The SJPD suspended the license of the Miami Beach Club for two weeks after a fight there ended in a shooting. According to police, one victim was shot in the stomach and another was grazed by a bullet. The nightclub failed to report the incident, and the police only found out about it after a woman ran into the street and flagged some police officers down.
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When the restaurant opened, it played up the tigelles, and they’re still a large part of the menu, but Tigelleria has evolved to incorporate more entrees. Although the bread is delicious and the selection of toppings vast, eating the tigelles feels like picnicking. They make for good, if rather filling appetizers, but they’re not the strength of the menu.
Denmark’s Saxo Bank is famous for its annual list of Black Swan predictions—predictions of unlikely events that would cause utter turmoil in the market. It claims that the most unlikely game-changer next year would be Facebook’s acquisition by Apple.
The SEC has launched an informal investigation against Mark Hurd over allegations that he revealed HP’s plans to acquire EDS two months before it was announced. The allegations were made by Jodie Fisher, with whom Hurd had an affair, who said that he told her of the purchase. HP is cooperating with the investigation, while Hurd’s lawyer insists that he, “acted properly in all respects.”
For 25 custodians who keep City Hall and other municipal properties clean, Christmas will not be very merry this year. That is the day that they will have to turn in their badges and join the ranks of the unemployed. They are being let off as part of the plan to cover last year’s $118 million deficit. Though they have since been rehired by the private contractors hired to fill the gap, they are still taking a hit in terms of pay and benefits.
A Wall Street Journal study has found that over half the smartphone apps available transmit identifying information to advertisers without the user’s consent. In addition to the phone’s ID number, apps often transmit information such as age, gender, location, and in the most egregious cases, they also monitor income, sexual orientation, political views, and a host of other information.
As if the rain wasn’t enough this weekend, residents of Los Altos got an early start on Sunday when 3.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the town at 9:28 am. The quake was centered near was Briarwood Court and had a depth of 2.1 miles.
Google has released the Body Browser, a program that lets users explore the innermost workings of the human body from your own computer. A 3D model is used to explore the bones, muscles, circulatory system, and all the other systems that make the body tick. The program is still in beta version, and can only be accessed with Google’s Chrome browser.
Dan Fenton, CEO of Team San Jose, handed in his resignation on Thursday after six tumultuous years.The move came one week after City Council asked the City Manager to request new proposals for managing the Center and indicated that it could approve a new team by June.
Two incoming storms about to pound the Bay Area could leave 10 inches of rain in their wake. The storm center has gathered in the Gulf of Alaska and is gradually making its way down the coast, picking up water in the unusually warm air as it descends toward the Bay Area. With flooding in sensitive areas a distinct possibility, authorities are preparing to hand out sandbags and cautioning everyone to clean out their gutters before the storm strikes.
