The San Jose Sharks, a team that propelled the 10th biggest city in the nation through the spring yet left a legion of teal trembling in heartbreak, died on Tuesday in Vancouver. They were in the Western Conference finals.
Articles by Josh Koehn
The narrative of freedom is being told at Stanford University this week, in the same way that it’s been told across the world for months, as journalists from countries crumbling and developing have come to Palo Alto to stay a step head of the social-media curve.
In rare instances, teams and the people who come together around them develop an identity. The San Jose Sharks and their fans also have an identity, going from new kids on the block two decades ago to anxious also-rans, making it just a bit farther in the playoffs each season before the trap door gives way. It’s getting to be a bit old.
Oh, Sharks, Sharks, Sharks. Why do you tease us so? A win tonight and San Jose advances to face the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference finals. Lose, and the season is over.
A San Jose man suspected of killing another man is thought to be evading capture by posing as his identical twin, police said.
The Police Officers Association announced Friday that its members would accept a one-time 10 percent cut in pay and benefits for the coming year. Union leaders cast the move as a generous proposal that would save jobs. Mayor Chuck Reed immediately called the offer inadequate, and warned that it came dangerously late in the game.
Former San Jose State student Michael Powell, now a 70-year-old retiree living in Boulder Creek, was recently honored by none other than Oprah Winfrey for the courage he showed in his youth.
With games in Detroit scheduled for 5pm Wednesday and 4pm Friday, the Sharks are just two victories shy of making a return to the Western Conference finals. But “Hockeytown” isn’t expected to roll over, not if Pavel Datsyuk and a recovering Henrik Zetterberg have anything to say about it.
After stealing more than $60,000 from a Palo Alto neighborhood association, Kimball Allen avoided jail time by accepting a plea deal.
A 10-year manhunt for Osama bin Laden came to an end Sunday, as President Obama announced that U.S. Special Forces had killed the leader of al-Qaeda.
