Author: Carolyn Schuk
CommunitySchools
NVHS 60-Year Journey to Permanent Home (Part 1 – New Valley 1965 – 2025)
December 26, 2025
Since 2017, Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has intended to build a new school for New Valley High School,...
Community
Rotary Delivers Christmas Smiles
December 19, 2025
Christmas came early for 150 children as Santa Clara Rotary Club once again brought its “Christmas 4 Kids” program to...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Bit-Cracker Offers New Vision for a Classic Ballet
December 9, 2025
Reimagining Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Nutcracker, has become almost as much of a holiday tradition as the original itself. In the...
Community
School Zones Get Safer With Reduced Speed Limit
December 6, 2025
You may have noticed that speed limits near Santa Clara schools have dropped to 15 mph. The Santa Clara city...
Community
Giving Thanks the Independence Network Way
December 5, 2025
For more than a decade, Santa Clara Unified School District’s Independence Network has marked Thanksgiving with a holiday luncheon that...
City Politics
Charter Review Subcommittees Raise Transparency Concerns
November 19, 2025
At last month’s Santa Clara Charter Review Committee, some questioned whether certain subcommittee members might be pursuing political agendas behind...
City Politics
Santa Clara 2025 Charter Review Committee Gets to Work
November 11, 2025
The first two meetings of Santa Clara’s new charter review committee were focused on organization, process and putting together a...
Community
No Kings Demonstration Brings Out Thousands From Sunnyvale to Palo Alto
October 21, 2025
The day was sunny, and the mood was just as sunny last Saturday (Oct. 18) as thousands thronged eight miles...
CommunitySchools
Mission College Fights Student Hunger One Meal at a Time
October 17, 2025
From their start a century ago, community colleges’ mission has been making education accessible to everyone. The West Valley-Mission Community...
City Politics
Tariffs Could Add $50+ Million to Santa Clara’s Electrical Infrastructure Costs
September 29, 2025
Silicon Valley Power’s (SVP) $448 million in planned maintenance and expansion projects could now cost $502 million, as a result...









