Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 25, 2013
January 1, 2014
Postponement of Development Project Hearing Raises Question of CEQA “Greenmail” The City Council was ready for a full hearing on...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 25, 2013
January 1, 2014
Open Enrollment Policy Continues to Confound The Open Enrollment discussion continued at the Dec. 12 Santa Clara Unified board meeting...
Business
Santa Clara Filipino Restaurant Adds Typhoon Relief to the Menu
January 1, 2014
The front window of Toppings Tree Restaurant (www.toppingstree.com) at Homestead and Monroe is a one-stop shop for ways to help...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 18, 2013
December 25, 2013
Council Approves Climate Action Plan Add-On to 2010 General Plan At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 18, 2013
December 25, 2013
The Dec. 12 Santa Clara Unified School Board meeting was another five-hour event. But, facing an agenda with a dozen...
Community
Liberty Tower Holiday Lights Now Shine More “Green”
December 25, 2013
This year Liberty Towner’s holiday will shine green – not in color but in energy use. Santa Clara’s International Brotherhood...
Community
Stadium Talks That Started With a 2003 Letter, Built on Decades of City Work
December 25, 2013
Thomas Edison famously said that genius is five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. That’s certainly true about Levi’s Stadium,...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 11, 2013
December 18, 2013
Design Principles for Montana-Lowe and Related Development Projects Approved Following an hour-plus study session on the conceptual designs for the...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 11, 2013
December 18, 2013
Wilcox STEM Day Highlights New Physics and Computer Science Classes Technology startups are key job creators throughout the United States,...
City Politics
1091 Harrison – Proxy for Other Gripes?
December 11, 2013
The dispute about the 1091 Harrison St. restoration project could be interpreted as a proxy for other complaints. One is...