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City Desk: Dec 3, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

December 10, 2014

Council Votes For Super Bowl 50 as Community Celebration, and Opportunity to Put Santa Clara on the World’s Map Here’s…

Donations Still Needed to Save Dog’s Life

Donations Still Needed to Save Dog’s Life

Melissa McKenzie

December 10, 2014

Community help is still needed to save the life of a companion service dog that was hit by a car…

Holiday Events Churning Up in Droves in the Mission City

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December 10, 2014

Whether wanting to step back in time to see a recreation of The Christmas Story, listening to music, viewing historic…

49ers Help Build Bikes for Children

49ers Help Build Bikes for Children

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December 3, 2014

The San Francisco 49ers and Optum recently teamed up with Turning Wheels for Kids to build 80 bikes for foster…

50th Anniversary of the Biggest Police Shoot-Out in Santa Clara History

50th Anniversary of the Biggest Police Shoot-Out in Santa Clara History

Diane Andrews

December 3, 2014

It was November 21, late Saturday afternoon the week before Thanksgiving in 1964. “Code 30. An officer’s been shot. Ambulance…

Appointment of SCUSD Parcel Tax Oversight Committee Casualty of Two Years of Distraction

Carolyn Schuk

December 3, 2014

Time is a finite commodity and spending it one way takes it away from something else. When Santa Clara Unified…

City Desk: Nov 19, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

December 3, 2014

New Swim Center Takes First Step To Realization At the Nov.18 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council approved the first…

Community Help Needed to Save Injured Dog

Community Help Needed to Save Injured Dog

Melissa McKenzie

December 3, 2014

It took the community to catch a dog on the loose, and the Santa Clara community is what it will…

Miguel Machuca: Modern-Day Shaman

Miguel Machuca: Modern-Day Shaman

Melissa McKenzie

December 3, 2014

As a young boy in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, San Jose-based artist Miguel Machuca experienced a life-changing event. Machuca was outside…

Interstellar/Rated PG-13 for language and sci-fi violence and one fight.

Karl Scott

December 3, 2014

Last year’s best picture, despite what the Oscars proclaimed, was Gravity. This year gravity is back, but as an important…

Plastic Bag Ban Starts Soon

Plastic Bag Ban Starts Soon

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December 3, 2014

Santa Clarans will soon no longer receive plastic bags at retailers, including Target. The City’s ban on plastic bag bans…

Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente Workers “Get Their Voice” in Unique Class

Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente Workers “Get Their Voice” in Unique Class

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December 3, 2014

One of the “graduates” choked up with emotion, only able to say “Thank you very much.” Another joked that now…

SCUSD Promotes CPR and AED Awareness at Community Event

SCUSD Promotes CPR and AED Awareness at Community Event

Cynthia Cheng

December 3, 2014

On September 29, Chris Amaro, a custodian at Scott Lane Elementary School, suffered a cardiac arrest during school hours. A…

Taking a Vacation from Vacations

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December 3, 2014

It’s sad. Used to be, you’d spend 50 weeks a year waiting for your vacation – two blissful weeks without…

Super Bowl 50 Host Committee Explores Levi’s Stadium and SF Bay Area City Examining City Events Leading up to Super Bowl

Super Bowl 50 Host Committee Explores Levi’s Stadium and SF Bay Area City Examining City Events Leading up to Super Bowl

Robert Haugh

November 26, 2014

The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee recently held a two-day familiarization trip for the NFL and its official partners on…

I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing [To Do.]

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November 26, 2014

Really, I on’t know what’s wrong with young people these days. Consider this question from a confused father to the…

Education Desk: Nov. 19, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

November 26, 2014

The Nov. 19 meeting of the Santa Clara Unified school board was the final meeting that Board President Christine Koltermann…

Heads or Tails? Wilcox Stage Company Performs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Heads or Tails? Wilcox Stage Company Performs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Melissa McKenzie

November 26, 2014

New and returning actors combine for the arduous task of tackling Tom Stoppard’s tragic comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”…

Judge Rules SCUSD Trustee Stampolis Must Pay $19,000 for Principal’s Legal Expenses

Carolyn Schuk

November 26, 2014

Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Christopher Stampolis’ charge that recent harassment allegations against him are the result of an…

Library Receives Awards

Library Receives Awards

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November 26, 2014

Nancy Toledo and Mayor Jamie Matthews recently received California Public Library Advocates awards. Toledo was recognized as an outstanding library…