Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Everett Alvarez Jr. Park Honors One of America’s Longest-Held Prisoners of War
November 15, 2017
When former prisoner of war (POW) U.S. Navy Commander Everett Alvarez Jr. came home to Santa Clara in February of...
Public Safety
SCFD: Only the Brave
November 8, 2017
The day after the Northern California wine country wildfires began, a Santa Clara Fire Department (SCFD) team of 20 firefighters...
Schools
Don’t Rain on My Homecoming Parade
November 8, 2017
A beloved Wilcox High School homecoming tradition became a flashpoint for environmental activism on Oct. 27 when Advanced Placement Environmental...
Arts & Entertainment
Craft Faire Launches the Holidays at the Senior Center
November 8, 2017
The annual Senior Center Craft Faire launches the holiday season (Yes, the season is here already) at the Senior Center,...
Community
Santa Clara Bahá’ís Celebrate 200th Birthday of Divine Founder Bahá’u’lláh
November 1, 2017
The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Santa Clara celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of their faith’s founder,...
Arts & Entertainment
SCU Sculpture Garden a Gift to Campus and Community
November 1, 2017
The completed sculpture garden outside the Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building on the campus of Santa Clara...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Chorale Woos New Audiences with Boisterous Bavaria and Beer
November 1, 2017
“Bavaria and Beer,” the Santa Clara Chorale’s opening concert for its 2017-2018 choral season, brought robust drinking songs from the...
Arts & Entertainment
Collegiate Choral Festival an Antidote to Overdose of Sports and Politics
November 1, 2017
The third annual California Catholic Collegiate Choral Festival, held this year at Santa Clara University (SCU) on Oct. 28, culminated...
Community
Getting Kids off the Couch before They Hit the Streets
October 25, 2017
The release of the Sept. 2 findings of Bill Wilson Center’s two-year survey of homeless youth shocked Silicon Valley with...
Community
Repair Café Spreads from Amsterdam to Santa Clara
October 25, 2017
Every time the cow bell rang on Oct. 15, it signaled success at the Repair Café held at Santa Clara’s...