Author: David Alexander
Community
Getting to Know the Santa Clara City Clerk Candidates
October 5, 2016
Rod Diridon wants to represent you as Santa Clara City Clerk. Diridon has served as Santa Clara City Clerk since...
Community
Forums Provide Insight into Candidates’ Views
October 5, 2016
A series of political forums is offering voters a sample of the candidates on the ballot for Santa Clara’s highly...
City Politics
Getting to know the Santa Clara City Council candidates
September 7, 2016
The Santa Clara Weekly is running a series of profiles on political candidates in the November election — this article...
Community
SCU’s Catholic values vs. Free Speech
August 31, 2016
Story From the late 1980s until the late 2000s, the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda had a gruesome way of...
Community
Valley Village &lsquoDance to Remember’ forges and preserves memories
August 31, 2016
Story Dozens of seniors took to the dance floor at Valley Village Retirement Community while a live band played familiar...
Community
Area beekeepers implore city to allow apiaries, city responds
August 24, 2016
Story Hundreds of bees swarmed around a backyard on the 2500 block of Pioneer Avenue in San Jose, flying into...
Community
Santa Clarans tap their toes and shake a leg in Franklin Square
August 17, 2016
More than 1,000 people gathered in Franklin Square Friday to enjoy food, drink, and of course, music as part of...
Community
Justin’s House Teaches Kids Life Skills Through Cooking
August 17, 2016
Justin’s House believes when kids have strong family connections they are less likely to turn to alcohol. To that end,...
Community
Wipeout Cancer Holds Fourth Annual Sports Day
August 10, 2016
When Caroline Lee was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer at age 46, she struggled with whether to tell her...
Community
Freedom rings in Central Park with yearly Independence Day celebration
July 13, 2016
Central Park brimmed with stars and stripes Monday. Flags flew from almost every conceivable surface. Several people wore plastic Uncle...