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March 6, 2013

Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday…

A Good Day to Die Hard/Rated R for violence, violence and more violence. Also for violence.

Karl Scott

March 6, 2013

When the original James Bond film version of Thunderball was released in 1965, the super spy was known in many…

County Supervisors Respond to Cities’ RDA Shutdown Complaints: Tough Luck

Carolyn Schuk

February 27, 2013

About a month ago, Santa Clara County cities registered their dissatisfaction with the county’s conduct on RDA oversight boards in…

Foster Lopes, A Teacher and a Doer (Dec.17, 1929 – Feb.7, 2013)

Foster Lopes, A Teacher and a Doer (Dec.17, 1929 – Feb.7, 2013)

Carolyn Schuk

February 27, 2013

Second careers aren’t uncommon today. But longtime Santa Claran Foster Lopes surely set a record for post-retirement careers. After teaching…

Week of February 20th Headlines

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February 27, 2013

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (Feb. 18, 1913) *Gambling Must Stop in this City: Board of Trustees to Revoke…

In Like Flint Blu-ray Edition/Not Rated but would be PG for kissing and violence.

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February 27, 2013

Like “Our Man Flint,” “In Like Flint” is now available on a limited edition (3,000 copies) Blu-ray, which returns the…

New Studio-Gallery Shines in Santa Clara

New Studio-Gallery Shines in Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

February 27, 2013

What is art? For some, it’s the curved line of a woman’s hip in a Renaissance master’s painting or the…

Santa Clara City Library Offers Job Search Series

Santa Clara City Library Offers Job Search Series

Suzy Paluzzi

February 27, 2013

Looking for a job? You can find help at the Santa Clara City Library’s free “Find a Job in February”…

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February 27, 2013

The Santa Clara Unified School District would like to extend an invitation to meet with Barry E. Reed of Dave…

Splish Splash at Aquatics Classes in Santa Clara

Splish Splash at Aquatics Classes in Santa Clara

Cynthia Cheng

February 27, 2013

In the Ai Chi warm water exercise class that Barbara Blank teaches, she emphasizes the deep breathing and unhurried motions…

Winnie Hook is HOW old?

Winnie Hook is HOW old?

Diane Andrews

February 27, 2013

Winnie Hook has lived long and well. She has, in fact, lived for more than a century. The petite, white-haired…

Online Job Hunting Takes Off

Bob Goldman

February 27, 2013

Well, I guess we have to face facts — this Internet thing is going to be with us for a…

Bright Lights, Big Dreams

Bright Lights, Big Dreams

Larry Sacks

February 27, 2013

With talent shows all the rage on television, it seems about time that Santa Clara drew the first-ever Bay Area…

Bruins Withstand Late Surge By Chargers, Clinch CCS Birth

Bruins Withstand Late Surge By Chargers, Clinch CCS Birth

Ryan Rainbolt

February 27, 2013

On February 15, as Coach Tony McGilvery introduced Johnathan Gomez (’13) and Tayyab Kahn (’13) to the rampant crowd on…

Chinese Dragon Kite at Mission College Welcomes the Lunar New Year

Chinese Dragon Kite at Mission College Welcomes the Lunar New Year

Cynthia Cheng

February 27, 2013

It’s not every day that a giant dragon greets visitors to Mission College’s Main Building when they step into the…

Chargers Avoid Shutout with Late Goal

Chargers Avoid Shutout with Late Goal

Ryan Rainbolt

February 20, 2013

With the temperature dropping to 46 degrees on February 8, the 4-12-4 Wilcox Chargers girls’ soccer team was ready to…

Chuckles for a Cause

Chuckles for a Cause

Melissa McKenzie

February 20, 2013

Laughter was the best medicine as seven Bay Area comics entertained a crowd of mostly Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara employees…

Library Patrons Celebrate 20 Years of Laurie King’s Books

Library Patrons Celebrate 20 Years of Laurie King’s Books

Cynthia Cheng

February 20, 2013

Santa Clara City Library goers were in for a treat on the evening of Feb. 4th. Best-selling mystery author Laurie…

Les Miserables/Rated PG-13 for violence, sex and lots and lots of singing. In fact when it starts it doesn’t stop for 2 and &frac12 hours.

Karl Scott

February 20, 2013

For the few who don’t know…this is an opera. Which means it is sung from beginning to end. Only a…

Revs Battle Sems in Annual Basketball Challenge

Revs Battle Sems in Annual Basketball Challenge

Melissa McKenzie

February 20, 2013

While many spent their Friday night watching NCAA or NBA basketball, local Catholic parishioners flooded Santa Clara University’s Leavey Center…