Author: Carolyn Schuk
Business
Silicon Sage Founder Brings High-Tech Savvy to Construction Business
September 17, 2014
For 50 years Santa Clara has tried to recapture the downtown that was bulldozed for “urban renewal” in 1963. Proposals...
City Politics
City Desk: Sep. 3, 2014
September 10, 2014
Council Denies Approval for 9-Story Apple Building on Stevens Creek Apparently nine floors is too high for a building in...
Schools
SCUSD Incumbent’s Lawsuit Against Opponent’s Ballot Statement Fizzles
September 10, 2014
This year’s Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee election promises to be ugly. That was established when SCUSD Board of...
City Politics
City Desk: Aug. 27, 2014
September 3, 2014
Council Sets Hands-Off Policy After Misunderstanding About Stadium Tour Tickets For those old enough to remember Saturday Night Live in...
Schools
Education Desk: August 27, 2014
September 3, 2014
State Requirements Mandate Additional Classes, Not Necessarily Smaller Ones Santa Clara Unified is adding 11 new classrooms for transitional kindergarten...
Community
Local Sikh Community Day of Service Joins Kids Against Hunger in Meal-Packing Marathon
September 3, 2014
How central is feeding people in Sikhism? So central that one of the core operations of Sikh Gurdwaras – temples...
Community
Central Valley Power
August 27, 2014
Fifty years ago this year, Santa Clara won a crucial battle to cut residents’ electric bills and ensure the city’s...
City Politics
City’s 1998 Agreement Silent on Key Issue of Cost for Agnews Use
August 20, 2014
Whatever the city’s “original intent” was, in its September 1998 agreement with Sun about preservation and access to the 14.6-acre...
City Politics
Saratoga Ave. Townhouse Project Will Go to City Council With a Planning Commission Recommendation to Disapprove
August 20, 2014
After several hours of public comment and commission discussion, the Santa Clara Planning Commission voted against recommending that the City...
Community
Oracle Plans Two New Buildings on Agnews Campus, But Keep Historical Character
August 13, 2014
Oracle is planning to fully build-out its Northside Santa Clara campus, where it will consolidate operations and create a testing...