Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
49ers Offer $18M, Concessions to Settle Litigation
April 5, 2024
Santa Clara City leaders face a big decision on Tuesday. Agree to settle with the 49ers and quash all pending...
BusinessCity PoliticsCommunity
Related’s New Plan for Northside — Bait & Switch?
March 27, 2024
If you want to know what a sizable part of Santa Clara’s former golf course and promised future urban and...
CommunityObituary
Jennifer Sparacino: She Spoke Softly But Carried a Big Influence
March 21, 2024
The death last Monday of former city manager Jennifer Sparacino gave the final punctuation to the end of an era...
City Politics
Elected Police Chief: Product of Personal Resentment and Confusing Ballot Wording
February 23, 2024
“We’ve always done it this way” is the principal argument being offered for retaining Santa Clara’s system of electing police...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Showtime: Rescuing Damsels in Distress for Four Decades
February 22, 2024
It may be hard to see what will rescue Santa Clara’s decaying International Swim Center, but there’s one Santa Clara...
City Politics
Follow The Money: Police PAC Spends $50,000 Opposing Appointed Police Chief, Appointment Supporters Spend $300
February 14, 2024
With less than three weeks to go before the election, the campaign for and against appointing the City’s city clerk...
City Politics
FPPC Declines to Investigate Stand Up for Santa Clara’s Political Non-Reporting
February 1, 2024
The California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has chosen not to “pursue an investigation” of the campaign activities and unreported...
City PoliticsCommunity
Infrastructure: Santa Clara Needs $600M Today and New Income Streams Tomorrow
January 19, 2024
Santa Clara’s once-proud International Swim Center is Exhibit A for the urgency of the City’s unfunded infrastructure needs. For years,...
City PoliticsCommunitySchoolsSports
Swim Center Closed “Indefinitely” By Safety, Structural, Equipment Problems
January 17, 2024
As training for the summer Olympics is starting, Santa Clara’s International Swim Center (ISC) closed on Jan. 12 “until further...
City Politics
Santana Contract and Separation Agreement
January 2, 2024
Former City Manager Deanna Santana’s breach of contract and discrimination claim against the City of Santa Clara is simple: The...









