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Carolyn Schuk

April 6, 2011

By Carolyn Schuk, with contributions from Christy Kinney Art Family-Style Uncertain weather didn’t dampen spirits at Santa Clara Unified School…

City Finances Nudge Into the Black, But Property Tax Revenues Continue to Drop

Carolyn Schuk

April 6, 2011

Santa Clara Finance Director Gary Ameling voiced cautious optimism about city finances at the March 29 City Council meeting. At…

Around Town

Carolyn Schuk

March 30, 2011

Advance Design Consultants – Go-To Folks for High-Tech Facilities When Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs such as Sun Microsystems founder Andy…

Blue Star Moms Need Encouraging Notes and Donations for Care Packages for Troops

Diane Andrews

March 30, 2011

Army Specialist Johnny Nguyen is one of the Wounded Warriors—as the South Bay Blue Star Moms (SBBSM) call their injured…

April 2011 Calendar

Admin

March 30, 2011

Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday…

Junior Theater Performs My Fair Lady

Melissa McKenzie

March 30, 2011

Turning a Cockney flower girl into a proper English lady is no easy task, and yet phoneticist Henry Higgins tireless…

Paul / Rated R for language, sex, drug use, violence and fainting

Karl Scott

March 30, 2011

This film could easily have been called Steven. It is an homage to Director Steven Spielberg and his presence, both…

Santa Clara Police Serve it Up for Special Olympics

Melissa McKenzie

March 30, 2011

Walking up to the Rivermark location of Red Robin Restaurant on Saturday afternoon might have been a bit of a…

Santa Clara’s RDA Money Gambits May Undermine Future Funding for Core Services

Carolyn Schuk

March 30, 2011

Santa Clara’s hide-the-redevelopment-money maneuvers could come back to haunt the city in the form of cuts in core services such…

Shaw’s Cycles Closes Its Doors

Melissa McKenzie

March 30, 2011

A plethora of cycling knowledge will be a little bit harder to find starting Friday. Shaw’s Lightweight Cycles in Santa…

Stay-At-Home Moms Find Support at MOMS Club

Cynthia Cheng

March 30, 2011

After Lisa Wood had her first baby, she realized she didn’t know too many mothers who also had children. To…

The Dish: Viva La Paloma!

April J. Jones

March 30, 2011

Situated on the corner of El Camino Real and Los Padres Boulevard in Santa Clara is a nostalgic building with…

Where Everything Old Feels Brand New

Melissa McKenzie

March 30, 2011

Dome-shaped theaters can be found across the Bay Area and while most of these round wonders are abandoned, passersby are…

Stress Out

Bob Goldman

March 30, 2011

Call me an ungrateful wretch, but if any more know-it-all brainiacs attempt to improve my mental health, I’m going completely…

The Dish: Grab Some Willy’s…Seriously!

April J. Jones

March 23, 2011

When you walk into Armadillo Willy’s Barbeque, you are enveloped in an enticing aroma of backwoods Texas barbeque. The rustic,…

The Way Out

Admin

March 23, 2011

It isn’t often that an inspirational business book by a former insurance executive catches my attention, but Donald J. Hurzeler’s…

Beyond Their Wildest Dreams

Christy Kinney

March 23, 2011

Following Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Santa Clara High School students were quick to respond with help. The students launched…

City Council Roundup

Larry Sacks

March 23, 2011

Roll Call All Council Members were present. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the City Council meeting of February 8…

Community Calendar

Admin

March 23, 2011

Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday…

Hard Data About RDA’s Benefits Lacking

Carolyn Schuk

March 23, 2011

In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa Clara wasn’t on that list,…

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