Laguna School in Main Street Park

By Steve Munzel, President Milpitas is poised at a very important point in our history. For the first time, our city purchased land for use as a park. What will be done with that new parkland on Main Street is now being decided. Generally, our neighborhood parks are all cut from the same mold: there [...]

Shapell Trust Fund Settled

By Steve Munzel, Historical Society President In 1990, Shapell Industries granted The Milpitas Historical Society $100,000 to be used to restore the Alviso Adobe. In 1992, the Society used some of the money to buy a tarp to put over the leaky roof of the adobe. In 2008, the Society used more of the money [...]