The July City Council calendars are out, and one thing is still clear: previous months have not been edited to reflect missed meetings. There continues to be no mention of Peter Hillan, Banner Public Affairs, and, given the City’s recent rent battle with the 49ers, no mention of Sam Singer, the City’s contracted public affairs … Read more
Real estate developer Equity Residential submitted an application to the City of Santa Clara earlier this year with the aim of significantly increasing the size of the Laguna Clara Apartments at 3131 Homestead Rd. The housing development is on a 12.43-acre lot about midway between the San Tomas and Lawrence Expressways. The application is subject … Read more
Maybe the question about this column is: “Will he return?” As you may have heard, at the beginning of July I contracted pneumonia. After nearly a week in intensive care, I was allowed to escape for home care. The past two months would have been a challenge for better equipped people like Batman. Thank you … Read more
The 10th Annual Sevathon, an initiative of the Milpitas-based India Community Center (ICC), brought together nonprofits to raise funds and awareness for their causes. Over $500,000 was raised from sponsorship and registrations, of which $250,000 was raised by the approximately 85 nonprofits that participated. “Seva” is a Sanskrit word meaning “service.” Sevathon took place on … 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
You may not be the most productive worker in your company or the best paid, but no one can say you aren’t the weirdest. Alas, there are forces in the work force that are out to attack your weirdness. They want everyone to be “normal.” You can imagine how boring that would be. In a … Read more
California’s fire season began early this year and hit several counties hard. Dozens of fires are still being fought by hundreds of firefighters across the state to prevent the destruction of more homes and businesses and loss of life. In this state of emergency declared by President Donald Trump, fire departments from all over California … Read more
Riana Grewal,16, is about to start her senior year at Santa Clara High School. One of Grewal’s summer highlights was receiving this year’s Sister Cities International Youth Leadership Award. Grewal received her award and a scholarship prize on Aug. 3 at the Sister Cities International Youth Leadership Summit in Denver, Colorado where attendees learned about … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, if you walked down Sunnyvale’s Murphy Avenue around noon, you would have heard peals of laughter as ventriloquist Steve Chaney (www.cornycrow.com) and his dummy Corny Crow’s goofy antics entertained the young audience gathered at Bookasaurus. Right next door to Bookasaurus is Leigh’s Favorite Books (www.leighsbooks.com), where Leigh Odum, co-owner of … Read more
To celebrate the recent unblocking of the Santa Clara Weekly by Mayor Lisa Gillmor on Twitter, the United States Senate has decided to remind the nation of the “vital and indispensable role the free press serves.” (Resolution MAZ18847 Aug. 16) “Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Senate affirms that the press is not the … Read more