Wilcox High School teens have already taken on the challenge of world citizenship, becoming 21st century world problem solvers before they even graduate. The U.S.-based, nonprofit educational organization World Savvy announced May 15th that the three student teams from the Wilcox World Affairs Club had won top national awards in the 2011 – 2012 World … Read more
Five bluegrass musicians are jamming outside on the shady end of the wood deck of the Santa Clara Caltrain station. “Every town I wander around, there’s more pretty girls than one,” sings Peter Forrest, strumming a guitar. The others join in on the banjo, mandolin, upright bass, and fiddle. “It’s original music. They’re really jamming, … Read more
WWII U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Donald J. Reilly from Santa Clara will be honored for heroism by a Dutch city thousands of miles from the Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery where he now rests in peace. On September 15, a memorial honoring Reilly and his flight crew will be dedicated at Engelbewaarderskerk, the church … Read more
“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” was the catchy media slogan to introduce Virginia Slims cigarettes in 1968, and a slogan linked to a rapid increase in smoking among young women through the 1970s. Today, media messages are a more powerful influence than ever before. Teenagers, on average, consume more than ten hours a day … Read more
More than 600 courageous kids with cancer and their equally courageous parents and families celebrated Mother’s Day May 13th at the County Fair Picnic Grove at Santa Clara’s Great America for the 23rd annual Courageous Kids Day, a unique event sponsored by the American Cancer Society. All the kids were given red baseball caps, so … Read more
“We saw a need to have a show of Islamic Art as it has evolved in different forms, not just the traditional, classic art,” says Nabeela Raza Sajjad, founder of the nonprofit Islamic Art Exhibit (IAE), now in its third year in the Bay Area. “The Miracles of Qur’an,” the sacred book of Islam, is … Read more
Santa Clara Chorale’s 50th anniversary grand finale concert began with trumpet fanfare and ended with a standing ovation after the chorale’s powerful performance of the Carmina Burana May 4 at Mission Santa Clara. The chorale was joined by the Santa Clara University Concert Choir and accompanied by Symphony Silicon Valley for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to … Read more
For more than 57 years, the enthusiastic rockhounds of the Santa Clara Valley Gem and Mineral Society (SCVGMS) have dedicated their energy to fostering a love of rocks and minerals in the local community. The SCVGMS considers children to be the key to the future of earth sciences. About 1,500 children—second and fourth grade classes … Read more
New India Bazar is a taste of home to some and a taste of the exotic to others. When you step into this Asian Indian food market at 2213 El Camino Real, you step into a little enclave of India. Indian music and Bollywood DVDs stream nonstop from overhead TV monitors. Florescent ceiling lights flicker. … Read more
Dreams take wing and go where they will in Silicon Valley, where driveways are permanent parking spots for cars with fading finishes, and garages are buzzing and bursting with creative enterprises. A peek inside the Santa Clara garage of Steve and Anita Travis reveals their enthusiasm for building scale-model hotrods, airplanes, and Universal Pictures monsters … Read more