Author: Cynthia Cheng
CommunitySports
Luger Ellie Kleinheinz Wins a National Championship
May 1, 2023
Santa Clara resident Ellie Kleinheinz, 15, won first place for the Under-18 US Luge National Championship at the Norton Youth...
Arts & EntertainmentSchools
Wilcox Stage Company’s “Dracula” Channels Pop Culture from the 1980s
April 27, 2023
At the April 13 dress rehearsal for Wilcox Stage Company’s “Dracula,” a non-musical play with musical accompaniment, a team of...
Arts & EntertainmentSchools
Student Directing a Big Part of SCHS Drama Dept.’s “The Addams Family”
April 11, 2023
Santa Clara High School’s Drama Department is showing “The Addams Family” this month. The musical depicts the angst of keeping...
Community
Santa Clara’s Anne Kepner Named 26th Assembly District’s Woman of the Year
April 3, 2023
Assemblymember Evan Low, representing the 26th Assembly District, named Anne Kepner, who serves on the West Valley Mission Community College...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Mission College’s Vargas Gallery Presents “Bamboo & Haiku” Virtual Exhibit
March 27, 2023
In March 2020, an art exhibit titled “Bamboo & Haiku” was supposed to open in the Vargas Gallery at Mission...
Arts & Entertainment
Families Come Together for Playful People Productions’ “Our Town”
February 21, 2023
At the Feb. 8 run-through rehearsal of the San Jose-based Playful People Productions’ “Our Town,” members of the Thornton cast...
Community
Late Interview Coach Remembered at the 2023 Miss Mission City and Miss Santa Clara Competition
February 20, 2023
At the 2023 Miss Mission City and Miss Santa Clara Competition held on Feb. 4 at the Community Recreation Center,...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunitySchools
Parent Volunteers Pave the Way for Washington Open’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.”
January 31, 2023
During the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February, the Washington Open Elementary School Drama Program is...
CommunitySchools
Laurelwood Elementary Students Run Donation Drive for JW House
December 22, 2022
“Fill the truck! Fill the truck!” chanted students at Laurelwood Elementary School on Dec. 14 as student council officers filled...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Santa Clara Kids Shred It in Fremont Skateboarding Competition
November 22, 2022
It was a sunny day in Fremont when Nola Gass, 10, and Micah Pyo, 12, excelled at the NorCal Amateur...