Author: Carolyn Schuk
CommunityPublic Safety
Underground Van Fire Quickly Extinguished at Apartment Complex, No Injuries
January 29, 2025
A commercial van fire in the underground garage of the Orchard Glen apartment complex was extinguished quickly on Thursday afternoon,...
Community
Santa Clara’s Municipal Power Company Part 2: The Professor and the City Manager
January 19, 2025
Between 1948 and 1965, Santa Clara laid the foundation for becoming power-independent, and that was due to the vision of...
Community
Menorah Returns to Santa Clara
January 18, 2025
The air may have been chilly, but the spirit was warm at December’s Chanukah Menorah lighting in Santa Clara. The...
Public Safety
Sunnyvale Sends More Support to SoCal, Santa Clara’s Crews Working Non-Stop
January 14, 2025
As more local firefighters headed south over the weekend, crews already on the scene are putting in long hours in...
Community
Santa Clara’s Municipal Power Company: 19th Century Beginnings
January 12, 2025
In 1896 — 14 years after Thomas Edison launched the first electrical power plant in the U.S., Santa Clara’s Board...
CommunityPublic Safety
Santa Clara, Sunnyvale Firefighters Join Battle Against SoCal Fires
January 10, 2025
Southern California’s cataclysmic fires were only 36 hours old, but by Thursday afternoon, firefighters from Sunnyvale and Santa Clara were...
Community
The Ghost of Christmas 1924
December 25, 2024
Christmas is a time when we think a lot about tradition and revel in old-timey imagery. So, we took a...
Community
Soroptimists Make Holidays Sparkle for Those in Need
December 20, 2024
Charles Dickens wrote in his immortal Christmas Carol that Christmas was the time of year when “Want is keenly felt,...
Community
Rotary Lights Up Kids’ Holidays
December 17, 2024
“It was a fun day,” said Hannah. “I thought it was going to be talking about cars. But it wasn’t....
Community
Ray Gamma: A Life Spanning Valley of the Heart’s Delight to Silicon Valley
December 16, 2024
You might know Ray Gamma’s name from Santa Clara’s Ray Gamma dog park. In the course of his 92 years,...









