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Winter Beauties Star at 72nd Camellia Show

Diane Andrews

March 6, 2013

More than 2,000 camellia blossoms in every hue of white and pink—and even yellow—transformed the Santa Clara Community Recreation Center…

Say What?

Bob Goldman

March 6, 2013

I really shouldn’t write this column. I really shouldn’t write anything. Or say anything. And neither should you. Expressing yourself…

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

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

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

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…

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)

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

Admin

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.

Admin

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

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

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”…

SCUSD

Admin

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

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…

Santa Clara Grassroots Activists Keep Working to Advance Progressive Agenda

Carolyn Schuk

February 20, 2013

After Obama won the election last November, there was a lot of talk in polito-sphere about the campaign’s “ground game.”…

Washington Open Elementary Performs Seussical the Musical

Melissa McKenzie

February 20, 2013

While most elementary schools put on school plays in small, cramped cafeterias, Santa Clara’ s Washington Open Elementary School utilizes…

Why Comic Books Matter

Melissa McKenzie

February 20, 2013

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are world saviors. Their stories, much like the story of Gilgamesh, Dionysus, and other deities,…

Wii on Wheels Wow, for Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Pediatric Patients

Admin

February 20, 2013

Eleven-year-old Richard Bess, of San Jose, a patient at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara’s hospital, was helping Northwestern Mutual Insurance executive…

What’s On? How About a Day Off!

Bob Goldman

February 20, 2013

I ask you — what do you have in common with Ferris Bueller? I tell you — you both need…

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