At Sunnyvale’s Orchard Heritage Park, the apricots are now being picked. Some apricots are sold whole. Some are made into jam and syrups. Some are cut and dried out in the sun. All these apricot goods end up at the orchard fruit stand in the parking lot near the Sunnyvale Community Center. Since 6:30 a.m. … Read more
On a June afternoon at Sunnyvale’s Animal Assisted Happiness (AAH) Smile Farm, volunteer trainees immersed themselves in a two-and-a-half acre farm at the heart of Silicon Valley. Sights included doves inside an aviary, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits and chickens. Villages were set up for the chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits and ducks. Imagine the wonder … Read more
At the Santa Clara Unified School District’s annual “End-of-Year Employee Recognition” in May, three district employees were recognized. This year’s Certificated Employee of the Year is Mary Mackie, Spanish teacher at Santa Clara High School. With over three decades of experience teaching Spanish under her belt, Mackie is about to start a new adventure. “I’m … Read more
At Food Swap Silicon Valley’s recent meeting at a Sunnyvale home, group Founder Kari Chinn brought jars of pickle salt to trade for other food items. Chinn explained that she can use pickle salt to rim a glass for a margarita or add to salad dressing and dips. At the meeting, pickle salt on popcorn … Read more
After Sunnyvale Art Club’s Art Show was set up at the Sunnyvale Public Library on June 7, Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein stopped by to pick his favorite work of art for a special award. The winner was “Algae at the Refuge,” an acrylic painting by Mary Williamson. “What I like about the piece is that … Read more
On a sunny June day at Sunnyvale’s Orchard Heritage Park, Jose Zavala, 15, pitted cherries. “There’s a tool I use to punch a hole through the cherry so the pit could come out,” said Zavala, a summer employee. “We pit a lot of the black cherries to make jam out of them. These jams are … Read more
At the June 8 Summer Reading Kickoff held at Northside Library, Musician mikO Tolliver from the Rock Star Guitar Academy channeled her love for the poetry of music by performing Top 40 pop-rock hits. Other Summer Reading Kickoff events took place at Central Park Library and Mission Branch Library as well. People can visit santaclaraca.gov/government/departments/library/events/summer-reading-program to … Read more
Jacob Dominguez, 16, is in Wilcox High School’s Automotive Service and Repair Program, a branch of the school’s CTE (Career and Technical Education) Department. During a recent visit to Frontier Ford, a Ford dealership in Santa Clara, Dominguez noted how the shop was split into sections with different teams, and that the employees here would … Read more
At the June 6 dress rehearsal for Roberta Jones Junior Theatre (RJJT) at the Community Recreation Center, 46 young cast members and 14 youths serving in the technical crew put on an enchanting performance of Disney’s “Cinderella Kids.” The half-an-hour show portrayed the timeless tale of a girl who overcomes obstacles and wins her prince. … Read more
It was raining on May 18 but that couldn’t dampen spirits at Sunnyvale’s 34th annual Hands on the Arts Festival. Instead the annual art event moved inside the Sunnyvale Community Center — 1,524 wristbands were sold. The 37 workshops included painting with moving objects, making stylish festival hats from brown paper bags, practicing traditional Chinese … Read more