“The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” is a timely observation made by Edmond Burke three hundred years ago. Everywhere we look in the world, there exists a battle between good and evil. We know from experience a war exist in our bodies as we fight off … Read more
Recently, the Santa Clara Weekly reported that the City of Santa Clara’s legal bills for the failed California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit fight are now reaching $5 million — $4.1 million of that is for the plaintiffs’ legal fees. That doesn’t include the upcoming appeal that the City has filed. Also, the $5 million … Read more
The 2018 PAC spending race is off and running in Santa Clara, with the San José-based AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education (COPE) PAC investing $10,000 in mailers and field expenses for District 2 City Council candidate Nancy Biagini. Major donors to the COPE PAC include: Sacramento-based Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers’ Association … Read more
The go-to place for jewelry and watch repair at Westfield Valley Fair mall is the Master Fix Jewelers kiosk, where expert David Truong makes repairs on-the-spot as you wait or shop. Truong and his wife, Xuan Truong, have tended the stand-alone kiosk, located on the ground floor in the corridor in front of the Gap … Read more
The Santa Clara High School Homecoming Parade took to the streets on Friday, Oct. 19. Members of Santa Clara High School Bruins Music took the lead as they made their way to Pomeroy and Central Park Elementary Schools. The elementary schools’ students held up signs in anticipation of the parade’s arrival. The Homecoming Court waved … Read more
On Oct. 12, students in Cindy Voreyer’s class at Washington Open Elementary School met their monthly canine visitors from Furry Friends Pet Assisted Therapy Services. Four dogs — Hope, Millie, Penny and Jack — came to the kindergarten classroom. For about an hour, the students gently petted the dogs, read aloud to them from their … Read more
The Santa Clara Teen Center hosted a Fall Fiesta for Santa Clara students in grades 8 – 12 in late September at the Youth Activity Center. The Fiesta offered pizza, snacks and drinks for the teens to enjoy. The activities were all “old-school” type games — no controllers or computers involved at all. Games included … Read more
A pop-up pumpkin patch at Santana Row is becoming a new Fall tradition. In early October, hundreds of people showed up or just happened to walk by the glass pumpkin patch. The event featured almost 6,000 glass pumpkins displayed atop hay bales and in small patches. Just like a regular pumpkin patch, guests were allowed … Read more
The Fremont Firebirds of Sunnyvale dropped their final water polo league game by a 9-5 margin to the Monta Vista Matadors on Thursday. Fremont sees their season end with a 1-9 record. Outside the disappointment in the win-loss column, both Head Coach Steven Canalez and captain Isaac Jacobson noted that the team progressed nicely over … Read more
More than 3,000 greater Bay Area girls of all ages were empowered to dream big — even to swim with the sharks — at the 3rd Annual WorldWideWomen Girls’ Festival on Oct. 6, held this year at Santa Clara University. “It’s a day of power and possibility for the girls, thousands of girls and their … Read more