Latest News Latest News Community 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… Opinion 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… Community 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… Community 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… Arts & Entertainment 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… Sports 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… Schools 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… City Politics 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… Life Announcements 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… Community 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… Opinion 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… Arts & Entertainment 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… Community 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”… Schools 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… Community 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… City Politics 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.”… Arts & Entertainment 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… Community 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,… Community 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… Opinion 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… 1 … 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 … 473