While California’s Brown Act establishes that public business must be conducted, well, in public, government agencies can hold private meetings to discuss things such as litigation, real estate transactions and labor negotiations. But they must disclose topics in advance, the legal basis for the closed session, and make final...
Author: Carolyn Schuk
Bicycle theft is on the rise in Santa Clara. The Santa Clara Police Department reports that about 200 bikes have been stolen...
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The Santa Clara Players will celebrate its 50th season with an open house on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. –...
Santa Clara’s city-owned electric utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), is preparing to begin rollout of its smart meter program – MeterConnect –...
Ladies, the next time you vote take a moment to thank the Santa Clara Woman’s Club. Tireless grassroots campaigning on the part...
The Santa Clara Charter Review Committee won’t complete its recommendation about the city’s election system on Oct. 11, 2011 as initially planned....
In what alternative universe did the Santa Clara city government think an open lawsuit against a prospective City Attorney would not draw...
Don’t say the 2002 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) hasn’t had results. It’s just that results aren’t necessarily those civil rights activists...
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Remembering 9/11 Together: Neighbors Shed Fear and Build Friendship at Muslim Community Association
On Tuesday morning September, 11, 2001 founding director of American Muslim Voice (amuslimvoice.org) Samina Sundas was shopping in Costco, when she first...
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We can all recite this litany: Fire engulfing that panoptic view. Closely spaced columns losing resistance. A final spasm into dust. Yet...