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Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jackson Street between Benton and Homestead. Each season brings in new crops of fruits and vegetables (look for greens, winter squash, and late berries in the autumn). Check … Read more
Not everyone who forgets where they left their keys or why they went into the bedroom has dementia. It is when your decline in cognitive abilities interferes with your daily life that you have to worry, and at that point, it is your family and friends who have to worry not you. According to 2010 … Read more
You are never too young to play with things. As we get older we often think we need to “grow up” and stop touching and playing with things, especially when we go to museums and see signs saying “Please Do Not Touch” all over the exhibits. It can be frustrating for parents with young children … Read more
Santa Clara’s accomplished youth wowed the audience at Santa Clara’s Got Talent, the second annual citywide talent show held at the Community Recreation Center on the evening of Jan 21st. Judging the 15 acts were Jansie Tompkins, Miss Santa Clara 2011, Felicia Alvarez, Miss Mission City 2011, and Angie Scott, an elementary physical education coordinator … Read more
On Thursday night, January 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., treat yourself to great music for a good cause. At the Santa Clara High School Theater, the Ambassadors and Déjà Vu bands will give a performance to raise money for the Ambassador’s musical tour to Spain and Portugal this summer. Coimbra, Portugal, Santa Clara’s Sister … Read more
Internet filtering and security products alone will not protect your kids from cyber bullies or worse. Education is a key part of the prevention. Here are some tools and tactics to keep your family cyber safe and savvy. Use filters to complement, not replace your supervision of Internet use. Some software, such as SafeNet, allows … Read more
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others,’” American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., once said. On a cool, foggy morning more than four decades after King’s April 4, 1968, assassination, over 200 volunteers at Ulistac Natural Area honored his memory by observing his national holiday January 17 … Read more
A new inpatient behavioral health facility has opened at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, and it is expected to help alleviate some of the demand for dwindling inpatient psychiatric care in Santa Clara County. The artfully-landscaped new 20,000 square foot center at the western side of the campus is Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s first inpatient facility. … Read more
The Miss Santa Clara pageant on Jan. 8th at the Mission City Center for the Performing Arts kicked off with the eleven contestants performing an energetic dance routine. The energy remained with the young women through the remainder of the competition. For her on-stage question, Felicia Alvarez, 23, was asked which current or former Miss … Read more
Audience members cheered as each of the eleven young ladies competing for the title of the new Miss Santa Clara’s Outstanding Teen introduced themselves on the afternoon of Jan 8th at the Mission City Center for the Performing Arts. The girls showcased their abilities in the talent segment. Annalee Akin, 16, showed off her slick … Read more