Site icon The Silicon Valley Voice

Latest News

Latest News

Portuguese Keep Festival Tradition Alive with Colorful Parades, Bountiful Food, and a Welcome For All

Carolyn Schuk

June 25, 2014

One often hears about how Santa Clara ‘used to have” parades. Actually, Santa Clara does have parades – in fact,…

Santa Clara Kaiser Heart Transplant Patient Saves Sister

Admin

June 25, 2014

It was a heart transplant that saved Kaiser Permanente patient Stanley Crayton’s life in 2001, and just recently, Crayton may…

SVP Peak Wind Resources of 200 Megawatts Help Offset Low Hydro Resources in Drought Years

Admin

June 25, 2014

The pursuit and creative utilization of wind power resources has earned Silicon Valley Power (SVP), Santa Clara’s municipal electric utility,…

Who Knew Water Conservation Could be Fun?

Diane Andrews

June 25, 2014

There’s no grumbling about water conservation in Herb and Donna Hutchinson’s Santa Clara home. They love a challenge, and for…

Stressed In

Admin

June 25, 2014

I don’t know about you, but I get all mushy and flustered when someone refers to me as “a business…

Activist, Educator, Artist and Poet, Jared Paul, Visits Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

June 25, 2014

As an activist and educator, Jared Paul knows painfully well just how much injustice, oppression, greed and suffering there is…

City Desk: June 18, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

June 25, 2014

Soccer Field Plans Don’t Quite Score a Goal The Santa Clara City Council Chambers were overflowing at week’s Council meeting…

Cowgirl Tricks Delights Crowds

Admin

June 25, 2014

Karen Quest Cowgirl Tricks came to Santa Clara for the second installment of the Santa Clara Library’s Concerts in the…

Education, Demonstration at Healthy Eating Fair

Melissa McKenzie

June 25, 2014

From Paleo diets to raw food, and a vegan lifestyle to organic living, eating healthier and reading labels has become…

Education Desk: June 18, 2014

Carolyn Schuk

June 25, 2014

Innovate Public Schools Now on the Job at Scott Lane Almost a year ago to the day, Innovate Public Schools…

Great America History Author Talks Rollercoasters

Cynthia Cheng

June 25, 2014

Most people visiting Great America today might not know that the theme park was proposed to be named Frontier World…

Looking Back – Week of June 18

Admin

June 25, 2014

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (June 16, 1914) Woman’s Club Will Dedicate Mission Adobe: Benefit Entertainment Given to Finance…

Library Throws Summer Reading Kickoff Party

Cynthia Cheng

June 18, 2014

Courtney Tam’s four year-old was one of many children who enjoyed watching agile performers from Conventry and Kaluza show off…

Looking Back – Week of June 11

Admin

June 18, 2014

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (June 9, 1914) Second Annual California Cherry Festival Proves County’s Greatest Fruit Attraction: 50,000…

A Million Ways to Die in the West/Rated R for raunchy stuff and violence

Karl Scott

June 18, 2014

Comedy and westerns have been around for a long time. In the 1930s and 1940s comedy teams like the Marx…

Replace Your Lawn with Drought-Tolerant Natives

Diane Andrews

June 18, 2014

California is in the midst of a drought, and Santa Clara water rates are going up in July. It’s the…

Santa Clara’s Portuguese Roots Past and Present

Carolyn Schuk

June 18, 2014

There was a time when the Santa Clara Valley was primarily Portuguese. The 1880’s saw such an influx of immigrants…

Soccer Parks and Developer Fees on Santa Clara Council Agenda

Carolyn Schuk

June 18, 2014

This week’s City Council meeting (after press time) featured two significant items on the agenda. First was a vote on…

Spring Dance Medley Delights Dance Lovers

Melissa McKenzie

June 18, 2014

The elegance of ballet and emotion of modern dance met at the Mission City Center for Performing Arts on June…

Triton Displays Best Photographs in State in New Exhibit

Melissa McKenzie

June 18, 2014

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, there are at least 50,000 ways to describe the Warburton Gallery at the…

Exit mobile version