Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday that California will be joining Maryland and Illinois as the third state to ban employers and universities from demanding social media login passwords. The bill originated out of the office of Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose).
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Wisa Uemura took over as Executive Director of San Jose Taiko last year after performing for over 14 years. Growing up in the rural area of Kula, Maui, Hawaii, Uemura had seen taiko before, but first started playing in 1993 during her first year at Stanford University.
Beautiful weather, a diverse population and a reputation as the hub of technology, San Jose is a great place to live. It’s also home to the nation’s most prosperous.
Sacramento hosts “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy” on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Power Balance Pavilion. Featured on the card are two San Jose fighters, Josh “The Punk” Thomson and Mike “MAK” Kyle.
Gotham City and all of its crime and debauchery is coming to the HP Pavilion starting Sept 20 for DC Comic’s first live action arena show, Batman Live. The two-hour show showcases the most popular villains and storylines in an action-packed event created for the whole family.
The fact that Chapul Bars have crickets in them is not nearly as exciting, or alarming, as it may sound. There are no visual signs of the insects, and the amount of cricket flour used is so small that the flavor of the other ingredients overpowers their distinct nutty, earthy taste. It’s almost as if they’re not there, which was a deliberate decision on the part of co-founders Pat Crowley, a resident of Salt Lake City, and Dan O’Neill, a California native whose day job is at Intuit in Mountain View.
The Color Me Rad 5K adds some color to the San Jose running scene September 1. Participants in the fun run, inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, wear white clothing while bombarding friends and other runners with colored dust.
The cable channel NuVo TV is taking MMA fans on an inside look with its reality show “Fight Factory.” The show takes viewers inside the doors of San Jose-based American Kickboxing Academy and Josh Koscheck’s “Dethrone Base Camp” in Fresno.
Pedestrians and drivers may have noticed significant changes to downtown roads with new bike lanes added on 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th street.
Good Karma Bikes is reaching out to the homeless community by providing people not only with bicycles but also the tools and skills to fix them and apply those skills for future job opportunities.
