Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Gateway Village Development (Kohl’s Plaza) Approved by Planning Commission
January 14, 2015
At its Dec. 10, 2014 meeting, the Santa Clara Planning Commission approved “with conditions” Essex Property Trusts’ proposed Gateway Village...
Community
New Lunch Oases in Northside Lunchtime Desert
January 14, 2015
Anyone who’s spent precious lunch hours driving around the Northside searching in vain for something between fast food and Michelin...
City Politics
City Desk: Dec 24, 2014
December 31, 2014
Santa Clara City Council’s Dec. 16 meeting marked the end of an era: Patricia Mahan’s last Council meeting as an...
Community
Pizza Party Cooks Up Holiday Treat for PACE Students
December 31, 2014
Last week young adult students from Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE) enjoyed a Christmas pizza-making, and pizza-eating holiday get-together...
Community
Rotary’s Christmas for Kids Puts Big Smiles on Young Faces
December 31, 2014
The most fun was “getting presents and meeting Santa,” said fourth graders Janelle, Marisela and Stephanie. That was something every...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
SCFD and Local Company Team Up for Holiday Toy Drive
December 31, 2014
On Dec. 5, the annual joint Santa Clara Fire Department and Rudolph & Sletten holiday toy drive made a brighter...
Community
Recognition for Santa Clara’s Sikh Community
December 24, 2014
Last month, on behalf of Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews, Council Member Teresa O’Neill presented a proclamation of Sikh Awareness...
Community
Soroptomists’ Christmas Store Brightens Holidays for Shoppers in Need
December 24, 2014
In Santa Clara there’s one local store that turns the annual Christmas retailing orgy on its head by giving away...
Community
Teatro Corazon Brings Alive the Story of Juan Diego and the Lady of Guadalupe
December 24, 2014
For more than 450 years, Catholics in the Americas have venerated Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe – Our Lady of Guadalupe....
Schools
Another Day, Another Courtroom for Schools Trustee
December 24, 2014
While most people try to minimize legal entanglements, Santa Clara Unified Trustee Christopher Stampolis has been actively adding to his...




