“It was a fun day,” said Hannah. “I thought it was going to be talking about cars. But it wasn’t. It was about wrapping gifts for others and getting gifts.” Hannah was just one of 150 children from Santa Clara Unified School District invited to this year’s Santa Clara Rotary Christmas 4 Kids. For more … Read more
You might know Ray Gamma’s name from Santa Clara’s Ray Gamma dog park. In the course of his 92 years, the lifelong Santa Clara resident put his mark, if not his name, on much of Santa Clara. Although he’s been professionally retired since 2011, he’s been anything but “retired.” He served on the Santa Clara … Read more
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, the Menagerie Oddities Yuletide Market on the Winchester Mystery House grounds is the holiday fair for you. The Winchester House — curious, odd and macabre in its own right —is an ideal venue for the fair and its odd and lovely wares. It’s Día de los Muertos meets The … Read more
It was near Thanksgiving ten years ago that Daljit Chahal, a volunteer at Wilson preschool, saw Independence Network’s students leaving school and asked a teacher if there were any holiday events for these students. (Both schools are on the same campus.) There had been a holiday luncheon for the students in the past, Chahal was … Read more
Nix the Bear is what reporter Bob Savage wrote in the November 18,1987 edition of the Santa Clara American Weekly. It’s inconceivable that anyone could offer such a callous remark about Santa Clara’s favorite stuffed animal, the teddy bear that had commanded the top of the city’s Christmas tree for 76 years. On more than … Read more
Here are some upcoming events for the holidays in the Bay Area. Most are in the South Bay, but we have also included some notable events further afield. Nutcracker performances are listed separately. Through Dec. 29: Enchant Christmas 2024, Paypal Park 1123 Coleman Ave. San José. Through Dec. 15: San José Stage A Sherlock Carol, … Read more
Last week, students of The King’s Academy (TKA) in Sunnyvale kicked off the season of giving, coming into school early in the morning to make the holidays brighter for local residents in need. About 100 TKA middle school students packed 3,000 bags of food and hygiene kits that were donated to local social service agencies, … Read more
As the 2024 Santa Clara election campaign ends, campaign donations all city races near $3 million, with spending reaching $2.8 million, according to reports filed as of Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. Donations to individual candidates for city council, city clerk and police chief were $232,268, while independent expenditure committees took in $2.75 million. The … Read more
Santa Clara takes great pride in the quality of its streets. And rightly so. The City is consistently “Good” or “Very Good” in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Pavement Condition Index. But this wasn’t always the case. A century ago, there was significant opposition to paving city streets — some for the perennial objection to civic projects … Read more
Santa Clara has 47 parks and 65 park buildings, many of them built in the 1960s; and, like other city infrastructure built in 1960s is reaching the end of its usable life. Now, Santa Clara faces almost $400 million in unfunded Parks and Recreation needs. “When we did our condition assessment in 2017 for those … Read more