The latest study of hospital care performance by U.S. News & World Report gave 16 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals a “high performing” ranking and named Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center one of the top 50 hospitals in the country for treating kidney disease. Key findings from the annual study, a well-known quality assessment … Read more
Award-winning independent film maker Jonathan Fung’s 2018 video art installation Prey, on exhibit now through Sept. 21 at the Natalie and James Thompson Gallery at San José State University, was created to raise awareness of human trafficking — specifically child trafficking. Prey is made up of 350 children’s wooden alphabet blocks, each with the photo … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (September 13, 1918) 694 Santa Clara Men Register for Draft: Men 18 to 45 Respond Nobly to Call City Preparing for 4th Liberty Loan Campaign Which Begins September 27th: Get Ready to Subscribe: Consider Putting a Liberty Loan Flag on Your Window on the 27th Heavy Rains Cause Great … Read more
Thursday, September 13 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, September 14 Movie Night in the Barn: Harris Lass House Museum — 1889 Market St., Santa Clara. 20 … Read more
The ToyXpo came to the Santa Clara Convention Center in August. The three-day event featured numerous celebrities along with photo opportunities, vendors, a custom toy contest and discussion panels — not to mention a Geek Fashion Show and the World Series of Cosplay Qualifier. The Bay Area Toy Expo puts on the event and, over … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers made it look easy for the second week in a row on Friday night. Wilcox controlled the football game from the get-go against the Aragon Dons. After an Aragon three and out started the game, the Chargers promptly took over, needing just two plays to score. A 20-yard run by Paul Rosa … Read more
In the old Wild West there were a few major items that won the West. The locomotive, the Winchester rifle and barbed wire. Now, you could argue there were other important ingredients like the law, and you may recall that the law of the West could be a little spotty. You may have seen an … Read more
School is back in session and Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) is on top of keeping students and staff safe by testing water for lead. A recent report by the San Francisco Chronicle stated that few California school districts took measures to test water under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Under the 2017 Permit … Read more
Golden Mushroom Pizza has become the latest casualty in a string of long-standing Santa Clara restaurants closing its doors. The pizzeria, which opened on Dec. 19, 1974, will close for good on Thursday, Sept. 20 — just three months shy of its 45th anniversary. According to Caroline Moran, who currently runs the day-to-day operations with … Read more
A housing project that drew the ire of prospective neighbors at the start of the year is now being lauded as a remedy to issues of rent affordability in Santa Clara. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Council and the public alike seemed to do a 180 on the housing complex at 2330 Monroe St. … Read more