Latest News Latest News Opinion 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… Community 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… Business 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… Schools 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 Politics 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 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… Community 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… Opinion 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… City Politics 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… Community 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… Schools 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… Opinion 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… Community 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… Public Safety 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… Schools 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… Arts & EntertainmentSchools 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”… Schools 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… Community 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… Opinion 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…. Op-Ed 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… 1 … 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 … 473