Latest NewsCommunityAround TownCarolyn Schuk March 30, 2011Advance Design Consultants – Go-To Folks for High-Tech Facilities When Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs such as Sun Microsystems founder Andy… CommunityBlue Star Moms Need Encouraging Notes and Donations for Care Packages for TroopsDiane Andrews March 30, 2011Army Specialist Johnny Nguyen is one of the Wounded Warriors—as the South Bay Blue Star Moms (SBBSM) call their injured… SchoolsBeyond Their Wildest DreamsChristy Kinney March 23, 2011Following Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Santa Clara High School students were quick to respond with help. The students launched…City PoliticsCity Council RoundupLarry Sacks March 23, 2011Roll Call All Council Members were present. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the City Council meeting of February 8…CommunityCommunity CalendarAdmin March 23, 2011Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday…City PoliticsHard Data About RDA’s Benefits LackingCarolyn Schuk March 23, 2011In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa Clara wasn’t on that list,…Arts & EntertainmentBattle: Los Angeles / Rated PG-13 for combat violence, language and mean nasty aliens upset over not actually saving 15% or more when they switched to Geico.Karl Scott March 23, 2011In Battle: Los Angeles aliens arrive and land in the oceans just off the shores of major cities all over… CommunitySalvation Army Provides No-Strings-Attached Social Services WorldwideDiane Andrews March 23, 2011The Salvation Army is a faith-based international organization founded in the U.S. in 1865. It offers social services worldwide with…City PoliticsSanta Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment CashCarolyn Schuk March 23, 2011At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million… SchoolsSanta Clara Teacher Salaries Moderate, Average for CaliforniaCarolyn Schuk March 23, 2011Since the mid-1980s, there has been an increasing howl of complaint that public school teachers “make too much money” –… SchoolsSCUSD Offers Academic Intervention to StudentsCynthia Cheng March 23, 2011Not all young learners can interpret an expository essay or apply the quadratic equation at the drop of a hat…. BusinessSummerWinds Nursery Breezes into Santa ClaraDiane Andrews March 23, 2011What’s not to love about a nursery named SummerWinds, evoking memories of hot summer days as a kid when you… CommunityTabitha E. Kappeler-Hurley Named 22nd District Woman of the Year by Assemblymember Paul FongDiane Andrews March 23, 2011It’s not just any day that California’s District 22 Assemblymember Paul Fong shows up on your doorstep with flowers. And…BusinessThe Dish: Grab Some Willy’s…Seriously!April J. Jones March 23, 2011When you walk into Armadillo Willy’s Barbeque, you are enveloped in an enticing aroma of backwoods Texas barbeque. The rustic,…Life AnnouncementsThe Way OutAdmin March 23, 2011It isn’t often that an inspirational business book by a former insurance executive catches my attention, but Donald J. Hurzeler’s…OpinionSo Happy I Forgot to CryBob Goldman March 16, 2011Bad news, girls and boys. Recent scientific discoveries prove that if you pretend to be happy at work, it’s bad… Arts & EntertainmentAuthor of “The Year of Fog” Gives Book TalkCynthia Cheng March 16, 2011Abby Mason is with her fiancé’s six year-old daughter at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach when Abby looks away for a…City PoliticsCalifornia Public Payrolls Now OnlineCarolyn Schuk March 16, 2011Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out…SchoolsDistrict Board Announces LayoffsLarry Sacks March 16, 2011Faced with a budget cut from the state of $9 Million, the Santa Clara Unified School Board voted unanimously to… CommunityKeeping the Spirit of ’45 Alive through Personal StoriesDiane Andrews March 16, 2011Where were you on August 14, 1945, the day President Harry S. Truman announced the end of WWII over the… 1 … 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 … 473
