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Looking Back – Week of Dec 25

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January 1, 2014

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (December 23, 1913) Parents Approve of Social Activities of Grammar School Pupils: Talents of…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire/Rated PG-13 for Violence, Garish Costuming And Some Kissing

Karl Scott

January 1, 2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is based on part two of a trilogy of stories. Part one made enough money…

Santa Clara Filipino Restaurant Adds Typhoon Relief to the Menu

Carolyn Schuk

January 1, 2014

The front window of Toppings Tree Restaurant (www.toppingstree.com) at Homestead and Monroe is a one-stop shop for ways to help…

Shop With a PAL Lifts Joy for the Holidays

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January 1, 2014

Several Santa Clara Police officers played the role of Santa’s helper during Santa Clara PAL’s third annual Shop-With-A-P.A.L. program on…

The Christmas Mouse

Larry Sacks

January 1, 2014

Most people generally aren’t happy to discover they have uninvited houseguests. But when that one house guest suddenly becomes a…

Visit The Rock Without Leaving Santa Clara

Melissa McKenzie

January 1, 2014

Alcatraz Island has a long, storied history. It has served as a military and federal prison, abode to aboriginal people,…

Winning Holiday Home Decorations Light Up Community

Cynthia Cheng

January 1, 2014

“I started doing holiday decorations because my son is enamored with lights,” says Ryan Winterbourne. This year, Winterbourne set up…

Sports Briefs

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December 25, 2013

Wilcox Boys Basketball Keeps Perfect The Wilcox Chargers (4-0) continued their perfect start to the season with a 69-48 win…

Santa Clara Library & Friends Host Craft Fair

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December 25, 2013

Always ready to roll up their sleeves to raise funds for library programs, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and…

Stadium Talks That Started With a 2003 Letter, Built on Decades of City Work

Carolyn Schuk

December 25, 2013

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. That’s certainly true about Levi’s Stadium,…

This Magic Moment: Holiday Train with Santa Aboard Lights Up the Night

Diane Andrews

December 25, 2013

In finger-chilling weather that made it seem more like the North Pole than Santa Clara, a Salvation Army brass band…

Here’s (Not) Looking at You, Kid

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December 25, 2013

Bad news. After all the effort you have put into becoming the perfect “low- profile” employee, who nobody knows or…

Boy Band After Romeo Performs for Cabrillo Middle School Students

Cynthia Cheng

December 25, 2013

On the afternoon of December 6, students at Cabrillo Middle School were in for a treat as they gathered at…

Bruins Beat Chargers in Pre-Season Match Up

Melissa McKenzie

December 25, 2013

In a pre-season scrimmage, the Santa Clara Bruins beat the Wilcox Chargers 2-0 on Dec. 10. During an extremely physical…

Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 18, 2013

Carolyn Schuk

December 25, 2013

Council Approves Climate Action Plan Add-On to 2010 General Plan At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council…

Santa Clara Education Desk: Dec. 18, 2013

Carolyn Schuk

December 25, 2013

The Dec. 12 Santa Clara Unified School Board meeting was another five-hour event. But, facing an agenda with a dozen…

Forty Years of Holiday Fun

Melissa McKenzie

December 25, 2013

As visions of sugar plums dance in the heads of children across the world this holiday season, many will experience…

Holiday Gift Fair, Family Day at Triton

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December 25, 2013

The Triton Museum of Art held its annual Holiday Gift Fair on Dec. 7-8. The event featured over 20 artists…

Liberty Tower Holiday Lights Now Shine More “Green”

Carolyn Schuk

December 25, 2013

This year Liberty Towner’s holiday will shine green – not in color but in energy use. Santa Clara’s International Brotherhood…

Library’s Sustainable U Program Hosts Bread Making Class

Cynthia Cheng

December 25, 2013

At the Santa Clara Central Park Library on December 8, attendees of a bread making class learned that they can…

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