Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Santa Clara Sporting Soccer Club Raises More Than $100,000 to Fight Breast Cancer
October 24, 2012
Santa Clara Sporting Club’s young soccer players are passionate about more than scoring soccer goals. Saving lives is also their...
Community
Volkswagen Enthusiasts Swap Stories and Information at Weekly Parking Lot Meetup
October 17, 2012
Everyone has a VW story. “When I was a kid, my cousin Aleda took her kids and me to St....
Schools
Buchser Middle School Science Teacher Wins Synopsys Award
October 3, 2012
“I love seeing kids realize something for the first time—the lightbulb moments when they figure it out for themselves, the...
Community
Technology, Recology and Luck Find Needle in a Haystack
October 3, 2012
Actually, it wasn’t a needle. Technology, Recology, and luck combined to find Santa Claran Anne Hansen’s orange iPhone. And it...
Community
U.S. B-17 Bomber Crash during WWII Links Dutch Town to Santa Clara
September 26, 2012
Sixty-eight years ago today—on September 26, 1944—a U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Bomber named Jayhawk was returning from its mission...
Community
Santa Clarans Let Loose and Live It Up at 32nd Art & Wine Festival
September 19, 2012
It seemed like everyone in Santa Clara was out dancing in the sun to the beat of the Spazmatics, an...
CommunityPublic Safety
Alert Mail Carrier and Neighbors Help Police Catch Burglary Suspects
September 12, 2012
An alert mail carrier and a fast-acting neighbor with a camera saved the day in a quiet Santa Clara neighborhood...
Public Safety
Men and Women in Blue All Fired Up for Santa Clara
September 12, 2012
“Volunteer does not mean lack of professionalism,” says Santa Clara Fire Chief Bill Kelly to the men and women of...
Community
More Than 1,000 Great Golf Courses in the Great Lakes State Part II
August 22, 2012
“Michigan is uniquely suitable to golf courses. It’s not barren like Florida or dry like California,” says Michigander Bob Brouwer,...
Community
More Than 1,000 Great Golf Courses in the Great Lakes State – Part I
August 15, 2012
“Man, I love that game!” says Jim Gresham, who, like many other native Michiganders, has played golf off and on...