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Food Bank Gala at Levi&#x27s Stadium Scores Against Hunger

Food Bank Gala at Levi&#x27s Stadium Scores Against Hunger

Diane Andrews

March 18, 2015

For a $149–dollar ticket to the 2015 Taste of Champions benefit for Bay Area food banks, about 400 hungry sports…

Jared Paul Celebrates Milestone, Returns to Santa Clara

Jared Paul Celebrates Milestone, Returns to Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

March 18, 2015

There are activists, and then there is Jared Paul. Paul, a Rhode Island native, might be considered more extreme than…

Exodus: Gods and Kings/Rated PG-13 for Biblical Violence

Karl Scott

March 18, 2015

Within the first few minutes of Gods and Kings’ 140–minute running time, there’s a big battle in Memphis. Not about…

PACE Receives Technology Grant from HollyRod Foundation

Admin

March 18, 2015

The Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE) recently announced it is the receipt of an extensive technology grant from the…

Quakes Open Avaya, Beat Galaxy

Melissa McKenzie

March 11, 2015

With local dignitaries, including San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, San Jose Earthquakes President Dave Kaval and President and Chief Elected…

Clean&ndashUp the Clean Up Campaign, Water Quality Board Tells City

Carolyn Schuk

March 11, 2015

Santa Claravs enormously popular residential Clean–Up Campaign (CUC) is headed for an overhaul. The Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)…

Genealogist Janice Sellers Gives Library Talk

Genealogist Janice Sellers Gives Library Talk

Cynthia Cheng

March 11, 2015

Janice Sellers, a professional genealogist, learned that her great–grandfather arrived at New York City in 1909 when she found his…

RDA Shut-Down Oversight Board Decides…  to Make No Decision – Again

RDA Shut-Down Oversight Board Decides… to Make No Decision – Again

Carolyn Schuk

March 11, 2015

The Feb. 27 Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Successor Agency Oversight Board meeting could be described as the same as…

Santa Clara Players Open First Show of 2015 with Comedy

Santa Clara Players Open First Show of 2015 with Comedy

Melissa McKenzie

March 11, 2015

Poor Harris Wellborn. As a once promising playwright, Wellborn finds himself down on his luck in the Santa Clara Players’…

Senior Housing Still Slated for BAREC&#x27s Remaining 6 Acres, But City Open to New Designs

Carolyn Schuk

March 11, 2015

The six remaining acres of open land at 90 N. Winchester – known familiarly as BAREC – are still the…

Soroptimist’s Annual Old Bag Luncheon Best Ever

Soroptimist’s Annual Old Bag Luncheon Best Ever

Carolyn Schuk

March 11, 2015

In 2011, Soroptimist International Santa Clara Silicon Valley put on their first–ever Old Bag Luncheon and Auction. It was such…

Stuck in a Rut and Loving It!

Bob Goldman

March 4, 2015

Guess who isn’t an “official influencer” on LinkedIn? I don’t want to influence your answer, but it’s me. I may…

Award&ndashWinning Santa Clara Film Maker Focuses His Camera on Human Trafficking

Award&ndashWinning Santa Clara Film Maker Focuses His Camera on Human Trafficking

Diane Andrews

March 4, 2015

Seven years ago, independent filmmaker Jonathan Fung, who lives, works, and worships in Santa Clara, attended a global leadership summit…

Soccer Field Design at Montague Park Gets Council Go-Ahead, Neighborhood Critics Claim Park Will Be Destroyed

Carolyn Schuk

March 4, 2015

At the Feb. 10 City Council meeting, the Council approved a $765,500 design contract with LPA Inc. for a new…

County Bureaucrats May Outsmart Themselves on RDA Property Grab

Carolyn Schuk

March 4, 2015

Santa Clara County taxing entities who’ve spent four years coveting real estate owned by Santa Clara’s defunct redevelopment agency (RDA)…

February Food Fest Ends with 11-Time World Pizza Champion

February Food Fest Ends with 11-Time World Pizza Champion

Melissa McKenzie

March 4, 2015

It’s one of America’s favorite comfort foods – a staple at parties and gatherings, and easily called in for a…

Kings Beat Sharks in Santa Clara

Kings Beat Sharks in Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

March 4, 2015

It was a highly anticipated game featuring one of the biggest rivalries in California sports, and with over 70,000 in…

Morgan Autism Center, Speaker Series and Fund Raiser

Carolyn Schuk

March 4, 2015

For more than 30 years, the Morgan Center has been educating children and adults with autism, and helping their families…

The Interview/Rated R for language, violence, a flash of nudity and potty mouth humor

Karl Scott

March 4, 2015

If there was an Oscar for Publicist of the Year, Kim Jong-un certainly deserves it for the record-breaking free publicity…

New Non&ndashProfit Inspires Youth to Live Beyond Addiction

New Non&ndashProfit Inspires Youth to Live Beyond Addiction

Melissa McKenzie

March 4, 2015

In January 2013, Kelly Villarreal and her husband, Justin Bell, were acclimating to their new life in Oregon. Villarreal had…