Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Buy Nothing Neighbors Experience the Joy of Giving—and Receiving
April 2, 2024
When Anita Wong moved to Santa Clara three months ago, one of the first things she did was change her...
Community
United In Stride Opens David Han’s Eyes to New Horizons
March 25, 2024
Born blind, David Han immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul, Korea, with his parents when he was seven. He grew...
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Joan Russell and Bill Wilson Center, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
March 11, 2024
“I was encouraged by friendships within the [Bill Wilson Center] grief support group. The group normalized what I was going...
Community
“Out of Focus” Author Amber Cantorna-Wylde Comes Out to Sunnyvale
February 27, 2024
“I feel like I came alive the day that I came out,” said author Amber Cantorna-Wylde, speaking at Sunnyvale Presbyterian...
Arts & Entertainment
“A Bad Year for Tomatoes” Is a Good Time for Santa Clara Players Fans
February 23, 2024
You can always count on the Santa Clara Players (SCP) to tickle your funny bone with an offbeat—and often little-known—comedy....
Community
Sunnyvale Rotary Divvies Up 1,300 Pounds of Crab for Bibbed Guests
February 12, 2024
What do you get when you divide 1,300 pounds of cooked, chilled crab by 325? More than enough to eat...
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Surviving Against the Odds: Civil War in Nigeria and Stolen African Music
February 6, 2024
Joseph Chijindu Agu, known to neighbors as Joe, walks around his Santa Clara neighborhood on crisp mornings, sometimes sunny afternoons,...
Arts & Entertainment
Michigan WWII POW Camp Story Inspires Compelling Novel
December 29, 2023
“It’s unbelievable that WWII was right in our backyard, and we didn’t know it,” said Kathy Dowling from Farmington, MI,...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Ed Karl, David Raymaker and Xiaodong Zhang?
November 27, 2023
It was about time. Santa Clara resident Xiaodong Zhang had put off the task for nearly a decade. “It’s been...
Community
Santa Clara Salutes Veterans and Their Families
November 20, 2023
Seventy-two-year-old Walter White, a U.S. Vietnam War Air Force veteran, perched on the seat of his walker, watching from a...









