Author: Carolyn Schuk
Community
County Libraries Open While Santa Clara Libraries Close
February 18, 2022
The same day the Santa Clara County Library system re-opened libraries seven days a week, the City of Santa Clara...
City Politics
California SB 9: No Cause for Panic
February 16, 2022
If Henny-Pennys have convinced you that SB 9 is going to “destroy your neighborhood,” relax. That’s the key message from...
City Politics
Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara
February 15, 2022
You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much...
City Politics
ReMet Development Has Problematic History
February 3, 2022
Now the subject of a lawsuit against Santa Clara, Republic Metropolitan’s (ReMet) five-year-old development proposal and now-defunct exclusive negotiating agreement...
Business
Santa Clara Startup Helps Change Cumbersome COVID Testing
January 31, 2022
The uber-infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 has left retailers’ shelves bare of test kits and overwhelmed testing operations. A resurgence...
City Politics
Santa Clara Faces New Lawsuit for Shipwrecked 2018 Development Agreement
January 25, 2022
Santa Clara is facing another lawsuit, this time from developer Republic Metropolitan (ReMet) over the City Council’s 2021 decision not...
City PoliticsCommunity
BART to Santa Clara Leaves the Station
January 19, 2022
Last week, the Santa Clara City Council heard from VTA about the plans and status of the BART extension to...
Arts & EntertainmentOp-Ed
Reading Far From the Christmas Crowd
December 23, 2021
We’re all happy to see the return of holiday traditions this year — at least, insofar as Omicron allows us....
Community
Mission Era Music Rings at Mission Church
December 20, 2021
For more than a decade, a dedicated group has brought the music of the California missions to Santa Clara’s Mission...
City Politics
City Manager Lawyers Up, Demands COLA Raise
December 14, 2021
Santa Clara City Manager Deanna Santana has hired a lawyer to press her claim that the City Council cannot deny...