Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama and spiritual leader of millions of Tibetan Buddhists around the world, will be giving a talk this afternoon at the San Jose Convention Center. Tickets for the event, which begins at 2:00 pm, have already been sold out. The Dalai Lama will also be speaking at the San Jose State University Event Center.
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The Office of Emergency Services is apologizing to residents of East Palo, after telling them to evacuate their homes. The county planned to send them a message about an upcoming meeting of the council and redevelopment agency, but accidentally sent them the same message that was sent to San Bruno residents after the gas pipe explosion last month.
Redwood City video game company Electronic Arts has finally released its controversial new game Medal of Honor. Responding to concerns by the public and the military, players will be able to assume the role of a member of an unnamed terrorist group and shoot down virtual American soldiers on a rescue mission. The group, however, will not be identified as the Taliban.
The FBI attached a GPS tracking device to the car of a local student without first obtaining a warrant. Yasir Afifi found the device when he took his car in for an oil change and promptly removed it. Two days later FBI agents approached him as he left his apartment. Federal law says that the FBI is allowed to track vehicles with GPS devices in the public space.
Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, and it is turning into a sort of international celebration. The Google Doodle today is a sweet animation based on Lennon’s line drawings and set to a clip of his song “Imagine.”
San Jose will be finishing line for Stage Four of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. The city’s Chief Development Officer Peter Krupko pushed for the decision, after two years in which San Jose was the starting point of the 800-mile bike race. According to Krutko, the city prefers hosting the finish line because it garners more excitement and attracts more people.
One of the main reasons that voters decided overwhelmingly to support the construction of a $937 million stadium in Santa Clara for the 49ers is that no money from the general fund would be used to pay for the new stadium. Santa Clara Plays Fair, which opposed the new stadium, now claims that the city is paying for other team expenses, including police escorts for the team’s buses.
It’s the city versus the unions in this year’s local election, a direct reflection of the runaway deficit and how it affects everything from parks to public safety. Public figures aside, the election is revolving around local Measure V, which could impact the salaries and benefits of city employees.
Taking the train to work has just gotten easier for people in San Jose. The Valley Transportation Authority has launched a new fleet of light rail commuter express trains, which will run more quickly, have fewer stops, and add a few much-needed bonuses for people heading to and from work.
For kids, it’s like Christmas vacation came early. For teachers, it’s a salary cut. For parents, it raises that nagging question, “Who is going to watch over the kids when there is no school?” Starting today, schools across the San Jose Unified School District will be closed for the entire week for an across-the-board furlough, in lieu of teacher layoffs.
