The film The Social Network was all about their on-again, off-again relationship between Zuck and the Winklevoss twins, who claim that Zuck was hired by them to code their own social networking site ConnectU. After receiving $65 million in settlement fees, the twins are back in court, claiming that the sum was based on fraudulent numbers.
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Back in 2007, the 75 families of the South Valley Islamic Community received a permit to build a mosque on 15 acres of land in San Martin. Then the donations dried up because of the down economy. Now the community is trying to reinvigorate the project and hopes to have a new mosque in place within a year.
NASA Ames Airfield will soon be home to the world’s largest blimp, the 235-foot-long, 65-feet-in-diameter Bullet Class 580, manufactured by E-Green Technologies.The ultra-modern blimp has more room for helium in its compartments, making it able to reach altitudes of 22,000 feet, far more than the standard blimps, which rise to 4,000-5,000 feet.
San Jose took another step forward toward annexing Cambrian 36 on Tuesday. City Council voted unanimously to move ahead with the planned annexation, it agreed to postpone the matter for six months so that it can review an alternative offer made by Campbell to the city. The offer would likely include the exchange of lands between San Jose and Campbell, though Vice Mayor Judy Chirco says that any deal would be “revenue neutral” to San Jose.
A new company is hoping to turn cloverleafs along the freeway into solar energy farms. Republic Cloverleaf Solar says that it can power 3,000 homes with energy produced by solar panels installed on the unused land along the freeway. It is in negotiations with CalTrans and PG&E, and hopes to begin construction next year.
Stanford alums Thomas Steyer and Kat Taylor made a $7 million gift to the school to establish the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance for the study and development of new technologies for producing clean energy.
If this were France, this article would never have been written. There, the 110-year-old Michelin guide is a venerated source of restaurant recommendations. The annual guide’s release is a reason for hot debate and raucous celebration. But we are not in France.
San Jose boasts a half-dozen Ethiopian restaurants, and humble Mudai is one of my favorites. Mudai Ethiopian Restaurant doesn’t feel so much like a restaurant as it does an Ethiopian cultural center or an extended living room.
The weekend of Jan. 15–16 will be a big one for fans of Santa Cruz Mountains wine, so it’s not too early to mark it on the calendar. Jan. 15 is “passport day,” in which dozens of local wineries will open their doors to visitors. Jan. 16 is a wine and crab competition at several, yet-to-be named restaurants.
City Council is scheduled to discuss the latest developments in the proposed aerial route that high speed rail will take to reach its downtown destination. Meanwhile, Scott Knies, Executive Director of the San Jose Downtown Association, is already voicing his reservations, and urging the city to reconsider the tunnel option instead.
