Author: Carolyn Schuk
Community
Liberty Tower Holiday Lights Now Shine More “Green”
December 25, 2013
This year Liberty Towner’s holiday will shine green – not in color but in energy use. Santa Clara’s International Brotherhood...
Community
Stadium Talks That Started With a 2003 Letter, Built on Decades of City Work
December 25, 2013
Thomas Edison famously said that genius is five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. That’s certainly true about Levi’s Stadium,...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 11, 2013
December 18, 2013
Design Principles for Montana-Lowe and Related Development Projects Approved Following an hour-plus study session on the conceptual designs for the...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 11, 2013
December 18, 2013
Wilcox STEM Day Highlights New Physics and Computer Science Classes Technology startups are key job creators throughout the United States,...
City Politics
1091 Harrison – Proxy for Other Gripes?
December 11, 2013
The dispute about the 1091 Harrison St. restoration project could be interpreted as a proxy for other complaints. One is...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 4, 2013
December 11, 2013
Santa Clara Fire Museum Long Awaited Opening This Friday Every year, the first Friday in December inaugurates the start of...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 4, 2013
December 11, 2013
New California Education Funding Formula, New Accountability Metrics, New Testing Regimen Add Up to New SCUSD Challenges It used to...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: Nov. 20, 2013
November 27, 2013
The Nov. 14 Santa Clara Unified School Board meeting included nearly half a dozen items concerning the radical changes taking...
Community
Santa Clara’s Community Thanksgiving More Than Just a Turkey Dinner
November 27, 2013
The tables are festively decorated with autumn arrangements, there’s a hum of happy conversation, and savory aromas emanate from steaming...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Nov. 20, 2013
November 27, 2013
Sports Complex Feasibility Study Gets Council Go-Ahead At last week’s meeting the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to conduct...