Author: Diane Andrews
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Surviving on Hope and the Kindness of Strangers in an RV on the Street
January 14, 2021
“All I have is hope,” said Allison James, who has been living in an RV parked on a street in...
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2020 Holiday Home Decorating Contest Winners Light Up the December Darkness
December 29, 2020
Twenty-four Santa Clara families spiked their electric bills in December as they lit up their neighborhoods with front yard holiday...
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Central Park Landscape Architect Robert Royston Memorialized
December 29, 2020
The California modernist landscape architect who designed Santa Clara’s Central Park, Robert Royston (1918-2008), was honored by the Cultural Landscape...
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Tom Sullivan, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
December 10, 2020
A favorite new holiday tradition for Tom Sullivan is donning his red “I am a volunteer” Salvation Army apron and...
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Nonprofits and Cities Collaborate to Feed Hungry Santa Clara and Sunnyvale Families
November 30, 2020
Food for Families is what you get when the Salvation Army, Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley and the...
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Santa’s Masked Helpers Add Sparkle to the Holidays in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
November 17, 2020
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, plenty of sparkle is in store during the December holiday season for those who would be merry...
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Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley Gets Volunteers Out of the House To Help Around the House
November 12, 2020
Like a flick of the comb and a fresh coat of lipstick before you sign in to a Zoom meeting,...
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A Salute to WWII Veterans of the Greatest Generation
November 11, 2020
When the U.S. Marines planted the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Feb....
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The Bird Woman of Ulistac Natural Area
November 5, 2020
When Erica Fleniken moved from Tampa, Florida, to Santa Clara in 2013, her discovery of Ulistac Natural Area (www.ulistac.org) led...
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“Time for Kids” reporter Rory Hu Is Not Throwing Away Her Shot
November 5, 2020
This year, for her first assignment as a new kid reporter for the magazine Time for Kids, 10-year-old Rory Hu...









