Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Morning Mall Walking Makes Every Season Merry
December 13, 2017
After Shirley Granum had back surgery in January of 2011, she could no longer golf but still needed to get...
Schools
Special Ed Teacher Creates the #1 Whiteboard Eraser on the Planet
December 13, 2017
Santa Clara High School special education teacher David Smedley and necessity have mothered a new invention that lets teachers literally...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Chorale’s “Gloria” Exceeds Great Expectations
December 13, 2017
The Santa Clara Chorale’s 2017 holiday concert “Gloria,” conducted by Artistic Director Scot Hanna-Weir, exceeded the great expectations of the...
Arts & Entertainment
Behind the Scenes of Santa Clara Ballet’s 44th “Nutcracker”
December 6, 2017
There’s always room on the stage for one more mouse in the Santa Clara Ballet Association’s production of “The Nutcracker,”...
Arts & Entertainment
Fabric Artists Ignite Creative Spark at PenWAG
December 6, 2017
At a Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild (PenWAG) meeting, a member’s most gratifying moment just may be when she models her...
Schools
Pac-12 Honors Santa Clara Teachers Jennifer and Carl Erickson for Going the Extra Yard
December 6, 2017
It came close to bedlam in Carl Erickson’s science classroom at Buchser Middle School when 13 mascots from the Pac-12...
Community
Santa Embraces Public Transportation
December 6, 2017
Almost a full moon was overhead, and Santa Clara’s Caltrain station was jam packed for Santa’s 8 p.m. arrival on...
Community
Holidays on Ice at Central Park
November 29, 2017
Outdoor ice skating in Central Park began on Nov. 20, just before Thanksgiving, and will continue into the new year...
Community
Bill Wilson Center Walk to Prevent Youth Homelessness
November 29, 2017
November is National Homeless and Runaway Prevention Month. And the message was loud and clear as about 75-100 people gathered...
Community
RetroTech Preserving Memories Project at Central Park Library
November 29, 2017
At an open RetroTech lab at Central Park Library in October, Santa Clara resident Marisa Carlini was digitizing a video...









