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Search for Paradise/Not rated but it’s a travelogue. Lets call it G, good for all, but kids will probably lose interest before the overture finishes.

Karl Scott

December 10, 2014

Of the five travel-oriented Cinerama movies actually filmed with the three strip camera, Search for Paradise was the next to…

Next Vista for Learning Offers a Video Learning Library

Cynthia Cheng

December 10, 2014

At the website for Next Vista for Learning, anyone can view Bill Cheney, a teacher from Santa Clara Unified School…

Peninsula Beauty Opens at Santa Clara Town Centre

Admin

December 10, 2014

Peninsula Beauty recently opened its 13th location, at Santa Clara Town Centre. A ribbon cutting, giveaways, drawings for gift baskets…

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

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

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

Admin

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

Admin

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

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

Admin

December 3, 2014

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

49ers Help Build Bikes for Children

Admin

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

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…

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

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

Admin

November 26, 2014

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

Nightcrawler/Rated R for violent images and language

Karl Scott

November 26, 2014

In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, an out of work, desperate man. We know nothing about Bloom’s past. Nothing….

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…

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