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Local Law Enforcement Run Through Northern California to Kick off Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games

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Santa Clara Police Department members recently joined more than 500 law enforcement personnel from federal, military, state, county and local agencies in running the Special Olympics’ Flame of Hope through Northern California, including a stop in Santa Clara. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is a year-round fundraising campaign, culminating at the Special Olympics Northern California … Read more

Pet Corner

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June is Adopt-A-Cat Month at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority. Throughout the month of June, SVACA is offering kitty companions over the age of one for $50. This is a 50 percent discount over the normal adoption fee! Pawfurred Pricing in July at HSSV. Throughout the month of July, HSSV is offering Pawfurred Pricing for … Read more

Roger and Me

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Lately I became Topic A in certain Santa Clara power circles. Or rather, the hour I spent discussing the proposed 49ers stadium with Roger Noll. I confess I wasn’t prepared for the reaction to my interview with this noted sports economist. When he was interviewed by both the San Jose Mercury and the San Francisco … Read more

Silicon Valley Power First in U.S. Solar Rankings Municipal Utility Doubles Solar Installations

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The City of Santa Clara’smunicipal electric utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), more than doubled its solar installations in 2010 to be ranked the top utility in the U.S. by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) for new installations based on the average number of solar watts per customer installed.SVP customers installed over 1.8 megawatts (MW) … Read more

A PENNY-WISE DAD’S DAY

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William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. He raised all six kids by himself on a rural farm in Washington State. While listening to a Mother’s Day sermon, his daughter Sonora realized her father deserved to be honored for his selflessness and sacrifice. … Read more

Summer Escape:

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Santa Clara writer Mitchell L. Peterson has a robust frame and a wild, below-the-shoulder mane of silver hair. On first meeting, one is struck by how much he looks like the fierce but smiling lion on the cover of his recently released novel When the Lion Smiles, a thriller set during a damp, bone-chilling winter … Read more

How to Feel Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Mary Poppins isn’t the only person ever to feel that way. The Girl Scouts of Santa Clara Troop 60129 feel happy, excited, awesome, appreciated, helpful, effective, graceful, and—hold onto your hat Mary Poppins—supercalifragilisticexpialidocious about stocking the shelves of JW House with donated household and food items they collected. And they want you to know that … Read more

It May Not Feel like Summer, But Clouds Won’t Rain on Library Summer Reading Program

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Despite unseasonably cloudy weather, last Saturday the Santa Clara City Library kicked off its 56th annual summer reading program with a festive afternoon featuring Zippy’s Almost Famous Balloon Circus, craft projects, and – of course – plenty of books for every age for long, lazy summer afternoons. In 1965, then-city librarian Frances Klune launched Santa … Read more