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Police Report

Santa Clara Police Department

February 7, 2018

The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the city and is distributed on a weekly basis. The…

Planning Commission Resignation Letter

Brandon Reinhardt

February 7, 2018

Dear Madam Mayor and City Council, I hereby submit my formal resignation from the Planning Commission effective immediately.  While I…

Work Daze: When You and Your Work Are Not Working Out

Bob Goldman

February 7, 2018

Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong! That’s the sound of the bell ringing in your head. Yes, you frequently hear strange sounds at work:…

Chargers Once Again Get Better of Rival Bruins

Andrew Bensch

February 7, 2018

The Wilcox Chargers’ girls basketball team made it a clean sweep of the season series with their rival Santa Clara…

Santa Clara this Week

The Santa Clara City Library

February 7, 2018

Thursday, February 8 SCU Presents’ Images: SCU’s Mayer Theater. Runs Feb.8 – 11. Tickets: $10-20. http://scupresents.org/performances/dance-images-2018 Radical Imaginations: Jazz and…

Looking Back

Mary Hanel

February 7, 2018

Looking Back February 2018   Week of February 7th Headlines   100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (February 8, 1918)…

Bruins Put Forth Gritty Performance Against Palo Alto

Andrew Bensch

February 7, 2018

At the end of the night on Friday, the Santa Clara Bruins had lost the game 1-0, but it was…

Townhouse Fire Claims Life of Santa Clara Man Sunday Morning

Diane Andrews

January 31, 2018

Barely a month into 2018, a townhouse fire on Jan. 28 at 1031 Clyde Ave., Santa Clara, took the life…

Milestones (OPINION)

Miles H Barber, Publisher

January 31, 2018

  You remember the “famous” stadium audit Mayor Gillmor promised would show all the corruption, money laundering and skimming being…

Vote for Districts, Ranked Choice on the Horizon — Stadium Community Room Gets Budget

David Alexander

January 31, 2018

Santa Clara voters will soon decide whether to divide the City into two districts and switch to a transferable vote…

Council Calendars Still Lacking Transparency

Melissa McKenzie

January 31, 2018

The December calendars of Santa Clara City Council Members have been out for over a week, and there’s still something…

Rose Academies Reaches Deep into the Heart of Africa

Diane Andrews

January 31, 2018

Rose Academies, a Santa Clara-based nonprofit founded in 2014 by resident Susan Stasi who is also the organization’s CEO and…

Peterson Middle School Students Get Opera-tunity to Meet Musicians from Opera San Jose

Cynthia Cheng

January 31, 2018

“Is it possible for your voice to reach so high that it can shatter glass?” a Peterson Middle School student…

Mission College Student Engagement Center Opens with Fanfare

Diane Andrews

January 31, 2018

Jan. 24 was a blue ribbon day for Mission College in Santa Clara. The community college, established in 1975 and…

Nob Hill Foods Has Opened in Santa Clara’s Monticello Village

Cynthia Cheng

January 31, 2018

Santa Clara’s newest grocery store is Nob Hill Foods (3555 Monroe St.), tucked away inside Monticello Village. The 24,000 square…

Parenting Expert Sylvia Ford Gives Tips on Developing Multilingualism in Children

Cynthia Cheng

January 31, 2018

At her Jan. 23 parenting program “Multilingual Development” at Northside Library, Early Childhood Consultant Sylvia Ford (sylviaford.com) suggested that parents…

Meet Miss Santa Clara and Miss Santa Clara’s Outstanding Teen 2018

Cynthia Cheng

January 31, 2018

At the Mission City Center for Performing Arts on Jan.13, the Miss Santa Clara Organization hosted its 2018 Scholarship Competitions….

Double Dipping Raises Question: Are Pensions for Retirement or Income Augmentation for Public Employees?

Carolyn Schuk

January 31, 2018

Salary and benefit packages topping $400,000 for recent City of Santa Clara hires have raised a few eyebrows around town,…

Santa Clara Development Proposal Signals New Wave of Chinese Investment in U.S. Real Estate

Carolyn Schuk

January 31, 2018

Last week Burlingame-based subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Genzon Property Group, Kylli Inc., debuted an ambitious development proposal featuring what would…

We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress

Dominic Caserta

January 31, 2018

On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress.  Here are…

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