Looking Back: Week of October 10th Headlines

Looking Back

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (October 11, 1918) When Our Boys Return From War We Must Be Ready Government Issues Book on Camp: Life in Training Camps Vividly Described You Can Stop Casualties Quickly: Make Sacrifices: Buy Liberty Bonds Honor Roll of 4th Liberty Loan Subscribers Listed Alphabetically Local Red Cross to Aid Pacific … Read more

Radical Velocity Powers into the de Saisset Museum

Radical Velocity at de Saisset Museum

At the de Saisset Museum’s Sept. 27 opening reception for its fall exhibits, guests might make a wish while viewing a watercolor of the “Dandelion,” part of  “California Flora: Fanny McClatchy Richardson,” an exhibit showing native California wildflowers. In the exhibit, “She Sang Me a Good Luck Song: The California Indian Photographs of Dugan Aguilar,” … Read more

Affordable Housing Measures Will be Prominent on November’s Ballot

Prop 1 and Prop 2

The November 6 election is fast approaching and in addition to many political contests, ballots will be stocked with initiatives for voters to decide upon. On the state level, $6 billion to help alleviate the housing crisis is at stake. Proposition 1, known as the Veterans and Affordable Housing Act could allow the investment of … Read more

Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC Filed All Required Finance Reports

Chamber of Commerce PAC

“We filed what we were told to file by the [Santa Clara] City Clerk,” said Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC treasurer Dave Tobkin. The new — and false — accusation is City Hall’s latest offensive against the Chamber. The Chamber of Commerce is a separate legal entity from the Chamber PAC, although the Council majority … Read more

In the Valley this Week: October 11 – October 17

Silicon Valley Events

Thursday, October 11 League of Women Voters’ City of Santa Clara Candidate Forum: City Hall Council Chambers. 6:30-7:30 p.m.: Candidates for City Clerk. 7:45-8:45 p.m.: Candidates for Mayor.    Friday, October 12 The Capitol Steps: SCU Presents — 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 8-10 p.m. Tickets: $45-$65 scupresents.org/performances/visiting-artist-series-capitol-steps   Saturday, October 13 Library Comic … Read more

Bruins Survive Exclusion Trouble, Win 17-15 in Double Overtime

Bruins Waterpolo

Neither the Santa Clara Bruins nor the Monta Vista Matadors were particularly pleased with the officiating on Tuesday afternoon. The Bruins in particular felt that the amount of exclusion penalties were heavily one-sided calls against them. Santa Clara, however, would manage to overcome the officiating and some defensive struggles to win in double overtime, 17-15. … Read more

Love in the Back Row of the Santa Clara Chorale

Santa Clara Chorale Dia de los Muertos

The most talked about courtship and marriage in the 56-year history of the Santa Clara Chorale has to be that of alto Elsbeth TeBrake and baritone Roger Medsker, who first sang together at rehearsals in January 2016, courted globally and now live in harmony in Los Altos. They wed on June 16 in Medsker’s home … Read more

More than 450 Guns Collected at Gun Buyback Event

Gun buyback

“This is exactly the kind of gun we’re trying to get off the streets,” said Capt. Shawn Ahearn of the Sunnyvale Dept. of Public Safety (DPS). Capt. Ahearn points to what appears to be a civilian version of a MAC-10, a semi-automatic pistol banned by the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Capt. Ahearn is the … Read more

Milestones: Madam or Mister Mayor?

Milestones: Madam or Mister Mayor

If Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s actions don’t stand your hair on end, you haven’t been paying attention. In a few weeks Santa Clara will vote. Will it be Madam or Mister Mayor? At the top of our Santa Clara ballot is the Mayor’s race, Madam Lisa Gillmor and Mister Anthony Becker. The past two years we … Read more

Chamber of Commerce and City Council Still at Odds Over Audit

Renewable Energy

Management of the Santa Clara Convention Center continues to be a source of bad blood between the City Council and Chamber of Commerce. With the completion of a performance audit, the Council heard details Tuesday night regarding how the Convention Center and Convention & Visitors Bureau will be run in the wake of its decision … Read more