Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Sunnyvale Transition to District Elections On Track, Elected Mayor Under Consideration
April 3, 2019
Sunnyvale’s transition to by-district City Council elections is on schedule for a March 2020 charter change measure and a new...
City Politics
Another Lawsuit for Santa Clara — This Time Over Allegedly Promised Pension Boost
March 25, 2019
Former Acting Santa Clara City Manager Rajeev Batra is suing the City over pension benefits he alleges were promised but...
City Politics
Sunnyvale City Council Unanimous: By-District Elections By November 2020
March 21, 2019
At its Feb. 26 meeting the Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously to put a charter change measure on the March...
City Politics
City Council 2019 Goal-Setting: Santa Clara Finances Stable, Reserves Growing, And So Are Pension Costs
March 15, 2019
At last month’s Santa Clara City Council goal-setting sessions the City’s finances were a principal subject of discussion, as well...
City Politics
Santa Clara’s General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserves Since 2000: From Safe to Shaky to Safe — Right Now
March 14, 2019
By the time the new millennium was 10 years old, the City of Santa Clara’s general fund reserves had dropped...
City Politics
Is Santa Clara Anticipating Lawsuit From Related Companies Over Stalled Agreement?
March 7, 2019
It appears so according to this agenda item on Tuesday’s Santa Clara City Council closed session meeting: “Conference with Legal...
Arts & Entertainment
Burn, Baby, Burn: San José Stage’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
February 28, 2019
Meeeeow. San José Stage Company’s production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof isn’t just hot. It’s scorching....
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Remembering Showtime’s Creator: Cleo Stuckrath
February 27, 2019
This weekend, the curtain will rise on Santa Clara Showtime as it has for the last 35 year and it...
Arts & Entertainment
Classical Indian Dance Company Embraces a California Story
February 26, 2019
For almost four decades Mythili Kumar’s dance company Abhinaya (abhinaya.org) has been bringing South Indian classical dance to South Bay...
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Santa Clara’s 1960s Experiment in Mass Transit
February 25, 2019
Today, when we think about mass transit the goal is getting people out of their cars. But a half-century ago,...









