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BREAKING NEWS: Santa Clara Politico Chris Stampolis' Dirty Laundry Gets a Public Airing
By Carolyn Schuk Santa Clara politico Chris Stampolis is in the media spotlight this week, but not because of his role as a super-delegate to the Democratic national convention. It's because the gossip blog-zine TMZ got hold of a 2005 recording of a 911 call about an incident in which the 42 year-old Stampolis is alleged to have physically and verbally assaulted Click Here for Complete Story |
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Downtown: Why There�s No There, There
With the success of the historic areas like Campbell�s downtown strip and the �faux� downtown of Santana Row, many regret that Santa Clara has no similar draw. Click Here for Complete Story
Putting the "There" Back: Downtown Revitalization
The idea of "downtown" is an essential part of our sense of community. We're drawn to "downtown" � whether it's a true downtown like Palo Alto's University Avenue or a "Main Street, Disneyland" like Santana Row. Click Here for Complete Story
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Downtown Redevelopment Plan on Hold
A plan to restore an urban center to Santa Clara will stay on hold at least until mid-summer as potential developers wait for the uncertain credit and real estate markets to stabilize.
One of the two companies invited to bid on the project declined to participate. The other, while remaining enthusiastic, says that current economic conditions make it impossible at this time to develop accurate financial projections for the projects by the RFP deadline. These projections are necessary for construction loans as well as providing the project's budget. Click Here for Complete Story
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 Community Support for a Long Time TraditionBy Larry Sacks
Almost hidden in Franklin Mall is a store front not quite like any other. Amidst the restaurants, bar, boutique, dry cleaner, and watch repair shop sits a public display rarely seen anymore. The home of KKUP, 91.5, a truly local FM radio station. KKUP, for those that have never heard of it, is the true definition of �listener supported� radio.
Community Minded
KKUP is and has been known as the "people's radio." Don�t confuse that definition as anything dealing with late night college dorm room discussions, as KKUP�s purpose ��is to provide views, music, and cultural diversity not found in mainstream media. We feature local musicians, activists, poets and story-tellers both on tape and live in-studio! You name it! If you can't hear it anywhere else, it's probably on KKUP.�
Marathons, Marathons, Marathons
Being a �Community Minded� or more aptly, �Community Supported� Radio Station means the station can stay in business and keep doing what it does so well by hosting events where the listening audience can meet the voices behind the microphones. The station does this through their marathons, and with 14 marathons scheduled in 2008 alone, there�s ample opportunity to either tune-in for a good listen or to come down to Franklin Mall to see real-life and real live radio.
One Marathon took place over the weekend of August 15-17. It was KKUP�s 2nd Annual Oldies Marathon that ran from noontime on Friday, August 15 through midnight on August 17. The weekend included Live Hawaiian music on Saturday with an oldies car show (any cars older than 1972 were allowed to enter) on Sunday, August 17. Click Here for Complete Story
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 SCPAL Tees It UpTBirdies, bogies and mulligans along with plenty of laughter, smiles and fun was the scene last week at the 31st annual Santa Clara PAL (police Activities League) golf tournament at the Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club as local philanthropic community members were teeing it up to raise much-needed funds for SC PAL.
With 125 players competing, all dreaming of sinking a hole-in-one and winning a brand new Porsche, it�s no surprise that over 100 Silicon Valley community members came together supporting SC PAL. With odds heavily stacked against the players, it�s also not surprising that no one mustered the nearly impossible feat of sinking the hole-in-one.
However, as the event does each and every year, a large amount of proceeds were raised for SC PAL, the non-profit youth arm of the Santa Clara Police Department. Click Here for Complete Story
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 Santa Claran Honored
Santa Clara resident, Edie Matthews, was honored as Outstanding Adjunct Faculty for 2008 at Mission College. This award is voted on by the student body.
She has been teaching English at the college since 2004. She graduated from San Jose State University with a MFA in Creative Writing.
Matthews said that she tries to make the classes informative and entertaining. "I always ask for an Multi-media classroom because I incorporate videos and the internet in many of my lesson plans."
Matthews said she loves teaching and inspiring students, especially the ones that need a little encouragement. "I didn't start out to be an English teacher," said Matthews. "I went back to school to improve my writing because I'm working on a novel. But I found that I really enjoy teaching."Click Here for Complete Story
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 Signs Tech Solutions Grand Opening
Not many business owners have to worry about offending anyone at their opening, but for the owners of Signs Tech Solutions, located on the edge of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, came the question: Do we have our grand opening as a new Sunnyvale Business or a Santa Clara business?
Answer: Both!
So it went that on Friday, August 18th, husband and wife team Myriam Brenes and Luis Lopez had one grand opening party with two official ribbon cuttings. It was lucky that the invitation for Cupertino got lost in the mail, as a third ribbon cutting may have been a crowd.Click Here for Complete Story
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 Local Pizzeria Owner Knocks on Doors to Help Hit-and-Run Victims' Families
When Oralia Puga-Ramirez and Enedina Oliva were killed in August's fatal hit-and-run on Stevens Creek, not only were their families faced with the sudden loss of a beloved mother and grandmother. They were also suddenly faced with another unanticipated hardship: the price tag of a funeral today.
So when Kirk Vartan, owner of Slice of New York pizzeria on Stevens Creek, read in the paper that Puga-Ramirez and Oliva's families were having difficulty meeting the expenses of a proper funeral and burial, he felt "compelled" to do something � especially because the accident happened so close to the restaurant.Click Here for Complete Story
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 One Person's Junk is Another�s Treasure
Whether you were looking to complete your set of Richard Nixon inkwells or to fulfill your quota of obligatory work-related Christmas presents at a discounted price--don�t worry, we won�t tell--then the Santa Clara Garage Sale was the place to be.
Once a year, this publicized event helps folks empty out their garages and storage sheds in order to make space and a few dollars while they�re at it. The flip side of this, of course, are the buyers who go away with these same items to take up space in their garages and storage sheds and may be the ones advertising a garage sale next year. Click Here for Complete Story
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 City Council Roundup
Santa Clara City Council Meeting, August 19, 2008
Roll Call
All Council Members were present.
Continuances/Exceptions
The discussion on the proposed change for the parcel map for 1500 Space Park Drive to subdivide the property into three separate properties was postponed. A new date was not set as the environmental review (CEQA) has not been completed.
Special Orders of Business
� Santa Clara students Vi Vo and Estevan Ornales reported on their recent trip to Santa Clara�s Sister City, Izumo Japan. Additionally, Shahriyar Reza reported... Click Here for Complete Story
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Santa Clara Entrepreneur Rides the Waves of Tech Change
Santa Clara-based NetClime wants you to be your own Webmaster. Its on-demand SiteKreator (www.sitekreator.com) system provides one-stop shopping for your website � from registering your URL, to designing and building the site.
SiteKreator is the latest brainchild of Sophia, Bulgaria native and technology seer Ivaylo Lenkov, who got his first taste of computer programming as an eighth grader. By high school, he was programming industrial robots to assemble hard drives and, later on, writing software for weather satellites � some of which are likely still in orbit.
Barely out of college when the Soviet bloc collapsed in 1991, Lenkov started NetClime the same year. Since then, he's never looked back, leading the company through more than one reinvention as changing markets wiped out once-lucrative businesses and evolving technology created new ones. Click Here for Complete Story
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City of Santa Clara Awarded for Best All-Around Pavement Management Program
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has recently recognized the City of Santa Clara street network as the �Best All-Around Pavement Management Program.�
The March 2008 issue of Street Talk, a monthly publication of the MTC, contained an article entitled �MTC Recognizes Local Street and Road Achievements� wherein the City of Santa Clara was recognized as the �Best All Around Pavement Management Program� of all the participating agencies within the 9 Bay area counties with an earned multi-year average PCI of 84. With this score, the City of Santa Clara is considered to have �very good� roads by the MTC � far above the all agency average score of 64.Click Here for Complete Story
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| Arts and Entertainment |
| | Movie Review: Red
Red is a dog. He is played by Mac a dog actor. He is an old dog and lives with a widower and small town general store owner, portrayed by the original "Hannibal Lecter" actor, Brian Cox.
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| | Travel: Quebec City - Celebrating 400 Glorious Years
Bonjour!! A few weeks ago we flew to Quebec City, Canada to experience this citadel of French culture in North America and to enjoy the city’s 400th anniversary activities.
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| | Movie Review: Mama Mia!
Mama Mia is really for fans of the play/musical and the songs of ABBA.
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| | Movie Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth also known as Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D is best seen in the second version listed, although the 1D version would be entertaining enough in its own right.
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| Critics Corner |
| | Razz on Wine: August 27, 2008
I have written to you from our upper back deck on Liberty street. From where I sat the lawn moves gracefully from under the deck to end at a small garden which Tess has lovingly cared for.
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| Weekly Columns |
| | Milestones 10-15-2008
We were expecting some fireworks and only got a fizzler.
Last Thursday’s Candidate’s Forum sponsored by the Santa Clara Chamber, The Citizens Advisory Committee and the WEEKLY was anything but contentious.
Controversy is not always necessary to
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| | Milestones: 9-24-08
Ever notice that once in a while something doesn’t “feel” right?
You can’t put your finger on the exact reason and your gut tells you there is something wrong here.
This is the dilemma we have with the new transit tax in Measure B. This is the m
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| | Milestones: August 27, 2008
Separating facts from fiction is more than a 9th grade homework assignment. It is a project that continues into adulthood and all through the maturation process.
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| | Work Daze: August 27, 2008
I don't know if you've made your final decision yet, but if you ask me, I know what I want to be when I come back in my next life. I want to return as an employee of SuperGroup Creative Omnimedia.
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