Author: Carolyn Schuk
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Don Von Raesfeld Sr. (1926 – 2023): Architect of Modern Santa Clara
April 18, 2023
Don Von Raesfeld, arguably the single most influential person on Santa Clara’s road to electric power self-sufficiency, died suddenly this...
Community
What A Difference A Decade Makes: March-April 2013
April 7, 2023
Ten years ago, Santa Clara’s budget was coming out of the Great Recession — posting a $6.6 million surplus —...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Tearing Down Barriers to Enjoying Great Music
March 30, 2023
If you’ve been to any live performance recently, you’ve probably noticed that ticket prices have escalated. At the same time,...
Business
Silicon Valley Bank — Part of an Evolving Crisis for Business Banking
March 23, 2023
Over the weekend of March 11-12, there was some hope that the FDIC would step in like George Bailey and...
City Politics
City Releases Investigation Report — 20 Months After it was Finished, and 6 Hours After Editorial Slamming City’s Inaction
March 21, 2023
After a mystifying delay, on Monday the City of Santa Clara finally released a June 2021 report about an investigation...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Composer Florence Price Featured by Symphony San José
March 17, 2023
Quick! name a major American composer. Maybe Aaron Copeland, Duke Ellington, Samuel Barber, Charles Ives or John Williams come to...
Community
“Miracle on Warburton” — Triton Architects Look Back 40 Years
March 7, 2023
“When cynics said it couldn’t be done, the ‘do it’ Triton Museum did it,” Mercury News reporter Dorothy Burkhart wrote...
Community
Santa Clara Fire Station Difference Between Inconvenience and Catastrophe
March 3, 2023
Thanks to the quick work of the Santa Clara Fire Department (SCFD), Leichi Japanese Restaurant on Saratoga Avenue was open...
Community
Wind Storm Brings Down Historic Trees
February 25, 2023
Two of Santa Clara Carmelite Convent’s historic trees came down Tuesday night amid this week’s unprecedented wind and rain, with...
City PoliticsCommunity
Morse Mansion: Future Home of SVP Sustainability And Historical Center?
February 23, 2023
A new educational and historical center may be on the horizon for Santa Clara’s historic Morse Mansion on Fremont Street,...