San Jose may have the worst roads in the country, but the cost of fixing those roads—$100 million a year for the next five years—is fare greater than the $20 million that the city has budgeted for road repairs. Considering how desperate the situation is, are new taxes for road repair really off the table?
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Ikea announced that eight of its stores in California will be adding solar panels to their roofs to generate electricity. Among the stores is the East Palo Alto location, which serves the South Bay area.
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.
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.
About 3,000 people attended the Green Drive Expo this weekend in Richmond, amid questions about how green the cars are. At the center of the discussion was the Chevy Volt, which promises 280 mpg, but actually gets closer to 40 mpg under normal driving conditions. According to Scott Oldham of Edmunds.com, GM “lied to the world” about its new car.
Sharks Split with Blue Jackets in Stockholm; Luck Leads Last-Minute Stanford Rally; Earthquakes Clinch Playoff Berth; Spartans Ripped By Wolf Pack; Press Lifts Stanford To Sweep Down South.
San Jose was excited when the news of a $50 million public safety telecommunications project to create a broadband network linking police, firefighters, and rescue workers throughout the Bay Area in the event of a major emergency. Now the city and county are saying that there may have been improprieties and conflicts of interest in the selection of a provider and its exclusion from the project’s initial stage.
Former stars John Daly and David Duval will look to unveil some old magic and win at the Fry’s.com Open, played this year at CordeValle in San Martin. Recently crowned Players Championship winner Tim Clark has an opportunity to make their 2010 seasons unforgettable. And Troy Matteson will have a chance to defend his 2009 Frys.com Open title.
A fire at the Eggo waffle plant on Sunday spread to a nearby building, knocking out two local radio stations: KSJX, which serves the Vietnamese community, and KZSF, which serves the Hispanic community. The SJFD claims that part of the problem was the city’s budget cuts, which led to the layoff of 49 firefighters and the elimination of a water engine from the station right across the freeway.
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.
