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I was stationed on the USS Boxer CVA21 during the Korean War (NOT CONFLICT). My ship was tied in at Yokuska, Japan. The ship offered a trip to Mt Fuji. We were taken by bus; it was about a 2 hour trip. When we arrived at the base of the mountain there was a stand where … Read more
This October, a driver struck and seriously injured three children walking to Peterson Middle School at the intersection of El Camino and Poplar in Sunnyvale. The next day, parents, students and teachers came out in force to Sunnyvale’s City Council to demand safety improvements. This intersection is in the city’s “high injury network” identified in … Read more
Christmas is a time for many of our favorite stories. And when you say “Christmas story,” the next thought for readers is Charles Dickens’ (1812 – 1870) Christmas Carol. Dickens was very much the “man who invented Christmas” as we know it today with his story of Scrooge and the three ghosts. So as you … Read more
After returning home to Savannah, Ga., from serving seven years in the United States Army, Sean Brown tried to juggle five part-time jobs. As a DJ, radio personality, musician, broadcast voice of The Savannah Bananas, father of two kids, and the public address voice of the Savannah State Tigers Athletics, he was always on the … Read more
In his response to The Weekly’s Nov. 6 editorial, police chief candidate Lt. Patrick Nikolai made statements that demand correction; exhibit dubious logic; or, while strictly speaking correct, omit context that puts them in a different light. First, Nikolai accuses The Weekly of not responding to a September 2016 correction request from Mayor Lisa Gillmor … Read more
Assistant Police Chief Dan Winter’s withdrawal from the Police Chief election makes one thing clear: at least one Santa Clara official cares more about the City’s wellbeing than his own political fortunes. “An election can hurt relationships, cause tension in the workplace, and lead to more stress in an already demanding occupation,” Winter wrote in … Read more
As we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the United States, it’s a good time to remind ourselves that there may not have been a United States without the young immigrants who fought in the American Revolution. I’d like to tell you about one of them: my ancestor David MacDill (1763-1848), who immigrated to … Read more
Last week, Santa Clara Weekly Associate Editor Carolyn Schuk wrote a factual report about the community’s reaction to the Community Grant Policy, which asks local nonprofits to pay for their use of City-owned facilities or apply for a grant — something they never did in the past. Many community groups have been negatively affected by … Read more
Before we welcomed the New Year, a malware attack struck major journalism outlets. The attack affected the production and delivery of some of the major newspapers across the country. Affected newspapers included the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union Tribune and even the West Coast editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York … Read more
The Epistle of James, Chapter 4: “Where do the conflicts and disputes among you originate? You envy and you cannot acquire, so your quarrel and fights.” It is an appropriate opening statement to my questions: Why wars? I served honorably, though reluctantly at times, in three wars. They were wars of attrition because thousands died … Read more