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.
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“The Social Network” topped the box office charts with 2.3 million viewers in its opening weekend, and revenues of $23 million. The film is expected to gross as much as $100 million. Prior to its release, Zuckerberg’s biggest media success was during a cameo appearance on the Simpsons. “The Social Network” depicts Zuckerberg’s turbulent Harvard days. On “The Simpsons” he advises Nelson to drop out of school and “get the best kind of degree—honorary, baby!”
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.
The smell of diesel fuel wafted along South Almaden Boulevard on Saturday, as firefighters and others struggled to stop the liquid from flowing from a rooftop tank. It was a race against the clock. At 8am on Sunday morning, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon was scheduled to take to the street—that street. Clean-up crews spent twelve hours trying to stop the flow and clean up the mess.
Two armed men walked into the Dispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary in San Jose, tied up the employees, and made off with an undisclosed amount of marijuana and cash. The incident occurred shortly before noon on Wednesday. There were no patrons on site at the time, and the two employees did not see where the robbers fled, or if they fled by car or on foot.
Driscoll, who was one of four players from San Jose State to earn a spot in this year’s World Championships, says he owes his success entirely to the judo legend Uchida. “It came from the instruction of one of the best coaches in the nation,” the 29-year-old grad student says. Driscoll says he was intimidated weighing in with his heavyweight division competitors at the competition in Tokyo earlier this month. “This was the first time that I was by far the smallest guy in the room,” the 6-foot-3-inch, 255-pound judoka says.
Google planned on turning one of its Mountain View properties into a recreational area, complete with a soccer field, basketball court, disc golf area, and horseshoes and bocce ball pitches. The problem is that the area is home to the burrowing owl. After some consideration, the city has decided that a $20,000 donation to preserve the rare bird could mitigate the problem.
Santa Clara County’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to opt out of the Secure Communities federal program, also known as SCOMM. Members of the Board of Supervisors and the public claim that the program, which submits all fingerprints taken in the county to the Department of Homeland Security, only drives illegal immigrants deeper underground, and encourages them to avoid the police at all costs.
San Jose was listed as the city with the second highest incidence of drunk driving nationwide in a survey of 20 major metropolitan areas. The survey was conducted by Insurance.com, an online marketplace for auto insurance. The ranking was based on information submitted by users seeking car insurance. Among the factors taken into account were drunk-driving convictions and a number of other alcohol related violations.
The story of a fifteen-year-old San Jose boy who was falsely arrested by his girlfriend’s cop stepfather is receiving national attention. The boy’s parents, who have lodged a complaint against the officer, appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday to tell their side of the story. Paul and Nicole Villarruel maintained their claim that the girl’s stepfather abused his authority.
