Latest News Latest News Community August 2012 Calendar Admin August 1, 2012 Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday… Arts & Entertainment Concerts in the Park – Cool Under Pressure Admin August 1, 2012 The latest Concerts in the Park brought rock band Cool Under Pressure to the Central Park Pavilion. Playing a variety… Community Destination: Home and Housing 1000 Use Social Media and Crowd Funding to Help the Homeless Diane Andrews August 1, 2012 Politicians have successfully raised money using social media appeals, and now Santa Clara County’s Destination: Home and Housing 1000 are… Community Fidders Association is Fun for Everyone Melissa McKenzie August 1, 2012 On any day, San Jose’s Rose Garden Park is filled with picnicking families and friendly gatherings. But on July 1,… Opinion The Dark Knight Rises / Rated PG-13 for violence, sensuality, evil doings and ugly bad guys. Karl Scott August 1, 2012 TDKR is the final film (yeah, right!) of the Batman Trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan and featuring Christian Bale as… Sports Vintage Baseball to Come to Santa Clara Admin August 1, 2012 Washington Park is one of Santa Clara’s true gems as it dates back to the early days of baseball. Throughout… Community WePay Helps You Pay or Get Paid with a Finger Click Diane Andrews August 1, 2012 WePay is the Bay Area start-up company providing the electronic technology for Housing 1000’s Housing One campaign to raise funds… Opinion Escaping the Email Avalanche Bob Goldman August 1, 2012 It’s there anything better than email? Is there anything worse than email? The answer in both cases is yes. You… Sports Santa Clara PAL Softball Tournament Larry Sacks July 25, 2012 The players might be young – ranging in age from a little less than 8 to a little less than… Arts & Entertainment Sparkletones Admin July 25, 2012 The Sparkletones rocked the Central Park Pavilion on July 22. Led by former Santa Clara Police Officer Craig Sala, The… Community When It Comes to Growing Data Center Industry, Santa Clara Holds All the Right Cards Carolyn Schuk July 25, 2012 How important is the data center business to the city of Santa Clara? Consider this: In 2011 Santa Clara was… Opinion Vacations are for Suckers Bob Goldman July 25, 2012 It’s difficult to believe, but some working people are actually thinking about taking vacations. You would think that in this… Arts & Entertainment Assembling Trash into Art Melissa McKenzie July 25, 2012 Give an artist a ball of string, scissors, adhesive and paper and they’ll create something spectacular. Set them off into… City Politics CalPERS Returns: 2012 Isn’t the Whole Story Carolyn Schuk July 25, 2012 The next catastrophe to wallop municipal budgets will be a shortfall in CalPERS returns, adding to the already-escalating payments levied… Opinion CLASS NOTES – Peninsula College Fund Helping Beat the Odds Margaret Lavin July 25, 2012 Founded seven years ago, Peninsula College Fund’s mission is to partner with and aid motivated, gifted and traditionally under-represented minority… Community Gulliver Travels to the Mission City Melissa McKenzie July 25, 2012 There’s a giant on the loose in Lilliput! As the kingdom unites together to find out if the giant is… Schools Local Moms Debut Real Estate Web Application Matching Homes with Schools Diane Andrews July 25, 2012 Two questions parents ask realtors when shopping for a home are “Which schools would my children attend?” and “What are… Opinion Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes / not rated but would be PG for partial nudity of an actress playing 7 roles and a movie title that takes longer to read than many movies take to watc Karl Scott July 25, 2012 Released in June of 1965 TMMITFMOHIFFLTPI25H11M (whew!), from here on to be called TMM, was a road show release that… Community Bill Wilson Center’s Sparky Harlan Honored as a White House “Champion of Change” Carolyn Schuk July 18, 2012 In the South Bay, no one should be surprised that Bill Wilson Center CEO Sparky Harlan was honored on July… Community Celebrate Santa Clara – Good Times Had by One and All Larry Sacks July 18, 2012 The second annual Celebrate Santa Clara came to Franklin Mall on Friday, July 13. Presented by the Santa Clara Chamber… 1 … 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 … 488
