Latest News

Top Triton Honors Go to Two

Top Triton Honors Go to Two

Melissa McKenzie

January 8, 2014

For the first time ever, the Triton Museum of Art has named two first place winners in the 2013 Statewide…

Walmart to Open Santa Clara Neighborhood Market Spring 2014

Carolyn Schuk

January 8, 2014

It gets asked every time a new development project is proposed in Santa Clara: Will it include a grocery store?…

Survey This

Admin

January 8, 2014

Now I’ve heard everything. After years of telling us how to think, employers are suddenly obsessed with what we think….

Sports Briefs

Admin

January 1, 2014

Wilcox Girls Basketball Continues Strong Season After reaching the CCS Division Open division semi-final championship last season and competing in…

Chargers-Warriors Play to a Draw

Chargers-Warriors Play to a Draw

Melissa McKenzie

January 1, 2014

The Wilcox girls soccer team battled to a 2-2 draw with South San Francisco on Dec. 19. In a slow-moving…

Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 25, 2013

Carolyn Schuk

January 1, 2014

Postponement of Development Project Hearing Raises Question of CEQA “Greenmail” The City Council was ready for a full hearing on…

Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 25, 2013

Carolyn Schuk

January 1, 2014

Open Enrollment Policy Continues to Confound The Open Enrollment discussion continued at the Dec. 12 Santa Clara Unified board meeting…

Levi’s Stadium to House Restaurant by Acclaimed Chef Michael Mina

Levi’s Stadium to House Restaurant by Acclaimed Chef Michael Mina

Robert Haugh

January 1, 2014

With whimsical plays on pub-style dishes, such as peanut butter crunch burgers, lobster corn dogs and the use of the…

Looking Back – Week of Dec 25

Admin

January 1, 2014

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (December 23, 1913) Parents Approve of Social Activities of Grammar School Pupils: Talents of…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire/Rated PG-13 for Violence, Garish Costuming And Some Kissing

Karl Scott

January 1, 2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is based on part two of a trilogy of stories. Part one made enough money…

Santa Clara Filipino Restaurant Adds Typhoon Relief to the Menu

Santa Clara Filipino Restaurant Adds Typhoon Relief to the Menu

Carolyn Schuk

January 1, 2014

The front window of Toppings Tree Restaurant (www.toppingstree.com) at Homestead and Monroe is a one-stop shop for ways to help…

Shop With a PAL Lifts Joy for the Holidays

Shop With a PAL Lifts Joy for the Holidays

Admin

January 1, 2014

Several Santa Clara Police officers played the role of Santa’s helper during Santa Clara PAL’s third annual Shop-With-A-P.A.L. program on…

The Christmas Mouse

The Christmas Mouse

Larry Sacks

January 1, 2014

Most people generally aren’t happy to discover they have uninvited houseguests. But when that one house guest suddenly becomes a…

Visit The Rock Without Leaving Santa Clara

Visit The Rock Without Leaving Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

January 1, 2014

Alcatraz Island has a long, storied history. It has served as a military and federal prison, abode to aboriginal people,…

Winning Holiday Home Decorations Light Up Community

Winning Holiday Home Decorations Light Up Community

Cynthia Cheng

January 1, 2014

“I started doing holiday decorations because my son is enamored with lights,” says Ryan Winterbourne. This year, Winterbourne set up…

Sports Briefs

Admin

December 25, 2013

Wilcox Boys Basketball Keeps Perfect The Wilcox Chargers (4-0) continued their perfect start to the season with a 69-48 win…

Santa Clara Library & Friends Host Craft Fair

Santa Clara Library & Friends Host Craft Fair

Admin

December 25, 2013

Always ready to roll up their sleeves to raise funds for library programs, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and…

Stadium Talks That Started With a 2003 Letter, Built on Decades of City Work

Stadium Talks That Started With a 2003 Letter, Built on Decades of City Work

Carolyn Schuk

December 25, 2013

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. That’s certainly true about Levi’s Stadium,…

This Magic Moment: Holiday Train with Santa Aboard Lights Up the Night

This Magic Moment: Holiday Train with Santa Aboard Lights Up the Night

Diane Andrews

December 25, 2013

In finger-chilling weather that made it seem more like the North Pole than Santa Clara, a Salvation Army brass band…

Here’s (Not) Looking at You, Kid

Admin

December 25, 2013

Bad news. After all the effort you have put into becoming the perfect “low- profile” employee, who nobody knows or…