Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Community Embraces Family of Slain Teen
August 18, 2024
“I miss my son. The pain is hard,” said Esmeralda Perez, mother of 19-year-old Emmanuel Perez Becerra, shot twice and...
Community
Apartment Complex ADU Creates New Model for Affordable Housing
August 2, 2024
Not visible from the street and snuggled in behind a modest four-plex rental unit on Helen Avenue is a 633-square-foot...
Community
KP Seeds of Hope Uplifts and Empowers Cancer Survivors and Families
July 29, 2024
It was party time at Seeds of Hope, Kaiser Permanente’s 12th annual free Cancer Survivors Day Conference and Celebration at...
CommunitySchools
Sunnyvale Rotarians Hook 1st Graders on Reading
July 27, 2024
“There was an old lady who swallowed some books!” read Sunnyvale Rotarian Mary Green-Vickrey to first graders at Sunnyvale’s Lakewood...
Community
Ben Levinson, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
July 13, 2024
Ben Levinson just raised the bar on neighborliness in Santa Clara. Dusk was falling, and he was walking around the...
Community
Beachcombers and Sunnyvale Community Services, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
June 28, 2024
The Beachcombers —friends from Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church—assembled in the Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) warehouse at 1160 Kern Ave. on April...
Community
Animal Assisted Happiness Smile Farm Turns 15
May 18, 2024
Although he claims he doesn’t like animals, Keith’s heart may be changing his mind. When asked what he likes about...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
“Fully Committed” is a Theater First for Santa Clara Players
May 15, 2024
“‘Fully Committed’ is a show unlike any show our theatergoers may have previously seen,” said Santa Clara Players show director...
CommunityPublic Safety
Joe and Arlene Ramirez, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
May 2, 2024
It’s just another crime statistic in the paper or on Nextdoor—until it happens to you. Like it happened to Joe...
Community
Sunnyvale Celebrates Best of the Best at 2024 Chamber Gala
April 23, 2024
At the 57th Celebrate Sunnyvale Awards Gala on Leap Day, Feb. 29, former Council Member and Mayor (in 2000) Pat...