Perry Jones, General Manager of Illusive Comics and Games and Isle of Gamers, Santa Clara, went to the doctor at the end of June for what he thought might be a kidney stone. On July 18, he was in the hospital having his kidney removed because a seven-centimeter (about 2.7-inch) tumor, confirmed as malignant, was … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (August 9, 1918) *Postmaster Charles South Leads Successful War Savings Stamp Campaign Here: Says Every Stamp Puts a Kink in the Kaiser: Banks Also Aiding in Big Local Drive *Next Liberty Loan Drive Will Be September 22 – October 19 *California State Fair Will Open August 31st *Marine Corp. … Read more
Thursday, August 9 Senior Center Dance Night: Santa Clara Senior Center — 1303 Fremont St., Santa Clara. 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Admission: $5 and the dance lesson is included with admission. Light refreshments are served. Friday, August 10 29th Annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest: Plaza de César Chavez Park, San Jose, CA. Aug … Read more
A total of $131,000 was spent on June’s Measure A campaign — $105,000 of it by the Yes on A independent expenditure committee. Yes on A received $68,000 in cash donations and 37,000 in non-monetary donations, with 90 percent of the total ($97,000) coming from out-of-state PACs and interest groups. The principal to the Yes … Read more
Before Northside Library opened on Aug. 4, a line of eager library-goers extended out to Moreland Way. Over 2,000 people celebrated Northside Library’s 4th anniversary. Early in the day, Kathy Watanabe, Santa Clara Vice Mayor, and Jodi Muirhead, Santa Clara Unified School District Board Member, offered a few welcoming words to attendees and congratulated Northside … Read more
Seventeen-year-old Wilcox High School senior Sanika Kamde began showing an aptitude for the arts at the young age of six. Her mother, not wanting to squander the opportunity to encourage her daughter’s artistic development, enrolled Kamde in dance classes with Gayatri Mishra Joshi where she learned the Indian dance form Odissi – the oldest known … Read more
Walt Kelly’s cartoon character Pogo famously said, “We have met the enemy and it is us.” Racism is like that, too. We like to think other people are racist, but we who live in the ethnically diverse world of the 21st century Pacific Rim are beyond that kind of social sinfulness. Our view of ourselves … Read more
Sunday’s “Summer Sizzler” Championship Game held at the Twin Creeks complex in Sunnyvale could not have got off to a better start for the Living Legends’ 18U Gray team. Legends starting pitcher Sean Chang’s change-up and two-seam fastball were working together masterfully at the start. Chang stranded a two-out single in the first by striking … Read more
Most people would consider odds of 1 in 50,000 not very likely to happen, but for Matt Rupel, those odds would fight against him. Matt was born with a very rare life-threatening disease, Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) that ended his life on Aug. 5, 2017 at the age of 26. FA causes slurred speech, muscle and … Read more
This November, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters will run 13 congressional elections, 12 state elections, 17 municipal elections, 67 school community college board elections and 20 special district elections. That’s hundreds of different ballot permutations. Multiplied by five different languages, that’s more than one thousand unique ballots and voting guides. It’s all in … Read more