Author: Carolyn Schuk
Community
Pandemic Prescribes New Approaches for Charities’ Holiday Programs
December 29, 2020
Local non-profits are finding new ways to organize well-loved Santa Clara programs, making their events virtual and designing new programs....
Op-Ed
Home for the Holidays…With a Good Book
December 23, 2020
Home for the Holidays is one of the warmest images of Christmas. But “quarantined at home for the holidays” isn’t...
City Politics
CVRA Appeal Hearing: Santa Clara Puts Its Eggs in Basket Named “Usually”
December 17, 2020
In the City of Santa Clara’s appeal of the voting rights lawsuit it lost in 2018, the City can be...
City Politics
Kevin Park: If Something Needs Doing, Do It
December 17, 2020
Little did Kevin Park know that when he answered a neighbor’s request to help pass out flyers about a development...
City Politics
Council’s Marathon Closed Session to Continue Wednesday
December 16, 2020
In a seven-hour virtual meeting that was fraught with technical problems — starting with the City website going down mid-afternoon...
Business
Bloom Eatery Stays True to Hometown
December 16, 2020
The restaurant business is a tough one to begin with. Opening a new restaurant is even tougher. And opening a...
Arts & Entertainment
Performing Groups @ Your Home For the Holidays
November 24, 2020
We may be stuck at home for the holidays, but Bay Area performing companies have found ways to bring their...
City Politics
Political Scientists Look at Santa Clara’s Landmark 2020 City Council Election
November 19, 2020
Santa Clara’s two-year journey to a City Council that mirrors the City’s multi-ethnic population is historic and follows Santa Clara’s...
City Politics
New Council, New Perspectives on Old Issues
November 12, 2020
The City Council that will be seated next month is a night and day change from any other Santa Clara...
City Politics
Follow the Money 2020 Update: Related Bets Another $85K, Unions Bet on O’Neill
October 31, 2020
Related Companies donated another $85,000 to the Santa Clara Police Association PAC, which brought in almost $100,000 in the final...









