Vandals painted graffiti on picnic tables and did donuts in their car, damaging the grass, Presidents’ Day weekend at the six-acre Homeridge Park, 2985 Stevenson Street, near Homestead and Woodhams. Two other parks were also tagged with graffiti. The vandalism was reported by a park worker February 21, and the next day, Evan Rosa, a … Read more
Wilcox High School students exploring the possibility of careers in food service can build a solid resume and get a head start in the field before they even graduate by enrolling in CHAMP—the Culinary Hospitality and Management Preparation program. Students do more than learn to boil an egg. The 1,080 hours of classes at three … Read more
Like a magnet, Santa Clara’s 52-acre Central Park draws joggers, dog walkers, families with kids, teens hanging out, sweethearts smooching on benches, and assorted feathered friends that make the walkway that circles the park’s centerpiece lake so messy. “We work pretty hard to keep the walkways as clean as possible, but we’re at the mercy … Read more
In the November 2004 election Santa Clarans—72 percent of those who voted—approved the issuance of $315 million in general obligation bonds to fund renovation of the district’s time-worn three middle schools and two main high schools. (Measure B bond funding approved in 1997 was earmarked primarily for elementary school improvements.) The largest and most expensive … Read more
Bucking the trend by some school districts to balance budgets by cutting back on elective classes, the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) celebrated the opening of Adrian Wilcox High School’s renovated electives wing at an open house for the community February 8. Ten renovated classrooms now house state-of-the art equipment for art, automotive technology, … Read more
It turns out that almost everybody knows of somebody with dementia, the life-altering loss of cognitive ability commonly associated with, but not exclusive to, Alzheimer’s Disease. For Cheryl Dorman of Santa Clara, that somebody is her 85-year-old mother. Dorman was one of 96 caregivers who took a 35-minute dementia reality tour January 27, walking in … Read more
It was a hard-won, proud moment for the young men in the Santa Clara County Council of the Boy Scouts of America who in 2010 had earned the top rank of Eagle Scout. Of the 258 ethnically diverse young men in Santa Clara County to reach this personal goal, 54 were present, along with families, … Read more
It’s not that Donnelle McGee’s poetry is about love per se. Rather, the Mission College writer, counselor (since 1998), and English instructor’s poems are always written from a mindset of love, and the act of writing heals his wounds. Slave Not There had to be one ship that bucked out of the water and reversed … Read more
Not everyone who forgets where they left their keys or why they went into the bedroom has dementia. It is when your decline in cognitive abilities interferes with your daily life that you have to worry, and at that point, it is your family and friends who have to worry not you. According to 2010 … Read more
In the U.S., buildings are the number one consumers of energy. Owens Corning is doing something about that. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the 43-acre Owens Corning manufacturing complex in Santa Clara spits out recycled glass fibers like cotton candy to make its trademark pink fiberglass insulation. The insulation keeps houses and … Read more