100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 26, 1913) *Ordinance Prohibiting Animal Herding in Streets Creates Variety of Comments: Few Object, Bicyclists, Merchants and Property Owners Overjoyed *Municipal Shop Installed at Town Waterworks: Includes Lathe, Pipe-Cutting Machine and Necessary Tools *Do Local Women Wear Improper Clothes? Mayor Roll Says No but Woman Critic Says Fashions … Read more
Elysium is a message movie. It has two messages. It might have more but I only counted two. It also has two big stars – Jodie Foster and Matt Damon. It features Sharlto Copley, the main star in writer/director Neill Blomkamp’s Oscar-nominated District 9 (2009), in an important role. Sharlto plays an evil, bad guy who … Read more
Beacon Urgent Care celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting on August 6. The walk-in urgent care center provides comprehensive and compassionate medical care for a variety of illnesses and injuries. Beacon Urgent Care is led by David Anzaldua, M.D., a double board certified physician with more than 30 years experience. Beacon Urgent Care is open Monday … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 19, 1913) *Trustees Ask for Bids for Completion of New Town Hall *Ordinance Introduced: No Herding of Animals or Fowls on Streets of Santa Clara *100,000.00 Fire Destroys Chase Lumber Company *Merchants Should Use Commercial League Envelopes to Advertise Town: Has Photos and this Caption: The Progressive City … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 12, 1913) *’Trade at Home’ Campaign Successful: Commercial League Advertising Town Using Lantern Slides in Live Wire Promotion *Commercial League Favors Bond Issue to Improve Highway through Town *Funeral of Oldest Pioneer Resident: I.N. Thompson Dies at Family Home on Main St. *In the Realm of Fashion: This … Read more
STIIITSFS was really the middle film in what turned out to be a trilogy. Since Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan was a big hit, they decided to write their way out of the hole they left themselves in when they killed Spock at the conclusion of that film. As fans recall, they brought … Read more
On August 4, Miss California Crystal Lee was honored at a Homecoming Banquet at Fiorillo’s Restaurant in Santa Clara. On hand were two former Miss California winners – Jennifer Glover-Croghan and Danielle Coney Short; two former Miss Santa Clara winners – Diana Torres Koss and Melissa Bowling as well as several Miss California Princesses. The … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 5, 1913) * Home Trade Needed to Make Town Progress: Commercial League Will Launch Campaign: Farmers Should Buy from Home Merchants Instead of Mail Ordering *Santa Clara Man, James A. Bacigalupi, Elected President of Young Men’s Institute of California *Newly Elected Fire Chief, Dave Walsh, to be Delegate … Read more
RED2 begins a few months after RED (2010) left off. It’s the continuing saga of senior citizen spies. Mostly retired (the title stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous), they just want to get by playing bingo, eating out a lot and going to bed early. Unfortunately their checkered and violent pasts keep pulling them back into … Read more
Award-winning, Santa Clara Weekly Photographer, Larry Sacks is part of an exhibit currently being held at the Peking Duck Restaurant (151 S. California Ave., Palo Alto). Sacks is one of four photographers featured in the “Harmony III” show, which is the fifth in a series of on-going fine art photography exhibits featuring photographers who have … Read more