Robotics teams to compete in FIRST event
By Khalida Sarwari For the last few weeks, Chico has been hanging out in a storage room on the Prospect High School campus. But come …
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Council votes to pay half of city’s unfunded pension liability
By Khalida Sarwari Saratoga City Council members recently voted unanimously to pay off half of the city’s unfunded pension liability, a move that makes Saratoga …
‘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.” …
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 …