Rotary Park is a neighborhood playground located a block from Santa Clara City Hall. For decades, it has served hundreds of neighbors and their children. However, age has taken its toll, leading to the need for some work and a facelift. Santa Clara Rotary Club, under the leadership of former Assistant Chief of Police and … Read more
Right or wrong, agree or disagree, common sense or no sense, if your thinking matches up with the majority, you are the winner. Conversely, being in the minority becomes, by default, the loser. California has a history of being on the winning side of creativity. However, like the Roman Empire, the Golden State has lost its … Read more
The best theatrical show in Santa Clara isn’t at the Santa Clara Players or the Roberta Jones Junior Theater. The biggest show in town is the theatrics on the City Council dais. Every other Tuesday evening, Mayor Lisa Gillmor steps onto the stage and begins her Kabuki knock-down of the fine men and women who … Read more
The self-serving sandbagger is at it again. District Attorney Jeff Rosen is once again proving that politics guides his moral compass, not people. Rosen wants you to think he’s tough on crime and political corruption. It’s why he demanded that Anthony Becker serve “significant” jail time for perjury. Rosen made sure his opinion was heard … Read more
If there’s one thing that Santa Clara’s mayor seems to lead in, it’s holding a grudge. Lisa Gillmor once again showed a leopard can’t change its spots when she found fault with anything and everything in the most recent FIFA World Cup contracts guaranteeing that Santa Clara’s costs would be covered. Gillmor is welcome to … Read more
Super Bowl Sunday was another explosive event, with Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles triumphing over Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. It was another feather in the cap for New Orleans, which has hosted the NFL’s biggest game 11 times in its history. Santa Clara would also like to host the big game … Read more
A new year feels like a new beginning, a chance to start with a clean slate. In our everyday lives, we — most of us, anyway — make resolutions to do better in the coming year, exercise more, spend less or start a new endeavor. 2025 also brings to Santa Clara a new city council. … Read more
Imagine if you started a bakery. You took a risk, and naturally, you’ll do everything possible to make the bakery a success. You’ll advertise your business and invite people in for free cookies. You’ll invite local officials and news outlets to a ribbon cutting. What you won’t do is go out and tell the world … Read more
There is a term in politics called “pork barrel” spending. It’s when a politician stuffs money into legislation to support projects they favor. Santa Clara, like it or not, you are suffering a hangover from eight years of Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s pork barrel spending on her pet priority: soccer. Dozens of families and community members … Read more
There are people in this world who are proactive. They prepare for the future; they stock their cupboards, and they build their earthquake kits. There are also people in this world who are reactive. These are the people who knock on your door for a cup of sugar mid-baking project. They are the ones who … Read more