Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jackson Street between Benton and Homestead. Each season brings in new crops of fruits and vegetables. Check out colorful bouquets of cut flowers for your home, or plants … Read more
The original Dark Shadows daily soap opera ran from 1966 to 1971; 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for a total of 1,225 episodes. Its popularity spawned a couple of feature films and a second short-lived series in primetime in early 1991. There are also novels, comic books, a board game, coloring books, … Read more
Honoring the many veterans who have served their country, Santa Clara Cub Scout Packs 32 and 43 were up early on Memorial Day decorating veterans’ graves in Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, with flags donated by Santa Clara’s American Legion Post 419. The flags honored veterans of all branches of military service dating back the Civil … Read more
Monday, May 28th we celebrate Memorial Day. For many of us, it denotes a three-day weekend and the first glimpse of summer. Barbeques are lit, picnics are packed and parks overflow with rambunctious children and their families. This weekend is also considered one of the biggest for “super sales.” Car dealers flash their fancy stock, … Read more
The National PTA Reflections Program is one of the largest student arts recognition programs in the country. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students participate throughout the country. Students may submit works in any of six arts areas: dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. This year, over 162 entries for the … Read more
After a multi-year set up, and using a scene at the conclusion of the end titles to the Iron Man, Thor and Captain America films, The Avengers is finally here. They have added The Hulk, Hawkeye, and The Black Widow to their team of superheroes, and it’s quite a group. Samuel L. Jackson, as Nick … Read more
Benjamin Yates’ story is as unique as he is. As a young boy growing up, he dreamed about being a fighter pilot or a doctor. Other careers entered his mind, but in the end, being a doctor kept coming up as the profession he wanted to pursue. Being confident and direct, when he came to … Read more
Alyssa McCullough of Santa Clara, Noelle Dea of Mountain View, Gigi Mitchell of San Jose, and Amani Abukhater of Cupertino, four members of homeschool Girl Scout troop 60425 completed their Bronze Award last Saturday when they delivered 75 pounds of donated items to the Santa Clara County Animal Shelter. “It was a lot of work,” … Read more
Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jackson Street between Benton and Homestead. Each season brings in new crops of fruits and vegetables. Check out colorful bouquets of cut flowers for your home, or plants … Read more
Mission College President Laurel Jones returned to campus mid-April from the White House where she had the opportunity to highlight the Mission College Center for Innovation and Technology (MC2IT) during a summit that focused on entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education. Her comments as a panelist at the White House Summit on Entrepreneurship for Historically … Read more