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November 16, 2016

Veterans’ Day- Friday, November 11th: CITY HOLIDAY- Library will be closed. Santa Clara Veterans’ Memorial- Friday, November 11th, 3pm: Join…

Sports

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November 16, 2016

It was both senior day and alumni day at Stevens Stadium, more well known as Buckshaw Field, in Santa Clara…

Business

Santa Clara Welcomes Il Fornaio Restaurant

November 16, 2016

Before Il Fornaio held its grand opening for its new Santa Clara location on Nov. 1, the popular Italian restaurant…

Community

Three Innocence Bills Signed into California Law

November 16, 2016

Three bills, sponsored and supported by NCIP (Northern California Innocence Project), were signed into California law on September 28, 2016,…

Schools

Two Santa Clara City Library Associates Win Awards and Receive Grants for Read Santa Clara

November 16, 2016

One award ceremony took place during a pre-game at the Levi’s Stadium and the other occurred over 2,000 miles away…

Schools

Washington Open Elementary School Begins Day on High Note with Weekly Open Sing

November 16, 2016

I don’t like to say goodbye/I don’t want today to end/But we will be happy together tomorrow/Together tomorrow again. “Together…

Community

Welcome to the Agrihood: Santa Clara’s New Housing Community

Maria Judnick

November 16, 2016

On Thursday, Nov. 3rd, Santa Clara University hosted a panel discussion on the newest housing community – a 6-acre site…

Opinion

Poppa’s Got a Brand-New Brand

Bob Goldman

November 16, 2016

To be a success in business today, it’s not necessary to have mad skills, or a history of business successes,…

Schools

At Mission College: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario Tells Story of Child Refugees

Diane Andrews

November 16, 2016

Sonia Nazario remembers exactly the moment she decided to become a journalist. She was 14 years old. She was walking…

Opinion Schools

CLASS NOTES – THANKFUL FOR TODAY’S KIDS

November 16, 2016

Since man has walked upright, grownups have griped over the behavior, attitudes and ungratefulness of youth, spouting the reputed “kid’s…

Community

Hairdresser and Philanthropist Emma Kaliterna

November 16, 2016

When Emma Kaliterna’s beauty salon Emma’s Coiffures opened on Franklin Street back in 1939, a haircut cost only 25 cents…

City Politics Community

Incumbency Wins Big in City Elections

November 16, 2016

The face of Santa Clara’s City Council didn’t change much in Tuesday’s elections, except that women now hold a five-two…

Schools

Ground Breaking for K – 12 Campus to Serve Santa Clara’s North Side

Diane Andrews

November 9, 2016

The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) broke ground Oct. 26 to build three schools to serve K – 12…

Community

Looking Back November 2016

November 9, 2016

Week of November 2nd Headlines 100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (November 1, 1916) Work on New Depot Begun: Large…

City Politics

Mayor’s Threat to Take Over Levi’s Stadium Empty Bluster

November 9, 2016

Mayor Lisa Gillmor is threatening to “take over” the management of Levi’s Stadium because, she claims, the 49ers are refusing…

Community

Mercy Beyond Borders-the Story of Young Women Rising

Diane Andrews

November 9, 2016

Young women rising in such unlikely locations as earthquake-and hurricane-ravaged Haiti and war-torn South Sudan–both amongst the poorest countries in…

Community

NVIDIA marries art and science for their new campus

Alissa Reyes

November 9, 2016

NVIDIA and Gensler partnered to design a unique campus for NVIDIA’s employees. This building is the newest addition to NVIDIA’s…

City Politics

Santa Clara City Observer: Nov. 2, 2016

November 9, 2016

Gillmor Has Made Election All About Her It seems the most visible player in the 2016 Santa Clara election is…

Community

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