Bay Area visual artists are invited to compete in the Santa Clara’s “Breaking Out of the Box” Art Exhibition. The exhibition, in which all entries must be formed or produced to represent a box, will run at Santa Clara City Hall from April through September. Entrants must be at least 18, and live within the … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (February 10, 1914) Issue not available in microfilm edition or Library’s archives 50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal (February 12, 1964) Retired Teacher Katherine Graham to be Honored Guest at Fremont School 50-Year Anniversary Celebration Santa Clara High Teachers Salaries Upped 4% City Loses Key Battle Against County on … Read more
Westfield Valley Fair held a community festival on Feb. 8 celebrating the Lunar New Year. The event included traditional lion dances, calligraphy demonstrations, arts and crafts booths and additional live performances. The event was held in the J. Crew Court below the new dining terrace. Performances included several Chinese cultural artists, including the Far East … Read more
To be honest, anyone who starts a sentence with the words, “to be honest,” probably isn’t. Say what? It’s true. Starting sentences with expressions like “to be honest” or “to tell the truth” actually indicates that you are not at all going to be honest and not even coming close to telling the truth, and … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (February 3, 2014) See Santa Clara in the Movies: Merchants, Factory Men, Commercial League Cooperate: Advertising Film to be Shown in San Francisco and the East Cherry Carnival will be Hummer: Will be Biggest Celebration Ever Held in County Watercolor Painting of Woman’s Club Adobe To Be Exhibited at … Read more
Jack and Thomas Harwood of Santa Clara work their muscles while swinging through the spacious indoor playground at My Gym, the city’s newest children’s fitness center that recently opened at 1171 Homestead Road. The clean and bright facility offers classes and birthday party packages.
Let me ask you a question: How many hours will you work today? This isn’t a trick question, not unless you are an investment banker or a hedge fund manager, or a hapless dweeb hoping to become one or the other. It’s also no trick if you charge by the hour, like lawyers or management … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (January 27, 1914) Woman’s Club Adobe Plans Accepted Santa Clara Grammar School Now Has 555 Pupils Sewer Bonds Will be Redeemed by Town Witness is Charged with Perjury: Adultery Case Tried Behind Barred Doors: First Step in Local Vice Crusade Runaway Hack from Pacific Stables Mows Down Headstones at … Read more
Santa Clara University kicked off its President’s Speakers series on Jan. 15 with a conversation with 49ers CEO Jed York. Leading the conversation with York in SCU’s Meyer Theater was Markkula Center for Ethics Acting Director Kirk Hansen. Hansen chatted with York about a variety of topics spanning what it was like to be born … Read more
Is Gov. Chris Christie lying when he says he had absolutely no personal involvement with the acts of political retribution that lead to “Bridgegate”? I don’t know. The person I’ve tasked with finding out the truth about the matter was supposed to be here an hour ago with the facts, but hasn’t yet arrived. Apparently, … Read more