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Taking a Vacation from Vacations

Admin

December 3, 2014

It’s sad. Used to be, you’d spend 50 weeks a year waiting for your vacation – two blissful weeks without…

49ers Help Build Bikes for Children

Admin

December 3, 2014

The San Francisco 49ers and Optum recently teamed up with Turning Wheels for Kids to build 80 bikes for foster…

50th Anniversary of the Biggest Police Shoot-Out in Santa Clara History

Diane Andrews

December 3, 2014

It was November 21, late Saturday afternoon the week before Thanksgiving in 1964. “Code 30. An officer’s been shot. Ambulance…

Appointment of SCUSD Parcel Tax Oversight Committee Casualty of Two Years of Distraction

Carolyn Schuk

December 3, 2014

Time is a finite commodity and spending it one way takes it away from something else. When Santa Clara Unified…

City Desk: Nov 19, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

December 3, 2014

New Swim Center Takes First Step To Realization At the Nov.18 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council approved the first…

Community Help Needed to Save Injured Dog

Melissa McKenzie

December 3, 2014

It took the community to catch a dog on the loose, and the Santa Clara community is what it will…

Miguel Machuca: Modern-Day Shaman

Melissa McKenzie

December 3, 2014

As a young boy in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, San Jose-based artist Miguel Machuca experienced a life-changing event. Machuca was outside…

Education Desk: Nov. 19, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

November 26, 2014

The Nov. 19 meeting of the Santa Clara Unified school board was the final meeting that Board President Christine Koltermann…

Heads or Tails? Wilcox Stage Company Performs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Melissa McKenzie

November 26, 2014

New and returning actors combine for the arduous task of tackling Tom Stoppard’s tragic comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”…

Judge Rules SCUSD Trustee Stampolis Must Pay $19,000 for Principal’s Legal Expenses

Carolyn Schuk

November 26, 2014

Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Christopher Stampolis’ charge that recent harassment allegations against him are the result of an…

Library Receives Awards

Admin

November 26, 2014

Nancy Toledo and Mayor Jamie Matthews recently received California Public Library Advocates awards. Toledo was recognized as an outstanding library…

Nightcrawler/Rated R for violent images and language

Karl Scott

November 26, 2014

In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, an out of work, desperate man. We know nothing about Bloom’s past. Nothing….

Super Bowl 50 Host Committee Explores Levi’s Stadium and SF Bay Area City Examining City Events Leading up to Super Bowl

Robert Haugh

November 26, 2014

The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee recently held a two-day familiarization trip for the NFL and its official partners on…

I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing [To Do.]

Admin

November 26, 2014

Really, I on’t know what’s wrong with young people these days. Consider this question from a confused father to the…

Tezkatlipoka Brings Traditional Dance to Triton

Melissa McKenzie

November 19, 2014

The capacity crowd sat in awe as deep drum sounds filled the space of the Triton Museum of Art’s Warburton…

Winners of Teen Read Week Writing Contest Share Their Dreams

Cynthia Cheng

November 19, 2014

“Write about your dreams and what steps or what you need to accomplish to turn them into reality” was the…

Enrich Your Work Life or Die Trying

Admin

November 19, 2014

Consider yourself warned! Today’s column is based on “20 Daily Habits That Will Enrich Your Life,” a Matt Mayberry article,…

Award-Winning Slack Key Guitarist’s Music and Aloha Message Strike a Chord with Mission College Students

Diane Andrews

November 19, 2014

Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitarist Patrick Landeza appeared at Mission College Nov. 5 as part of the college’s Asian American…

City Desk: Nov 12, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

November 19, 2014

Friday Night Study Session Covers Electric Rate Hikes, Draft Preservation Ordinance, New Development Plans Last Friday evening the Santa Clara…

Trustee Misconduct Policy, New Charter Petition, Development Impact Fee Increase On the Agenda for SCUSD Nov. 13 Meeting

Carolyn Schuk

November 19, 2014

At the Nov. 13 meeting of the Santa Clara Unified School Board, Trustee Andrew Ratermann has requested a discussion of…

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