Most people know Lisa Lang as a consultant for the San Francisco 49ers and one of the faces behind the stadium campaign here in Santa Clara. What most people don’t know is that Lang is also a mother to two children. One of them has type 1 diabetes. “Our daughter Sara was diagnosed with type … Read more
Want to show some skin in a fairy tale character, super hero, or occupational costume for Halloween? Check out Pierre Silber, a specialty shoe, lingerie, and costume store located at 2735 Scott Boulevard in Santa Clara. Right now, Pierre Silber’s Halloween store is open with many dressing rooms. Between now and October 10, in-store customers … Read more
Two years ago, when Mandi Dickey’s daughter was in daycare, she came into contact with some peanut butter another child was eating. “My daughter didn’t eat it but she got a little bit of it on her hand and rubbed it in her eye,” Dickey says. “Then she went into anaphylactic shock. Fortunately, the daycare … Read more
Jerry Janke learned to square dance 47 years ago. “I moved to Northern California from San Fernando Valley and I didn’t know anybody,” Jerry says. “My landlord asked me to come to a square dancing class held at a school auditorium. There, I met my first wife. She passed away 11 years ago.” Jerry continued … Read more
“Being in the rainforest has the effect of changing someone forever,” says Jean Replicon, a biology instructor at Mission College. In the Tropical Ecology class that Replicon co-teaches with Elizabeth Bell, students attend class for two Tuesday evenings a month in the fall semester, and then go on a hands-on field trip to Costa Rica … Read more
This food establishment serves over 8,000 lunches and 3,000 breakfasts daily. Items on the menu for this month include a turkey lavash wrap, orange chicken with fresh stir-fried vegetables in a rice bowl, and penne pasta with marinara sauce and a French baguette. Such are the culinary delights available at the school cafeterias in the … Read more
When Leon Poe opened Merry Mart in 1946, it was a children’s department store. The Valley Fair Shopping Mall wasn’t even around yet. Most people who grew up in the Valley would remember Merry Mart as the place where they got their first pair of Buster Brown shoes. Poe sold the store to Hugh Campbell. … Read more
David Brum thought it would be another typical day in May at his job as a senior computer technician for the Santa Clara Unified School District. So he found it was odd that his mother asked him to put on a nice shirt on a day when he thought he’d just be carrying out his … Read more
Sumaiya Elahi was born in Bangladesh. When she was in the sixth grade, she and her family moved to the United States and settled in Santa Clara. Elahi enrolled in Peterson Middle School not knowing what to expect from an American junior high. “At first it was a scary experience for me because I just … Read more
Bobbie Plough credits her parents for teaching her about the value of education. “My parents revered education and talked about how being a teacher is one of the most wonderful things you can do,” Plough says. “Their respect for education was one of the reasons I became interested in getting into education.” Driven by her … Read more