Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash
March 23, 2011
At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million...
Schools
Santa Clara Teacher Salaries Moderate, Average for California
March 23, 2011
Since the mid-1980s, there has been an increasing howl of complaint that public school teachers “make too much money” –...
City Politics
California Public Payrolls Now Online
March 16, 2011
Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out...
Public Safety
Santa Clara Man’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Will Be a Legal Landmark
March 16, 2011
Long after all of us are gone, Yasir Afifi’s fourth amendment lawsuit will be studied by law students and invoked...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Ballet Founder Josefa Reyes Honored for 4 Decades of Dedication to Young Dancers
March 9, 2011
For almost 40 years the Santa Clara Ballet has been an integral part of the South Bay arts scene, thanks...
City PoliticsCommunity
Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity
March 9, 2011
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Biters Get Bitten in Showtime 2011
March 9, 2011
Proving there’s nothing like vaudeville for escaping a grim economy, this weekend’s annual Santa Clara Showtime offered plenty of entertainment...
Life Announcements
Thomas Sparacino, 1942-2011: A Gift for Inspiring Others
March 9, 2011
In Jewish mysticism, the number three represents harmony that comes from the synthesis of seeming opposites. Certainly, the number three...
BusinessCommunity
CA Brown Act Ensures Public Decision-Making is Public
March 9, 2011
Named for California state assemblyman Ralph M. Brown and enacted in 1953, the Brown Act mandates that public agencies conduct...
Community
Santa Clara’s 7-Decade Love Affair With Camellias
February 23, 2011
The upcoming Santa Clara County Camellia show at the Santa Clara Community Recreation Center (CRC) is the Camellia Society’s 70th....



