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The Salvation Army is a faith-based international organization founded in the U.S. in 1865. It offers social services worldwide with no spiritual strings attached. Yet despite its long history of outreach, the Salvation Army has a bit of Hollywood mystique surrounding it. Indeed, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Mae West, and Joan … Read more
It’s not just any day that California’s District 22 Assemblymember Paul Fong shows up on your doorstep with flowers. And it’s not just any woman that he presents them to. But then, Tabitha E. Kappeler-Hurley is not just any woman. Fong named Kappeler-Hurley the California Legislature’s 22nd District Woman of the Year on March 18 … Read more
Where were you on August 14, 1945, the day President Harry S. Truman announced the end of WWII over the radio? What do you remember? What were your feelings? These are questions members of the greatest generation are being asked to answer as part of the nationwide “Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive” initiative. Lillian … Read more
While many readers know of Jack London’s “Call of the Wild,” how many remember that his sled dog, Buck, was born right here in the City of Santa Clara? You’ll need to read, or re-read, the book to get the details, and that is just a single reason of many that Santa Clara was chosen … Read more
Before fans and local dignitaries, San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo, channeling former President Ronald Regan, demanded San Jose Earthquakes’ managing partner Keith Wolff instruct Devcon Construction to ‘tear down this wall’. It was a phrase Earthquakes fans had been waiting to hear. After losing the Quakes to Houston, then bringing them back to the … Read more
Proving there’s nothing like vaudeville for escaping a grim economy, this weekend’s annual Santa Clara Showtime offered plenty of entertainment for about half the price of a first-run movie ticket. Audiences enjoyed a live bill of original melodrama, the comedic talents of Mad Hatter duo Lou Bamberger and Bill Cannon, and an operatic close from … Read more
Named for California state assemblyman Ralph M. Brown and enacted in 1953, the Brown Act mandates that public agencies conduct their business in a way that is open to public scrutiny. “The people, in delegating authority,” the law’s introduction says, “do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the … Read more
On a sunny but cool February day, Santa Claran Gloria Heistein is walking along Central Park lake with her eight-month-old mini-Schnauzer, Augie. They encounter Alex, from Campbell, walking his ten-year-old Airedale, Boss. “Is your dog friendly?” Heistein asks before letting Augie approach Boss. “My dog is very friendly, so he likes to meet other dogs … Read more
Ian Hower is a community contributor and has been for most of his young years. He is pursuing a dream now for an adult career of service. “In sixth grade, I was a Den Chief for my brother’s Cub Scout troop. That stint started my community service interest,” explains the enthusiastic young adult. “My initiation … Read more
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara community leader Josephine Rowen didn’t make her voice heard on. But one thing she’ll always be remembered for is the landmark court case that set precedent for interpreting California’s Brown Act – the law governing … Read more