Four Santa Clara Rotarians spent four days traveling well over 4,000 miles to bring a little goodwill and needed supplies to children in the Honduras. Santa Clara Rotarians Charles Frost, Lorenzo Rios, Karen Degro and Lizzy Barron Silva, along with members of the San Miguel De Heredia Rotary Club in Tegucigalpa handed out over 500 … Read more
The January Santa Clara City Council calendars have been posted, again later than the required date of the 10th of each month. The most notable thing coming from the reported meetings is that the calendars have not yet been corrected—per the City’s ordinance—to reflect previous meetings with lobbyists, developers and community members. Mayor Lisa Gillmor … Read more
Visiting Santa Clara’s Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) just got a little artsier, as the shelter is currently displaying student artwork of animals within the facility’s care on its walls. In a partnership with the Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS), the Adoptable Arts project features paintings by Anna Kogan’s advanced art students at Hillview … Read more
Vanguard Music and Performing Arts’ Executive Director Charles Frost is on a mission to increase the presence of VMAPA, as well as the Santa Clara Vanguard and Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. Not only did the corps perform at the Tournament of Roses Parade in 2017, an alumni corps was assembled last year to … Read more
The December calendars of Santa Clara City Council Members have been out for over a week, and there’s still something missing: all meetings with Banner Public Affairs from previous months. As the Weekly reported back in November, Peter Hillan and Banner Public Affairs had multiple meetings with members of council and those meetings were not … Read more
Thick, bone-in steaks are in store for beef aficionados as the highly anticipated Prime 109 Steak and Libation House opens its doors in Santa Clara this week. With its signature 48 ounce prime rib, 24 ounce porterhouse, 22 ounce rib eye, 20 ounce New York strip and 12 ounce filet, Prime 109 fills the space … Read more
The recent outbreak of the canine influenza virus (CIV) has moved its way into the Silicon Valley, causing Santa Clara’s Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority to cancel a recent vaccine clinic and the City to shut down its Raymond G. Gamma Dog Park from Jan. 15-18. City Manager Deanna Santana mentioned the park’s closure in … Read more
On Jan. 31, Chris Leahy will lock the doors of Mission City Creamery for the last time. Leahy, 55, who has run the ice cream shop at 2905 Park Ave. near Santa Clara University for the past five years, has made the gut-wrenching decision to close the doors and sell his business. The parlor, which … Read more
When UC Davis’ Dr. Kate Hurley was actively working as a veterinarian, she met a dog named Nala, a 10-month-old owner surrender who came into the shelter where Hurley was consulting. Nala arrived healthy, but was never adopted. As Hurley recalls, Nala arrived at the shelter when many were making commitments to save every healthy … Read more
The November calendars of Santa Clara public officials are out, and the City of Santa Clara is not ending the year on a positive note for transparency. At the Nov. 21 City Council meeting, Santa Clara’s Ordinance No. 1950 was discussed at length and City Attorney Brian Doyle said that, based on the wording of … Read more