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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
Just around lunchtime on Nov. 21, 2024, 18-year-old Kephas Pope waited in the dirt median between the Domicilio Apartments, where he lived, and Santa Clara University’s (SCU) main campus, waiting to cross El Camino Real. He would never make it across. While Pope waited to walk his bike the rest of the way across the … Read more
Two for-sale townhome developments could add to the city’s housing stock, chipping away at state housing mandates. At its latest meeting, Aug. 13, the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Santa Clara City Council approve both projects. The bigger of the two projects, located at 1400 Coleman Ave., kitty-corner from the Costco, would … Read more
On Aug. 16, the Triton Museum of Art debuted “Shifting Terrain,” a show featuring local artist Mark Engel. The show will run through Jan. 4, 2026. Engel is a South Bay Area-based artist and arts educator whose work focuses heavily on portrayals of dramatic figures in animated movement with vivid color palettes. The purpose of … Read more
We all hope that we never need the care of a medical trauma center. But if, for example, you’re seriously burned in a house fire today, you’ll be at Valley Medical Center in less than half an hour, getting the state-of-the-art burn care. Now imagine that the closest place to get that care was Los … Read more
During a recent discussion about changes to the Related Santa Clara development, many bemoaned the project’s delay. Related was, according to the original agreements, already supposed to have the first phase of the project completed. Extenuating circumstances — including “adverse economic conditions,” a lawsuit, regulatory red tape, the collapse of a bank planned as an anchor … Read more
Correction: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga abstained from the vote. She, in fact, voted “aye” in favor of placing the sales tax measure on the ballot. Santa Clara County residents will get to decide next November if they’re willing to tax themselves to maintain the county’s award-winning health care … 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
The fight over redistricting is about to hit overdrive in California. As the Legislature returns to Sacramento today for the final month of session, Democrats are racing to finish a plan that could tilt the state’s congressional map in their favor — and thrust California into another confrontation with President Donald Trump. Republicans, who stand … 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