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At the 39th Santa Clara County Human Relations Awards Ceremony, Santa Clara’s Bill Wilson Center (BWC) for homeless, runaway, and foster youth received the 2011 Human Relations Commission Award, the only award made on behalf of the entire 14-person commission. County Board of Supervisors President Dave Cortese declared 2011 to be the Year of the … Read more
With the exception of Santa Clara’s Christmas teddy bear, there are few city traditions that can claim a pedigree as long as its annual Easter egg hunt, which dates back almost 80 years. “Several hundred children of this city [Santa Clara] will take part in the first annual Easter egg hunt conducted by the Santa … Read more
Look, I’ll find any excuse I can to visit more stores. So last week I decided to turn a routine trip to the grocery store for a dinner party into an opportunity to explore Santa Clara food shopping possibilities. My first stop down El Camino was for fresh salmon at Neves Fish Market, on the … Read more
On Saturday, April 9, about 150 people showed up at David’s Restaurant to attend A Cure for Jansie’s Angels, a benefit gala for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Through admission ticket and raffle ticket sales, auction bids, and donations, the event helped raise $10,000. “The event was touching because we [recognized people who had cancer],” … Read more
“Look, Mom! No hands!” Getting a two-wheel bike and learning how to ride it is a childhood rite of passage growing up in middle-class America. But it’s an experience not all children’s families can afford to provide for them. That’s where Huawei Technologies and Odyssey Teams, Inc., come in. Huawei Technologies marked the opening of … Read more
“I have to get dressed because the Meals on Wheels people are coming,” Steve’s 92-year-old mother tells him on the phone. Monday through Friday a Meals on Wheels volunteer stops by her house to deliver a hot, nutritious meal that she divides between lunch and dinner. Some days, the volunteer is the only person she … Read more
With Mother’s Day approaching, many sons, daughters, husbands and loved ones will soon be flocking to stores seeking out very special gifts for their special Mothers. Though Mother’s Day has become a very commercialized holiday, the earliest roots of Mother’s Day celebrations can be linked as far back as spring celebrations in Ancient Greece in … Read more
Every Tuesday and Thursday night the hottest dance club is located right here in Santa Clara – if you’re over 50. The Santa Clara Senior Center hosts ballroom dancing twice a week and you don’t have to be a professional dancer to take part in the fun. While the dancing starts at 7:30 p.m., there … Read more
Humane Society Silicon Valley has been working double time to prepare for kitten season. Each year hundreds of kittens are left at HSSV and every spring the staff is left with the task of not only bottle feeding baby cats, but finding them good homes. This year, in preparation for the upcoming influx of babies, … Read more
In a disposable, throw-away society, it is comforting to know that Jesus Saves. Somebody has to save. I decide to help Jesus. “The library sells used books,” I say to my neighbor when he pulls into his drive after work and sees me rummaging through boxes of books at the curbside in front of his … Read more