Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Follow the Money: Tracking the Money Race in Local Ballot Measures
February 14, 2020
No on Measure C Draws Big Money in Santa Clara Santa Clara’s March 3 special election is drawing some big...
City Politics
Bloom Energy Prevails in CEQA Lawsuit, But Judge Supports City’s GHG Analysis
February 2, 2020
Santa Clara must rescind its ordinance requiring electrical generation systems — micro-grids — connecting with the City’s electrical grid to use...
City Politics
News of Council Member’s Imminent Resignation Was News to Her
January 23, 2020
When Santa Clara City Council Member Patricia Mahan woke up from a medical procedure on Thursday, it was to a...
City Politics
City Manager Says Santa Clara’s Benefits Sub-Par, Compensation Data Doesn’t
January 23, 2020
Are salaries paid to some of Santa Clara’s recent hires out of line or are they merely compensating for an...
City Politics
A Closer Look at Some of Santa Clara’s Well-Paid New Hires
January 8, 2020
A closer look at some members of City Manager Deanna Santana’s alumni club tells a story that’s hard to dismiss...
City Politics
Over Half New Management Hires Used to Work With Deanna Santana — and They’re Getting Big Paychecks
January 8, 2020
In the two years Santa Clara City Manager Deanna Santana has been at the City’s helm, her former San José and...
Op-Ed
Welcome Literary Yuletide
December 16, 2019
Christmas is a time for many of our favorite stories. And when you say “Christmas story,” the next thought for...
City Politics
All Santa Clara’s Lawsuits
December 12, 2019
Lawsuits are a perennial fact of life for governments and public agencies — personal injury, ADA compliance, parking ticket appeals. They...
City Politics
Directly Elected Mayor Perennial Discussion in Sunnyvale, But Never a Winner So Far
November 26, 2019
The question of directly electing Sunnyvale‘s mayor has come up regularly since the mid-1980s and City voters have repeatedly given...
Community
David Ladd Anderson: A Lifetime of Music-Making Magic
November 21, 2019
For David Ladd Anderson, long time Santa Clara Unified School District music director, the central thing about performing music isn’t...









