After former mayor Jamie Matthews announced his retirement the day after Super Bowl 50, Vice Mayor Teresa O’Neill briefly served as interim mayor. Then the city council appointed Lisa Gillmor to be the new mayor to serve out Matthews’ term. In early March, the City Council interviewed 17 candidates interested in Gillmor’s seat. The majority … Read more
Next to a vintage red and white Santa Clara University letterman jacket is a 1919 reproduction of a photograph showing a sky high stack of wood about to be lit into a bonfire when the football players returned home. Such was the tradition at Santa Clara College, now Santa Clara University, for welcoming a team … Read more
The students gathered in a big circle on the stretch of grass near the baseball fields at Santa Clara High School. Keeping their feet parallel to each other, they marched in place though an eight-count beat. It was just one of the morning activities at the school’s April 30 marching band camp. About 60 members … Read more
Lorrie Wernick, principal of Montague Elementary School, remembers when John Markum, parent and site council president, hosted a yo-yo assembly to teach the students yo-yo tricks. Since then, Wernick nominated John Markum and his wife, PTA president Tiffany Markum, for a 2016 Public School Week Award. The Markums, with other selected parent volunteers and students … Read more
It was standing room only at Mission College where civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West was going to speak on April 29, shortly before the noted scholar and activist’s scheduled appearance. Late attendees drifted into the overflow room elsewhere on the campus’s Gillmor Center. When West emerged in his trademark black suit and tie, fans … Read more
Several Mission College faculty members were among the artists showing their work last Saturday at the International Sculpture Day Exhibit in San Jose’s Art Object Gallery. The show runs through April 28. Mission College Vargas Gallery Director Lynne Todaro curated the show. “The celebration brings the art of sculpture into focus, and it celebrates three-dimensional … Read more
Santa Clara is approaching two events are coming up that will encourage spring cleaning in Santa Clara: the City-Wide Garage Sale at the end of April and the Annual Clean-Up Campaign during the month of May. Residents tidying up their closets might uncover items they haven’t used in years, such as musical instruments. With this … Read more
The live orchestra, conducted by Patrick Day, conjured up properly ominous music to accompany a tornado’s harsh winds and rain as Kansas countryside dwellers held onto their hats. Caught in the “twister” were Dorothy and her dog Toto, who were whisked away to the fantasy land of Oz. At their arrival, Dorothy met the good … Read more
Santa Clara couple Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo about 30 years ago. Taking art classes together, the two met and fell in love. Today Wayne Renshaw, an architect, and Cheryl Renshaw, a landscape designer, are artists by hobby who specialize in creating stunning chalk art paintings as a team. Gathering … Read more
At the International Club’s booth, sophomore Mahina Kamoku and her friends were selling Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and Italian tiramisu. Kamoku explained that her club enabled its members from diverse backgrounds to discuss world events that don’t get much attention here. In spite of some light rain on Sunday, April 10, big crowds of … Read more