Carolyn Schuk

2024 Santa Clara Election Spending Topped $3M, But How Much Did it Matter?

Campaign spending in the 2024 Santa Clara city election came close to $3.1 million, with PACs spending $2.9 million, dwarfing…

February 25, 2025

Dacre Stoker: Keeping Dracula in the Family

Meeting Dacre (pronounced like ‘acre’) Stoker for the first time, you wouldn’t be surprised to know that this amiable man…

February 24, 2025
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Comfort Cases: Dignity Instead of a Trash Bag

Imagine that you’re a child who has just been taken from a dangerous home — but home nonetheless — and…

February 21, 2025

Sunnyvale UNICEF Benefit Concert for Children in Warzones

The plight of children in war zones is a natural cause for John Pietrzyk. Born in Germany right after WWII,…

February 11, 2025

$1.2 Million in Scholarships Started with Santa Claus Suit

No one was more surprised at Judy Santiago receiving a Jefferson Awards in 2024 from the Multiplying Good Foundation, SF…

January 30, 2025

Underground Van Fire Quickly Extinguished at Apartment Complex, No Injuries

A commercial van fire in the underground garage of the Orchard Glen apartment complex was extinguished quickly on Thursday afternoon,…

January 29, 2025

Santa Clara’s Municipal Power Company Part 2: The Professor and the City Manager

Between 1948 and 1965, Santa Clara laid the foundation for becoming power-independent, and that was due to the vision of…

January 19, 2025

Menorah Returns to Santa Clara

The air may have been chilly, but the spirit was warm at December’s Chanukah Menorah lighting in Santa Clara. The…

January 18, 2025

Sunnyvale Sends More Support to SoCal, Santa Clara’s Crews Working Non-Stop

As more local firefighters headed south over the weekend, crews already on the scene are putting in long hours in…

January 14, 2025
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Santa Clara’s Municipal Power Company: 19th Century Beginnings

In 1896 — 14 years after Thomas Edison launched the first electrical power plant in the U.S., Santa Clara’s Board…

January 12, 2025