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The Speaker for August 19th: Maggie Scura
For more than 30 years, Maggi Scura brought San Jose its news. She'll take us behind the scenes at KNTV Channel 11 during the years this valley remade itself — the teardown and rebuild of downtown, the arrival of the Sharks, explosive Silicon Valley growth, and local politics that rarely produced a slow news day. Expect the stories behind the stories, from an anchor and reporter whose very first solo assignment ended with her filming an attempted presidential assassination.
Maggi Scura is a Brooklyn native who began her broadcast career in radio on California's Central Coast, hosting music and interview programs and eventually serving as News and Public Service Director for two stations — one progressive rock, the other country-western. Drawn to telling stories through film and video, she moved to television news, joining KTXL-TV40 in Sacramento in 1975. Her first solo assignment was to shoot silent film of President Gerald Ford walking into the State Capitol; what she captured was an attempted assassination. Within weeks came a second attempt on the president's life and the apprehension of fugitive heiress Patty Hearst. Maggi reported and photographed those stories and the trials that followed, serving as State Capitol Correspondent, reporter, anchor, producer, photographer-editor, and assignment editor.
She came to San Jose and KNTV Channel 11 in late 1977 as a weekend anchor, reporter, and producer, then moved to weekdays anchoring the afternoon and evening newscasts alongside Don Hayward. After Hayward's retirement, she began an on-air partnership with Doug Moore that lasted 18 years — still the record for the longest-serving news anchor team in the San Francisco Bay Area. After stepping away from daily news in the early 2000s, Maggi hosted Comcast Newsmakers, the company's regional public service program. She remains active on behalf of local nonprofits throughout Santa Clara County.
Lunch Order for August 19th Meeting
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Scott's Seafood will provide lunch ($30*) at Wednesday's meeting.
The buffet lunch menu includes:
Starters: Mixed Green Salad, Fresh Sliced Pineapple
Entrees: Hawaiian-Style Pulled Pork, Grilled Salmon, Vegetable and Tofu Stir-Fry
Sides: Sauteed Seasonal Vegetables, Jasmine Rice
Please order your lunch by Monday, August 17th by 12noon. Plan ahead and order early! Late orders will be charged an extra $5. Same-day lunch will be $40.
Important note: If you have a prepaid pack, you still need to register, so we have enough food.
*Rotary is underwriting the Service Charge and Sales Tax. Your lunch reservation is non-refundable once the order is placed on Monday at noon.
Tribute to Prince at the Levitt Pavilion Hosted by Fun & Friendship
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Rotary Fall BBQ
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Car Show at the Fall BBQ
Rotary Collaborative Impact Summit
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2026-27 Community Grants application window is open until September 30.
Thanks to our generous members, we have $200,000 to distribute to local non-profit organizations.Please help share this opportunity with non-profit organizations you are involved with -
click link for Grant Guidelines and the Grant Application. Both are available at https://www.sjrotary.org/ under Applications.
The Meeting Summary for August 12th
With the new school year upon us, it made sense for our Rotary Club members to take a field trip to Excite Ballpark, home of the San Jose Giants, on Wednesday.
We also visited the old clubhouse, which looked like something out of “Bull Durham” or “Major League,” but may soon become the clubhouse for San Jose State’s baseball team, which plays at Excite. And our tour ended at the Almanac Adventureland and Outpost, a beer garden with a sandbox for the kids – or maybe the elderly – to play in.
Something you might not know is that the San Jose Giants organization, one of dozens of minor league teams owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings, is responsible for everything that happens off the field – the facility, organizing activities in between innings and promo nights like the upcoming Harry Potter Night and Ren Faire Night that are meant to bring in new audiences. Everything involving players and coaches is handled by the San Francisco Giants.
We returned to the Futures Club for lunch from Turkey Mike’s BBQ, which got its name from a former player’s nickname. A few of us got the Big Filthy, a cheeseburger topped with pulled pork, while Mike Gallagher gnawed on a giant turkey leg.
The game itself was a tough one, though we did get a chance to witness up-and-coming prospects Fernando Gonzalez and Luis Hernandez (who is just 17 years old). The Fresno Grizzlies took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, only to see the Giants tie it up in the bottom of the fourth. Fresno kept tacking on runs until they went into the seventh-inning stretch with a 5-1 lead. The Giants mounted a comeback over the final three innings but fell 5-4. That dropped the Giants to 23-21 in the California League’s second half standings, but because the Giants won the first half, they are guaranteed a playoff spot.
And we’re guaranteed to have baseball at Excite Ballpark – or Municipal Stadium, if you prefer – next year. Taylor said that even if Major League Baseball locks out players when their contract expires on Dec. 1, that won’t affect the minor league teams. “There will be baseball played in San Jose next year,” he said.
To see all pictures, click here thanks to Jeff and Cindy Faulkner, Photography Committee.
Calendar
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Speaker: Maggi Scura
The Stories Behind the Stories: Maggi Scura’s on Her 30 Years at KNTV
August 19th 2026 at 12:15 pm
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Speaker: Andrea Mackenzie, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Nature: The Hidden Infrastructure Keeping Silicon Valley Sustainable
August 26th 2026 at 12:15 pm
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Speaker: Rose Gottemoeller, William J. Perry Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for Inter
Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations after the Cold War
September 2nd 2026 at 12:15 pm
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Speaker: John Doll, Author, St. James Park
St. James Park, a novel about a crime committed in 1933 in San Jose. Based on true events, the novel presents a vivid portrait of San Jose's labor unrest, government corruption, and anti-immigrant racism
September 9th 2026 at 12:15 pm
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