It’s that time of year again. No, not income tax time. It’s time for Santa Clara’s annual evening of melodrama and variety acts that is known hereabouts as Showtime. On Sat. March 1, the Santa Clara Women’s League raises the curtain on the 41st Showtime with an original Cleo Stuckrath melodrama, The Saga of the … Read more
Campaign spending in the 2024 Santa Clara city election came close to $3.1 million, with PACs spending $2.9 million, dwarfing the $205,000 spent by individual candidates. 49ers Maintain Historical Spending, Related and Police Union Pull Back The 49ers’ $2.4 million in spending was similar to what they spent in the 2022 election. Related spent $115,000 … Read more
With Santa Clara’s power company’s boom in growth, the utility is ramping up a variety of projects this year. At its most recent meeting, the Santa Clara City Council heard a bi-annual update from Silicon Valley Power (SVP). In 2024, SVP saw two new peaks, topping out at 722 megawatts, nearly scratching the system’s 750-megawatt … Read more
The Wilcox varsity girls’ basketball team snapped a six-year drought Friday night. Playing in its first CCS playoff game since 2019 (when the team played in three playoff games), the Chargers easily handled the Andrew Hill Falcons to the tune of a 54-32 victory. With key rotational players Carissa Quistian and Shriya Ratnani unavailable, senior … Read more
Meeting Dacre (pronounced like ‘acre’) Stoker for the first time, you wouldn’t be surprised to know that this amiable man with his ruddy good looks was an Olympic athlete, is a lover of the outdoors, and, with his wife, director of a nonprofit dedicated to preservation and protection of Aiken, SC’s grand trees. He couldn’t … Read more
At the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, geriatric patients have an integrated team of providers who care for their total health: mind, body, and spirit. The hospital recently received the Level 1 – Comprehensive Excellence Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The program uses evidence-based standards to help improve surgical care … Read more
Imagine that you’re a child who has just been taken from a dangerous home — but home nonetheless — and delivered to a stranger’s house for possibly the rest of your childhood. You’re frightened and distressed. And what are you given to pack your clothes and belongings in? A trash bag. It seems unthinkable, but … 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. This Weekend Sunnyvale Community Players presents “Disney’s Frozen Jr.” — Friday, Feb. 21 – Sunday, March 9 at Sunnyvale Community Theatre (550 East … Read more
For the first time in 30 years, the Santa Clara Bruins boys’ wrestling team is league champion. Not to be overshadowed by their male counterparts, all seven lady Bruins wrestling for Santa Clara managed to qualify for CCS! No matter who was on the mat, the Bruins were pinning their ears back and pinning their … Read more
The Silicon Valley Auto Show returns to the Santa Clara Convention Center this weekend to showcase the newest developments in the auto industry. “It’s largely a new car show designed to give shoppers and enthusiasts an early look at new technology, new vehicles, and even get them behind the wheel of certain new cars,” said … Read more