Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
The People Speak: Don’t Change the Elected City Clerk
February 28, 2018
Online Exclusive March 6, 2018 A City Hall-led effort to change Santa Clara’s practice of electing the City Clerk...
City Politics
Santa Clara’s Toxic Politics At Play in City Clerk Dispute
February 28, 2018
Like toxic chemical leaks, toxic politics have a long reach. A public outburst over the appointment of an interim Santa...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Showtime 2018 Sets Sail For Doomstown
February 28, 2018
This weekend the curtain will rise on Santa Clara Showtime and it will be time to pay another visit to...
Community
Santa Clara’s Renter Majority Future
February 21, 2018
Chances are if you ask someone on the street in Santa Clara if a majority of residents own or rent,...
City Politics
City Clerk Politics Creates Surprising Fervor
February 21, 2018
One item that wasn’t on the Santa Clara City Council meeting agenda last night, but had clearly been on some...
Schools
Santa Clara Unified Faces $1.5 Billion Worth of Capital Needs, Considering $875 Million Bond Issue
February 21, 2018
Silicon Valley leads the world in generating wealth—it’s a valley of the “haves.” But its school buildings tell a different...
City Politics
Tasman East Area Plan Moves Forward
February 7, 2018
Santa Clara is moving forward with a specific area plan for redeveloping the Tasman East industrial area, and at Tuesday’s...
Arts & Entertainment
Mission Chamber Orchestra’s Community Roots
February 7, 2018
For 22 years the Mission Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of its founder and music director Emily Ray, has been...
City Politics
Double Dipping Raises Question: Are Pensions for Retirement or Income Augmentation for Public Employees?
January 31, 2018
Salary and benefit packages topping $400,000 for recent City of Santa Clara hires have raised a few eyebrows around town,...
Community
Santa Clara Development Proposal Signals New Wave of Chinese Investment in U.S. Real Estate
January 31, 2018
Last week Burlingame-based subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Genzon Property Group, Kylli Inc., debuted an ambitious development proposal featuring what would...







