority.
95 Minnis Circle
408-946-5651

Crown Auto Body & Paint
Whether you were in an accident, want to improve the value of your vehicle with a complete paint job or a custom body-kit, we have the experience, resources and superior customer service to get the job done right.
1365 Minnis Circle
408-935-0210

Courtesy Auto Service
Provides collision and mechanical services. Yelp review of the service.
300 Sango Ct.
408-945-1111.

Elite Mercedes Service & Repair Center
We provide dealership level service & repairs at a reasonable price and specialize in late model Mercedes Benz vehicles with over 30 years combined experience. We also service other brands, as many of our clients have multiple vehicles.
125 Minnis Circle
408-262-2228

Laguna Auto Body
At Laguna Auto Body Inc we pride ourselves on providing an efficient and reliable collision repair service that motorists have trusted for many years. Intoxalock Ignition Interlock Safety equipment supplier.
1351 Minnis Circle
408-942-0513

Liberti’s Auto Electric
We hire technicians who understand the root causes of your auto issues, making quality and efficiency a priority. Using the latest in Auto Diagnostics tools and technology, we’ll solve the problem right the first time.
1476 S Main St.
408-263-3339

M & S Collision
Review: “I was very satisfied with the work, the early completion date date, and most of all the professionalism.”
107 Minnis Circle
408-946-6626

Maintenance for Moms
No job requires more than being a mom. Especially as a single mother, the demands to work, provide, and transport children are even greater. That’s why it is our privilege to relieve one of these critical burdens: safe and reliable transportation. Maintenance for Moms is a program dedicated to assisting single moms by subsidizing their vehicle repairs in Santa Clara County. Apply here.

Quality Tune Up Car Care Center #23
You already know that we are great at oil changes, tune-ups, and smog checks, but come find out what your neighbors already know…we specialize in keeping your car safe and reliable.
92 Serra Way
408-404-8297

Service King
Review: “Excellent service, kept me posted throughout the repair cycle.”
156 S Milpitas Blvd.
408-961-2530

Stress-Free Auto Care
Open 7 days a week. Our cutting-edge technology allows you to pay from your phone, see your vehicle being work on via livestream video, digital vehicle inspections with photos of your repair, and booking your drop-off and pick-up times which work for your schedule.
1052 Yosemite Dr
408-719-8277

TW Performance
A full service repair and maintenance facility for medium to large duty trucks, trailers and fleet vehicles. Specializing in Diesel Truck & Trailer Service.
1045 Montague Ct. (Just off 680 and Montegue, NW corner)
408-946-3000

Yip’s Auto Repair
Yelp review. “Has never once tried to charge me more or try to promote something I didn’t need.”
1335 Minnis Circle
408-262-8878

Is car totaled

See also ~Vehicles – Shopping, Sharing, and Service for Cars in Milpitas

Mailing & Shipping in Zip Code 95035

Postal Services in Milpitas, CA, include many other mailing services, too, such as shipping packages and notary services, too.

US Postal Service – Milpitas Location
Save a trip by checking their online services.
Open Mon-Fri. 9AM to 5PM., Saturdays 10AM to 1PM. Closed Sundays.
450 S Abel St.
1-800-262-0860

Buy Stamps Online
Have them delivered to your mailbox. Lots of lovely stamps to chose from.

Advice

8 Ways to Avoid Getting Your Packages Stolen
How can you avoid your Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS or eBay package from being stolen from your front door and prevent missing packages?

FBI Advisory­: What to do if you Receive a Suspicious Letter or Package
If you receive a suspicious letter or package, what should you do?

The Mail Preference Service – Consumer Assistance
Some consumers would like to receive less advertising mail at home. The Mail Preference Service (MPS) is designed to assist those consumers in decreasing the amount of national non-profit or commercial mail they receive at home. Online costs $5. Only 1 copy per envelope if mailed.

Mailbox Installation
How far from driveway, how tall, materials, USPS-approved mailboxes.

Rates & Zip Codes

US Postal Service Rate Calculator
Know the dimensions and weight of the item you need to mail? This link will calculate the postage for you within the US. For International mail, click here.

New Domestic Prices
You can check out the starting prices for many of our domestic and international mailing and shipping options below or visit Postal Explorer to review the full USPS® Price List

Letter Stamps
Standard-sized, rectangular envelopes – $0.55
Square, Oversized, or Unusual Envelopes – $0.70
Postcard Stamps
Standard-sized, rectangular postcards From $0.35

US Postal Service Zip+4 Code Directory
This link is for finding out the exact zip+4 code for any address in the United States… including yours!

Mailing Services

FedEx In Milpitas
Begin your FedEx shipping right here, with dropoff locations, package tracking. Download tracking software. Track the Status of Your FedEx® Package on this page.
257 W Calaveras Blvd.
408-946-2500

Saigon Shipping
Yelp. Both positive and very negative reviews. Buyer beware. Promotes website they don’t own as their own.
1199 E Calaveras Blvd.
Phone number they give out also doesn’t work.

UPS Drop Off Locations In Milpitas
You need to enter 95035 in the ZIP field, then directory appears. Choose distance from you, if looking for places outside of Milpitas but nearby. Maps and directions.

UPS DROP BOXES

Official Ballot Drop Box and Vote Center Sites in Milpitas
While you MAY mail in the ballot for free, some are concerned that the Post Office may not be to handle the deluge of ballots, some may wish to use a drop box.

UPS Drop Box
SELF SERVE DROP BOX near Mathnasium
12 S HILLVIEW DR

UPS Drop Box
SELF SERVE DROP BOX near Dial Pad & EV charging station.
430 N MCCARTHY BLVD

AUTHORIZED SHIPPING OUTLETS

STAPLES ASO 00358
627 E CALAVERAS BLVD
408-263-0497

PAK MAIL MILPITAS
1090 S MILPITAS BLVD
408-915-2108

POST N PARCEL
1765 LANDESS AVE
408-373-2311

THE POSTAL STOP
105 SERRA WAY
408-946-7678

The UPS Store
Town Center
142 N Milpitas Bl.
408-946-4140

Shipping

Cargo and Freight
Need information on shipping? This section contains names, toll-free numbers and Web addresses of all cargo carriers servicing San Jose International Airport.

Milpitas Center Shops & Restaurants

Milpitas Center is one of the older strip malls which has a favorite restaurant, Mil’s Diner, anchoring its corner, and a favorite stop for those cleaning out clutter, GoodWill. Located at the corner of Abbott Ave. and Calaveras Blvd.

Shops

California Check Cashing Store
We offer customers short-term cash solutions along with great customer service in safe, convenient, neighborhood locations.
30 S Abbott Ave.
408-262-2274

T-Mobile
Wireless provider offering cell phones, data plans, Internet devices & accessories.
32 S Abbott Ave.
408-719-8136

O’Reily Auto Parts
We carry the parts, tools, and accessories you need, as well as offering store services like free battery testing, wiper blade & bulb installation, and check engine light testing.
46 S Abbott Ave.
408-263-5660

Kelly-Moore Paints
Chain resource for indoor & outdoor paint & related supplies, for home painters & professionals.
301 W Calaveras Blvd.
408-946-5914

Goodwill of Silicon Valley
Long-standing nonprofit chain with a range of pre-owned clothing, furniture, housewares & more.
311 W Calaveras Blvd.
408-262-4131

Restaurants or Groceries

Biryaniz Milpitas
Indian Restaurant. Our menu features a host of mouth-watering dishes and scratch made specials. We take pride in creating a memorable dining experience.
18 S Abbott Ave.
408-945-5700

Caffino Cup
We are open normal business hours. Our ability to offer services through drive through allows us to continue to serve our customers. Please know we’re taking all precautions to protect our customers and employees. Mon-Fri 6am-6pm and Sat & Sun 7:30am-3:30pm.
315 W Calaveras Blvd.
408-921-3740

Milpitas Buffet
From potstickers to sushi, a wide array of Asian eats served buffet-style in simple digs.
24 S Abbott Ave
408-945-8888

Mils Patio Dining
Mil’s Diner
Outdoor dining and takeout are now available daily between 7:00am and 2:00pm.
Please check our Facebook and/or Instagram for updates.
36 South Abbott Avenue
408-946-4773

Namaste Plaza
Indian grocery outpost stocking a selection of traditional food items & produce.
10 S Abbott Ave.
408-493-6786

Tayyibaat
Outdoor Seating, Pinoy BBQ, Afghani Kebabs, burgers & rotisserie chicken round out the offerings at this no-frills halal spot.
10 S Abbott Ave.
408-586-9700

 

Insurance Services in Milpitas

Insurance services in Milpitas for your need to insure your life, autos, and homes. Independent, Allstate, Farmers, and State Farm insurance agents listed and linked here.

Insurance Agent

Independent Insurance Agents

Wettenstein Insurance & Financial Solutions
Milpitas Chamber President
320 S. Abel Street
408-824-1450

Allstate Insurance

Shwu Jim Chen (Chinese)
500 E. Calaveras Blvd. Ste 311
408-941-9838

Richard Dusablon
950 Thompson St. Inside Piercy Toyota.
408-240-1590

Kirk Kessler
71 S Abbott Ave.
408-733-7646

An Phan (English, Vietnamese)
1258 S Abel St.
408-941-8000

Doris Tran
1752 Clear Lake Ave
408-353-0969

Howard Tsao
500 E Calaveras Blvd, Ste 311
925-451-3186

Robert J. Varich, Pinnacle One
1313 N Milpitas Blvd. Ste 179
408-942-3331

Farmers

Frederick Fernandez
16 Corning Ave. Ste 266c
408-516-7073

Jim Jarnagin
615 S Main St
925-895-3242

Thu Le
127 S Milpitas Blvd
408-759-9693

Jevi Oclarit
16 Corning Ave. Ste 266
408-854-4274

Thomas Truong
500 E Calaveras Blvd. Ste 321
408-935-8888

Daniel Youngs (English)
1313 N Milpitas Blvd Ste 200
408-262-5196

State Farm

Aman Sehgal
830 Hillview Ct Suite 195
408-684-0110

David M. Souza Insurance Agency, Inc.
101 Serra Way
408-262-7080

Graham Start
56 Dixon Road
408-946-7722

Dorotea Tuzon Ins Agency Inc
308 Great Mall Drive
408-935-9355

Thang Vo English, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Spanish
391 Jacklin Road
408-273-8789

Voter Information-How to Become a Voter in California

How to Get to Vote

Voter information specific to those who reside in Milpitas, California

vote hands of many colors

Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is modernizing voting and providing voters with greater flexibility and convenience.
Starting with the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election VOTERS w​​ill have more options an​d will get to choose WHEN, WHERE, and HOW to vote​!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​:

  1. Every registered voter will receive a Vote By Mail ballot starting 29 days before Election Day
  2. Voters can vote at any of the Vote Centers in Santa Clara County
  3. Approximately 22 Vote Centers will open for 11 days including Election Day and approximately 88 Vote Centers will be open for 4 days including Election Day for a total of 110 Vote Centers throughout the County on Election Day
  4. Vote Centers will offer more space, additional services and new enhanced voting equipment​

Vote Centers in Milpitas

Search here for sites outside of Milpitas that may be closer to where you work.

Name: Milpitas Branch Library – Auditorium
Address: 160 N Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 (0.44 miles away)
Hours of Operation: September 4, 2021 to September 13, 2021 – 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM; ELECTION DAY (September 14, 2021) – 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Inside or Outside the Building: Inside the Building
Name: San Jose Evergreen Community College -Milpitas Extension Lecture 1 & 2
Address: 1450 Escuela Parkway, Milpitas, CA 95035 (1.46 miles away)
Hours of Operation: Not open for recall election
Inside or Outside the Building: Inside the Building
Name: John Sinnott Elementary School – Auditorium
Address: 2025 Yellowstone Avenue, Milpitas, CA 95035 (1.76 miles away)
Hours of Operation: Not open for recall election
Inside or Outside the Building: Inside the Building
Name: Pioneer Mobile Home – Club House
Address: 60 Wilson Way, Milpitas, CA 95035 (1.96 miles away)
Hours of Operation: Not open for recall election
Inside or Outside the Building: Inside the Building

Online Registering to Vote
To vote in California, you must be:
At least 18 years old by election day
A U.S. citizen
A California resident
Registered at least 15 days before the election
Not in prison or on parole for a felony
Not declared mentally incompetent by court action

Offline Way
Swing by any fire department, the library, the post office, or City Hall and ask for a voter registration form.

Vote By Mail Ballot
Be a Permanent Absentee Voter
Recent changes in state law has made it possible for any registered voter to sign up and automatically receive their ballot by mail for every election.

The all-new style ballot box for Vote-by-Mail ballots for the current election is now in the Milpitas City Hall lobby. It will remain through to Election Day for the convenience of all Santa Clara County voters, not just those who live here, but also for those who work here.

County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters
1555 Berger Dr. Bldg. #2, San Jose, CA 95112.
Office hours: Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm.
Responsible for:

  • Voter Registration
  • Maintaining voter registration records
  • Conducting federal, state, school, and local elections
  • Administering candidate nomination procedures
  • Administering the provisions of the campaign reporting laws
Voter Registration Form
No longer any neighborhood polling places. See list of voting centers above.

Rock the Vote
If you have a printer, just fill out the form online, print and sign. A non-profit, non-partisan group. Targets young voters and the underrepresenteded.

Voter Guides

California Online Voter Guide
Voter guide provides nonpartisan information on California propositions and statewide, congressional, and state legislative contests.

California Online Government Voter Guide Home Page
The California Voter Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working through research, oversight, outreach and demonstration projects to improve the election process so that it better serves the needs and interests of voters.

California Voters’ Edge Information
California League of Women Voters website for the Santa Clara County ballot. Information about candidates and issues.

California Elections and Voter Information
From the Secretary of State. Lots of information on the gubernatorial primary candidates.

Voting Day Information

Find Your Polling Center
Select election and then enter your residence address.

Check Status of Your Ballot
Under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, every voter who casts a provisional ballot is entitled to find out from his/her county elections official if the ballot was counted and if not, the reason why it was not counted.

On the Ballot

California Voter Information Guide
The Voter Information Guide for the November 3, 2020. Statewide Direct Primary Election is now available in PDF

League of Women Voters Directory
Find information about contests on a November 8, 2016 ballot in California State Government

Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures
The following is a list of statewide measures that have qualified for the ballot. For those measures that are currently attempting to qualify, see the Initiative and Referendum Qualification Status page.

Political Districts

The California Voter Foundation’s California Map Series
Maps of the state’s political districts, regions and counties. This series was created to give the public a better understanding of the political districts and jurisdictions where we live and vote.

Political Parties

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY

American Independent Party
California Affiliate of the Constitution Party, the AIP is California’s fastest growing political party. Californians have recognized the need for a major change in government policies, a return to constitutional government, and control of the government by the governed.

DEMOCRATS

California Democratic Party
Information on Campaigns, Party Structure & More.

Democratic National Committee
The DNC plans the Party’s quadrennial presidential nominating convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both technical and financial support; and works with national, state, and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates, and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic electorate and the nation.

GREEN PARTY

Green Party of California
Find out who the Green Party candidates are for California political offices.

Green Party of California
Please join us as we build towards a more democratic, cooperative, cleaner, safer world where we the people, not the corporations, make the decisions that affect our lives.

Green Party of the United States
A confederation of state Green Parties.  Committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, Greens are renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors.

LIBERTARIANS

Libertarian Party of California
If you describe yourself as socially tolerant and fiscally responsible, you’re a Libertarian! We believe you-not the government-should decide how to run your life, checkbook, retirement, education and family.

Libertarian Party
Committed to America’s heritage of freedom: individual liberty and personal responsibility; a free-market economy of abundance and prosperity; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade.

NATURAL LAW PARTY

Natural Law Party – California
Founded in April 1992 to “bring the light of science into politics.” Its founders, a group of a dozen educators, businessmen, and lawyers, knew that field-tested solutions to America’s problems already existed but were being ignored by government.

REPUBLICANS

California Republican Party
Your online source for Republican news, events, and information from all over California. (Not available in other languages.)

Republican National Committee
Republicans have a long and rich history with basic principles: Individuals, not government, can make the best decisions; all people are entitled to equal rights; and decisions are best made close to home. (Not available in other languages.)

Initiative Information

How to Qualify an Initiative
This is a summary of the statewide initiative procedure and the requirements for preparing and qualifying initiatives. This guide is intended for statewide initiatives only. For information regarding the qualification of local initiatives, please contact your county elections official or city clerk. Please contact the Secretary of State’s Initiative Coordinator at (916) 657-2166 for more information.

See also ~ More Voter Information

Temporary Policies and Guidelines Police Department Community Room

Police Logo Star

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Temporary Policies and Guidelines Police Department Community Room

1275 North Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035

Reservations: 408-586-2402 or vbejines@ci.milpitas.ca.gov

UPDATED: AUGUST 13, 2021

The Milpitas Police Department’s top priority is to ensure the safety of our guests. Please note that any meeting event in the Police Department Community Room is contingent upon current public health orders and City policy.

Vaccination Requirements

The City of Milpitas will not require guests to show proof of vaccination when entering the Police Department Community Room.

Masks and Face Coverings

Effective Thursday, July 29, 2021, the City of Milpitas requires all City employees and visitors to wear face coverings in indoor settings within City buildings, regardless of vaccination status. Masks will not be provided, and guests must bring their own when entering the building.

Room Capacity Limits

The City of Milpitas Police Department is limiting capacity to 35 guests max until further notice.

Food and Beverages

Food and beverages are not permitted, except for water.

Meeting and Time Limits

Only one reservation is permitted in the Police Department Community Room per day. Until further notice, reservations for the Community Room shall be on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations shall not be confirmed more than sixty (60) days in advance, and groups and individual applicants are limited to no more than two (2) reservations per calendar month.

***These guidelines supercede the Community Room additional guidelines dated July 2020. Public health orders are subject to change at any time, and reservations may be cancelled if the public health orders deem non-essential meetings unsafe.

*I have read and undertand the Novel Coronavirus updated policies and guidelines. I further understand that if my group does not abide by these rules, it may result in our meeting being immediately terminated and may result in not being able to use the room for future use.

On official document, applicant would sign and date. See Reservation contact info above.

Other halls in Milpitas.

Fire Departments

Two fire departments are responsible for fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue services, hazardous and toxic materials emergency response, in town and in hills. Cal Fire also help suppress wild fires in our hills.

Firefighters
Firefighters on roof of Oo La Lodge during training session.

List of Fire Departments responsible for fires in the city proper and in the hillsides

Milpitas Fire Department
77 S Main St
Responsible for fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue services, hazardous and toxic materials emergency response, coordination of City-wide disaster response efforts, enforcement of fire and life safety codes, enforcement of State and Federal hazardous materials regulations, and investigation of fire cause, arson and other emergency events for cause and origin.
408-586-2800
To report Emergencies Dial 911 from any phone.

Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Provides fire safety and emergency medical services for residents, recreational enthusiasts, and property in the north-eastern foothills above San Jose and Milpitas, California.
Located in: Ed R. Levin County Park
Address: 3001 Calaveras Rd
408-228-3997

Cal Fire
The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection serves and safeguards the people and protects the property and resources of California. Serves Milpitas through help with wildfires in our hills.
Incidents Overview

See also: Fire News Archives

CALFire Twitter Timeline

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