June 2018

I’d like to start  by sharing some good news about Santa Clara County. We were recently ranked the HAPPIEST county in California! That’s 1st out of 58 total counties for the state, according to Smart Asset’s 2018 Edition of Happiest Places in America. Not only was Santa Clara County ranked first in California, it made top ten for the United States as a whole! Smart Asset compared U.S counties...

KQED Arts recently interviewed San Jose native, and founder of Empire Seven Studios, Juan Carlos Araujo. He talked about murals, particularly the work he and fellow artists have created atop vacant walls and otherwise unusable spaces throughout downtown San Jose. You see, there’s a bit of a buzz surrounding San Jose’s growing art scene. Many outlets have covered the mural movement, from ABC7, to...