Contemporary realist Dean Larson’s paintings invite you not just to look, but to enter a story. You wonder: Is the bicyclist outside the all-night corner store buying a lottery ticket? What are the workmen on the scaffolding working building? Are the pedestrians on a San Francisco street hurrying home on a Friday afternoon looking forward … Read more
The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration. Friday, Aug. 29 Concerts on the Plaza — 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza (500 Castro St, Mountain View) Free event … Read more
Just around lunchtime on Nov. 21, 2024, 18-year-old Kephas Pope waited in the dirt median between the Domicilio Apartments, where he lived, and Santa Clara University’s (SCU) main campus, waiting to cross El Camino Real. He would never make it across. While Pope waited to walk his bike the rest of the way across the … Read more
The public got its first glimpse of next year’s Super Bowl agreement. With Levi’s Stadium set to host Super Bowl LX in 2026, city employees presented the terms of the agreement to the Santa Clara City Council at its Tuesday night meeting. The presentation was similar to one approved earlier this year that lays out the … Read more
Two for-sale townhome developments could add to the city’s housing stock, chipping away at state housing mandates. At its latest meeting, Aug. 13, the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Santa Clara City Council approve both projects. The bigger of the two projects, located at 1400 Coleman Ave., kitty-corner from the Costco, would … Read more
On Aug. 16, the Triton Museum of Art debuted “Shifting Terrain,” a show featuring local artist Mark Engel. The show will run through Jan. 4, 2026. Engel is a South Bay Area-based artist and arts educator whose work focuses heavily on portrayals of dramatic figures in animated movement with vivid color palettes. The purpose of … Read more
The latest attack on Santa Clara, its budget and residents, is not a surprise. In the real world, employees who have failed at the job and duties they were hired to perform move on. Former city manager Deanna Santana will likely be remembered as the worst city manager in city history — right up … Read more
The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration. Friday, Aug. 22 Concerts on the Plaza — 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza (500 Castro St, Mountain View) Free event … Read more
Deanna Santana, Santa Clara’s city manager from 2017-2022, has filed a breach of contract lawsuit claiming that the city withheld contracted compensation and benefits when she was dismissed in February 2022. The former top Santa Clara official is also claiming that, at the direction of the San Francisco 49ers, the city discriminated against her based … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins football program has long been an afterthought in the local community. Santa Clara hasn’t had a winning football season since 2018 and even then, its 5-1 record was still overshadowed by cross-town rival Wilcox. Those Chargers went 14-1 and won a pair of CIF State Championship contests. Perhaps, though, the 2025 … Read more