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Antiques Roadshow Comes to Santa Clara

Larry Sacks

July 2, 2014

The Antiques Roadshow came to the Santa Clara Convention Center on June 7. Nearly 23,000 people applied to get into…

City Desk: June 25, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

July 2, 2014

Irvine’s Santa Clara Square Redesign Marries Neighborhood Retail Office and Office Campus What a difference a few years makes. Since…

Education Desk: June 25, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

July 2, 2014

Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP): Map For Action or Just More Paperwork? Last year Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his plan…

Getting to Know Raj Chahal and the Boy Scouts of America’s Sikh Troop 600

Cynthia Cheng

July 2, 2014

Many people around town know Santa Clara resident Raj Chahal as the vice president of the city’s Sister Cities Association,…

John Vasconcellos May 11, 1932 – May 24, 2014: Politics in Service to Others

Carolyn Schuk

July 2, 2014

Last Saturday people from all over California and beyond gathered at the Santa Clara Mission Church to remember the life…

LaCoursiere Kicks Off Campaign for City Council Seat

Carolyn Schuk

July 2, 2014

Roseann LaCoursiere kicked off her campaign for City Council on June 20 with an event at the Santa Clara Elks…

Looking Back – Week of June 25

Admin

July 2, 2014

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (June 23, 1914) Help the Woman’s Club Adobe Restoration Fund: $400 Needed: Adobe to…

22 Jump Street/Rated R For Violence, Language, Sexual Situations, Drug Use And General Incoherence

Karl Scott

July 2, 2014

Having never seen the original TV series, I assume I missed a lot of the inside jokes used in the…

MCCF Recognizes Local Non-Profits

Admin

June 25, 2014

Mission City Community Fund (MCCF) held its Annual Recognition BBQ on June 12, at the Santa Clara Elks Lodge. The…

Edge of Tomorrow/Rated PG-13 for scary monsters and violent death.

Karl Scott

June 25, 2014

EOT is a sci-fi thriller about time travel and monsters that cost $178 to make. But if you’ve seen the…

Northside Library’s Time Capsule Is Open for Contributions

Cynthia Cheng

June 25, 2014

Imagine opening up a time capsule stored away 50 years ago. Consider what you might find. A movie poster for…

Portuguese Keep Festival Tradition Alive with Colorful Parades, Bountiful Food, and a Welcome For All

Carolyn Schuk

June 25, 2014

One often hears about how Santa Clara ‘used to have” parades. Actually, Santa Clara does have parades – in fact,…

Santa Clara Kaiser Heart Transplant Patient Saves Sister

Admin

June 25, 2014

It was a heart transplant that saved Kaiser Permanente patient Stanley Crayton’s life in 2001, and just recently, Crayton may…

SVP Peak Wind Resources of 200 Megawatts Help Offset Low Hydro Resources in Drought Years

Admin

June 25, 2014

The pursuit and creative utilization of wind power resources has earned Silicon Valley Power (SVP), Santa Clara’s municipal electric utility,…

Who Knew Water Conservation Could be Fun?

Diane Andrews

June 25, 2014

There’s no grumbling about water conservation in Herb and Donna Hutchinson’s Santa Clara home. They love a challenge, and for…

Stressed In

Admin

June 25, 2014

I don’t know about you, but I get all mushy and flustered when someone refers to me as “a business…

Activist, Educator, Artist and Poet, Jared Paul, Visits Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

June 25, 2014

As an activist and educator, Jared Paul knows painfully well just how much injustice, oppression, greed and suffering there is…

City Desk: June 18, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

June 25, 2014

Soccer Field Plans Don’t Quite Score a Goal The Santa Clara City Council Chambers were overflowing at week’s Council meeting…

Cowgirl Tricks Delights Crowds

Admin

June 25, 2014

Karen Quest Cowgirl Tricks came to Santa Clara for the second installment of the Santa Clara Library’s Concerts in the…

Education, Demonstration at Healthy Eating Fair

Melissa McKenzie

June 25, 2014

From Paleo diets to raw food, and a vegan lifestyle to organic living, eating healthier and reading labels has become…

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