It’s not enough for robotics expert Dr. James McLurkin to be passionate about robots and artificial intelligence and love his work as his life. He wants everyone else, children in particular, to share his passion for science and engineering. McLurkin, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rice University, Houston, Texas, is … Read more
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and on April 18, a crowd of hairy-legged men, many with rolled up pant legs, squeezed their big feet into women’s spiked heel shoes and teetered off from Plaza de Caesar Chavez in downtown San Jose on the 10th annual YWCA Silicon Valley “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” … Read more
What can you buy with one shiny, silver quarter a day? Not much? Think again. For a quarter a day—actually, for just 23 cents a day—invested over a five-year period, you can buy something priceless. You can buy shares in the educational futures of the 14,609 K – 12 students and the approximately 5,000 Educational … Read more
The romance and mystique of trains still stir the imagination, and kids—from three to senior discount age—got caught up in the lure and lore of the outward bound April 14 and 15 at the South Bay Historical Railroad Society (SBHRS) spring model train show and open house at the Santa Clara Caltrain Depot railroad museum … Read more
Despite the loss of $35 million in funding and resulting staff and program cuts over the last ten years, Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) schools have achieved increasingly higher scores on the state’s Academic Performance Index (API). API is a state assessment of the performance and growth of schools based on student scores on … Read more
One wet, chilly, California Saturday, I typed www.girlwithspoon.com into the address bar of my Internet browser and hit “Enter,” bringing up my favorite food blog on my computer. Carolyn Lenske, the Girl with Spoon, is a California girl I know living in New York City and experimenting with its ethnically diverse cuisine. The recipes on … Read more
“I traveled the world today,” says Kimi De Leonibus, Public Relations Director for Delphi Academy, Santa Clara. Her world tour guides for the academy’s 2nd annual Art and Culture Day on March 30 were the academy’s 140 students from kindergarten through 8th grade, who had transformed their classrooms into countries. Through storyboard presentations, art, food, … Read more
Ulistac Natural Area Restoration and Education Project (UNAREP) is hosting its 4th annual Wildflower Day celebration at the park this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 40-acre Ulistac Natural Area, located on Lick Mill Boulevard between Hope Drive and Tasman Drive, is the last remaining open space in Santa Clara. “We present Wildflower … Read more
A Santa Clara Community Services is one baby step closer to reality. March 19, twenty-two civic-minded people representing a cross-section of service providers, gathered at St. Justin’s Catholic Church in Santa Clara to discuss how to work together and coordinate local efforts to assist the increasing number of low-income and homeless residents of the city. … Read more
Sports Basement goes beyond its pledge to customers of “Best Brands at Basement Prices.” The Bay Area sporting goods chain of four stores partners with communities and school districts to encourage an active lifestyle. The approximately 50,000-square-foot Sports Basement store at 1177 Kern Avenue, Sunnyvale, is in partnership with the Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and Santa Clara … Read more