On the surface, a box score showing a 30-0 final score suggests the losing football team struggled on both sides of the ball. However, the Santa Clara Bruins’ Week 2 loss to the Overfelt Royals was far more intriguing than the final result might indicate. Santa Clara stopped the Royals on the first drive of … Read more
I have discovered everyone likes magic. The fascination of making something disappear or reappear is captivating, piques our curiosity and creates a strong desire to figure out, ‘how did they do that?’ Apparently, our Mayor and Council have been taking magic lessons. First thing to come to mind is our City budget. With a sleight … Read more
Just two days before their final preseason football game, the entire San Francisco 49ers roster of 90 players attended a charity dinner event at Levi’s Stadium. All proceeds from this “Players for a Purpose” charity dinner benefit the 49ers Foundation’s mission to empower and educate Bay Area youth through their 49ers EDU and 49ers PREP … Read more
Planning Commissioners discussed a proposed townhome project located at 1530-1540 Pomeroy Ave. on Aug. 22, and in a 3-3 split vote, decided to forward the plans to City Council with no recommendation. The proposal for eight residences with three and four-bedrooms within two-story townhomes includes two-car garages for each unit and three guest spaces for … Read more
Multi-lingual Archbishop Mitty High School seniors Anvee Bhutani and Ishaan Nandwani believe so passionately in the advantages of speaking more than one language that they founded Legato Lingua, a nonprofit organization to teach foreign languages to Bay Area children. “Our idea to found this came after we noticed the lack of foreign language classes and … Read more
Originally from Vijayawada in Southern India, Venu Devu came to the Bay Area to work as a data engineer. Experiencing the pressures of a demanding work week, he decided to return to his roots on evenings and weekends as a way to relieve stress and enrich the lives of others. Devu is an eighth generation … Read more
Hearty portion sizes, blazing fast service and a full service bar are in store for Santa Clarans as the Grub Burger Bar on the corner of Homestead Road and Lawrence Expressway opened to much fanfare on Aug. 21. As the company’s third California location and first in Northern California, Grub Burger Bar prides itself on … Read more
We would like to clarify the intent of our Aug. 30 editorial concerning candidate forums and campaign ethics enforcement. We apologize to Acting City Clerk Jennifer Yamaguma for giving the impression that she has been anything less than professional in carrying out the many responsibilities of her office during a challenging time. Her qualifications are … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the City and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all of the arrests … Read more
Join me, friend, in a toast to the good old days. You know — those wonderful days of yore when management could expect workers to put in their 20 years, collect their gold watch and then promptly die. Today, people are living longer and working longer. Instead of having to deal with a troublemaker like … Read more