Author: Diane Andrews
Arts & Entertainment
“A Bad Year for Tomatoes” Is a Good Time for Santa Clara Players Fans
February 23, 2024
You can always count on the Santa Clara Players (SCP) to tickle your funny bone with an offbeat—and often little-known—comedy....
Community
Sunnyvale Rotary Divvies Up 1,300 Pounds of Crab for Bibbed Guests
February 12, 2024
What do you get when you divide 1,300 pounds of cooked, chilled crab by 325? More than enough to eat...
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Surviving Against the Odds: Civil War in Nigeria and Stolen African Music
February 6, 2024
Joseph Chijindu Agu, known to neighbors as Joe, walks around his Santa Clara neighborhood on crisp mornings, sometimes sunny afternoons,...
Arts & Entertainment
Michigan WWII POW Camp Story Inspires Compelling Novel
December 29, 2023
“It’s unbelievable that WWII was right in our backyard, and we didn’t know it,” said Kathy Dowling from Farmington, MI,...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Ed Karl, David Raymaker and Xiaodong Zhang?
November 27, 2023
It was about time. Santa Clara resident Xiaodong Zhang had put off the task for nearly a decade. “It’s been...
Community
Santa Clara Salutes Veterans and Their Families
November 20, 2023
Seventy-two-year-old Walter White, a U.S. Vietnam War Air Force veteran, perched on the seat of his walker, watching from a...
Community
Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Debbie Groth?
October 30, 2023
“Magic garage door, go up!” said three-and-a-half-year-old Ben, pointing a remote control at it. “Magic garage door, go down!” Ben...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Players Opens Season with Agatha Christie Spoof
October 17, 2023
Santa Clara Players opens its 2023 – 2024 season with the world premiere of the murder mystery spoof “Agatha Crusty...
Community
Santa Clara’s Harbir Bhatia Receives World Peace and Understanding Award
September 11, 2023
“A friend once said that I run towards fires not away from them, which was an eye opener for me....
Community
Santa Clara Shows Up and Stands Up for the Queer Community
June 22, 2023
“They [the queer community] need more than a rainbow. They need support,” said Santa Clara resident and LGBTQIA+ ally Alison...