Contemporary realist Dean Larson’s paintings invite you not just to look, but to enter a story. You wonder: Is the bicyclist outside the all-night corner store buying a lottery ticket? What are the workmen on the scaffolding working building? Are the pedestrians on a San Francisco street hurrying home on a Friday afternoon looking forward … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) kicked off another school year on Aug. 13, with thousands of students flooding into the district’s 31 schools. This school year marks the start of Dr. Damon J. Wright’s tenure as SCUSD’s new superintendent. Hundreds of cars poured onto Zanker Road in North San Jose on Wednesday morning, where Agnew … Read more
As high schools prep for another year of athletics, there’s another team getting ready for its own season. Under the hot rays of the Saturday sun at Pioneer High School on Aug. 9, a new crop of referees tucked their whistles between their teeth and tested out their training for the football season. For the … Read more
When Sunnyvale Middle School students start class on Monday, they will find brand new learning spaces waiting for them. On Aug. 6, just a few weeks before the start of the school year, the Sunnyvale School District cut the ribbon on the second-story classroom project. Built with the students in mind, the project features 23 … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers officially unveiled the summer remodeling the team did at Levi’s Stadium in preparation for the upcoming season, the Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup. At an event called Under the Lights on Aug. 7, the team invited fans, friends, and the media to see firsthand the changes to the scoreboard, … Read more
In a quick turnaround, Alamo Drafthouse has revamped the movie theater at Westfield Valley Fair, transforming it into a Kaiju and Godzilla-themed theater for movie lovers. Alamo stepped up last July, when the previous theater owners, ShowPlace Icon, suddenly closed with little to no warning. “I think our team came in pretty early on last … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has undergone significant changes at the top. With three different leaders in the past three years, Dr. Damon J. Wright is just the latest leader to take the helm. Dr. Wright took over the role in June, taking over for the retiring Dr. Gary Waddell and he’s hoping … Read more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on July 8 that Santa Clara businessman John Comeau will serve one year and one day in prison for a decade-long scheme to avoid paying employment taxes to the IRS. Comeau was the CEO of Vivid, Inc., a company that provided metal coating services to industrial customers. The company … Read more
With the summer in full swing, kids are undoubtedly going to be on screens a lot more and that has doctors warning parents to be on the lookout for signs of digital distress. Experts say sometimes things such as stress, anxiety and emotional strain aren’t just the side effects of being a teen but are … Read more
In what has become an annual tradition, members of the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) and the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) gathered at a parking lot on the border between their two cities on June 27 to pass the torch, literally. The two departments transferred care of the Special Olympics torch, called the … Read more