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. All Weekend The Santa Clara Players presents The Hound of the Baskervilles — Friday, Oct. 11 – Saturday, Oct. 26 at Triton Museum … Read more
As you might expect during the election season, a lot of money is being spent on election materials arriving in your mailbox. Some of these contain a grain of truth, some are forthright and a few are outright lies. Personally, I like most of our sitting council members. I like the courage they have exercised … Read more
Santa Clara Unified students have been hitting the books and now it’s the Board of Trustees’ turn to get a lesson on the district budget. Also, at the beginning of the meeting, they decided on a settlement agreement in the Dominic Caserta lawsuit. Budget Study Session A “Budget Study Session” sounds like you need … Read more
Teenager Aeshaan Singhal is proof that one is never too young to improve life for others. Singhal’s nonprofit Bye Bye Kids’ Cancer turned ten in 2024 and has launched chapters throughout the Bay Area, raising more than $25,000 for kids’ cancer research at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Singhal and the talented young … Read more
On Aug. 30, The Weekly submitted the following questions to District 4 candidates — Kevin Park, the incumbent, and challenger Teresa O’Neill. Candidates had until Sept. 13 to reply. Below are the answers The Weekly received from Park. O’Neill, who Park unseated to get on the council, replied that she was “swamped with campaign requirements” … Read more
The San Jose/Santa Clara League of Women Voters will host a trio of remote candidate forums later this month. The forums are scheduled for 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Oct. 16, Oct. 17 and Oct. 22. The forums will be held via Zoom. The first forum will feature District 1 and District 4 candidates; the … Read more
A week after winning its first-ever varsity football game in school history, the MacDonald Condors made it two in a row on Friday. MacDonald beat Mills at home 41-34 on Oct. 4 for its first-ever win and followed suit on Oct. 11 with its first road victory, 20-14 over Cupertino. The road win over Cupertino … Read more
“I’m not homeless. I’m houseless by choice,” said Valerie Nielsen, known as the bus lady around Santa Clara, where her green 1980, former Sunnyvale school bus is often parked, sometimes evoking the ire of neighbors. Occasionally, the police get calls about the bus. Or a car drives by slowly, and the occupants yell hateful words. … Read more
In many ways, Tyree Jackson was atypical. He was biracial. He was gay. He had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He was epileptic. When he was 15, his father, Terry, died. Then, his surrogate father died just six years later. But perhaps his biggest peculiarity was that none of this dampened his spirit. “It never … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified Board of Trustees got their first look at the new BRAVE program that will replace DARE. They also got the opportunity to hear about the funds raised by the Santa Clara Schools Foundation and the good their high school volunteers do for the community. BRAVE Remember DARE? It stands for … Read more