The number of people needing help feeding their families this Thanksgiving may be rising, but the number of turkeys available is down at public charities across the county. San Jose’s Salvation Army just received a donation of 68 turkeys, but they still have less than half of what they will need for the holiday, now only two weeks away.
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Reports filtering out of Yahoo suggest that managers have been asked to target 20 percent of their staffs for layoffs. In other words, about 2,500 people could soon find themselves without a job. Some of the jobs may be outsourced to Bangalore, in an effort to cut down costs.
San Jose honored Veterans Day on Thursday with the largest parade in the Bay Area. Participants represented all branches of the service who fought from World War II to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Also present was a contingent of local residents who fought in the Soviet Army during World War II.
The engineer who first leaked the confidential memo about Google’s raise for all employees has been fired. While Google refuses to comment on the issue, observers wonder how the company hoped to keep an across the board raise for 23,000 people a secret for long. Some are suggesting that the raise was an attempt to curb a brain drain to rival companies such as Facebook.
In an effort to overcome a looming deficit, Santa Clara City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to lay off about 80 workers if their representatives don’t agree to a 5 percent pay cut or 12 days of unpaid furlough.
Adrian Oliver, arguably the Western Athletic Conference’s best player, was humbled by being forced to sit out a year for transferring to SJSU to be closer to his family. Since, Oliver has found a niche as the Spartans best player while being the glue that brings his family together.
Work on the 50,000-square-foot project is well under way, and completion is set for next spring. The marketplace will house about 30 vendors including a produce market, meat and fish market, wine bars, demonstration kitchen, restaurants, a barbershop, live music and a 25,000-square-foot public square.
City Council voted against the sale of the municipal water system to the San Jose Water Company. It wants the voters to approve the transfer of 10 percent of the water company’s revenues to the cash-strapped general fund to help counter a looming deficit.
In an email to Google’s employees, Eric Schmidt announced that the company has decided to give all of its employees a 10 percent raise and a $1,000 bonus, effective January 1. Schmidt explained the decision as a reward to “the best employees in the world.” Outsiders wonder whether it is an attempt to counter a growing brain drain at the company.
Some sixty medical marijuana activists and supporters took up their complaints with City Council on Tuesday night. They spoke out about recent police raids and the atmosphere of fear surrounding medical marijuana dispensaries. The Mayor was sympathetic to their cause, but said that the raids were conducted by the county and outside his jurisdiction.
