Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Emails Sent During Election Expose Toxic City Council Climate
November 22, 2017
An email exchange of spiteful remarks between two Council Members about a fellow Santa Clara City Council colleague reveals that...
Community
Space, Prices, Transportation Bring New Office Tenants to South Bay
November 22, 2017
Amazon’s expansion and HP Enterprise’s (HPE) consolidation plans in Santa Clara are the results of larger commercial real estate trends—trends...
Community
Reconnecting Franklin St. Takes Center Stage at Downtown Revitalization Committee Meeting
November 22, 2017
While some are waiting for Related Companies’ creation of a new Santa Clara city center on the Northside, on Nov....
City Politics
The History of Santa Clara’s Downtown
November 16, 2017
Originally published January 24, 2007 With the success of historic areas like Campbell’s downtown strip and the “faux” downtown...
Public Safety
Confidentiality Agreement Violated in Police Brutality Case, Settlement Forfeiture Demanded
October 11, 2017
It ain’t over ’til it’s over, as Yogi Berra said. And it looks like the excessive force lawsuit against the...
Community
Grassroots Soccer: The Bottom Line is Fun
October 4, 2017
It’s a sunny September Saturday and Santa Clara Unified School District’s Curtis Field is full of the happy sound of...
Community
Celebrating Jewish High Holy Days Right Here in Santa Clara
September 27, 2017
Last week Santa Clarans near Chabad Santa Clara Jewish Center on Warburton heard something that until last year was never...
Community
Public Finance Advisory Ltd. And Their Private Finance Toolkit
September 20, 2017
Santa Clara has no money for its ambitious new $250 million museum-aquatics-recreation-community center. But the City Council is betting that...
Arts & Entertainment
A Musical Gift to Santa Clara
September 13, 2017
You’ve heard the expression, the gift that keeps on giving. Two years ago friends of Santa Clara resident Jan Lieberman...
City Politics
Two of Three Members of Council Ethics Committee, Charter Review Committee Chair Likely to Face FPPC Fines for Campaign Reporting Failures
September 13, 2017
At its Sept. 21 meeting, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is set to find that Council Members Debi Davis and...






