‘Boy Friend’ is on stage in Saratoga, thanks to West Valley Light Opera
By Khalida Sarwari Sixty-one years ago, a 19-year-old Julie Andrews got her big break as an actor in the Broadway production of “The Boy Friend.” …
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Saavedra steps down after 16 years at Hakone
By Khalida Sarwari Lon Saavedra has stepped down after 16 years as the founding CEO and executive director of the Hakone Foundation. Saavedra left Dec. …
Fumigation company removes more than termites–money is gone, too
By Khalida Sarwari When Saratoga resident Richard Kim hired a termite management company to rid his house of subterranean termites last fall, he thought they …
Grace’s gecko photo an international winner
By Khalida Sarwari Thirteen-year-old Grace Chung’s pet gecko, Tiger, may not be able to sell affordable car insurance, but what it can do that its …
Obama’s words go through Chawla to Modi
By Khalida Sarwari When Gurdeep Chawla applied for a translator job at the Indian Parliament a couple of decades ago, little did she know that …