Author: Diane Andrews
Schools
Mission College Kwanzaa Ceremony Uplifts African-American Traditions
December 9, 2019
The ancient beat of African drums welcomed about 175 celebrants to Mission College’s pre-Kwanzaa ceremony on its Santa Clara campus...
Schools
Brainy Stratford Raynor School 8th Grader Places 8th in National Brain Bee
December 5, 2019
Using your brain is one thing. Studying the brain is quite another. In Sunnyvale, Stratford Raynor Middle School 8th grader...
Schools
Opportunity Knocks at Mission Early College High School
November 28, 2019
Santa Clara’s new non-traditional high school puts students on the fast-track to graduate in three years or less with a...
Community
Grace Randle, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
November 28, 2019
By day, Grace Randle is the cheerful, efficient Executive Director of the Presbyterian Early Learning Center in Sunnyvale. By night,...
Community
Coexisting with Coyotes in Santa Clara
November 8, 2019
It was about noon. Santa Clara resident Erik Bradley did a double take as he drove up to his home...
Community
Wilcox High Graduate Makes Waves in Scientific Theory Video Contest
November 4, 2019
Brigham Young University freshman Brooklyn Clark from Santa Clara combined brains, humor, enthusiasm and self-taught video skills to win a...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Players Spotlight Women in Neil Simon’s Comedy “The Odd Couple”
October 28, 2019
The Santa Clara Players production of Neil Simon’s hit comedy The Odd Couple will surprise you. It’s a 1985 rewrite...
Arts & Entertainment
Time Travel with Santa Clara Chorale’s Oral Historian
October 27, 2019
If the Santa Clara Chorale were to have an oral historian, Isabelle (aka Izzie) Wright would be it. She is...
Community
Sunnyvale Library Celebrates Hindu Festival of Lights
October 25, 2019
“Namaste! I bow to the divine in you,” said more than a dozen colorfully-costumed Indian dancers from the Pampa Dance...
Community
Ulistac Natural Area Hatches Butterfly Enthusiasts
October 24, 2019
After discovering the wonders of monarch butterflies at Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, volunteers Janay and Kurt Harvey spread...









