The latest technology news in Silicon Valley includes Apple’s servers going down, the federal government searching for a WikiLeaks hacker’s email, and Facebook and Walmart joininh forces to take over the world.
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TAKING A RIDE with the San Jose Bike Party is a test in courage and sobriety for some. Pitfalls lie at every turn—a sloshed cyclist, the inconspicuous nail cloaked in the shadow of night, the littered can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. But for all the dangers present in the monthly bike orgy, none of these come close to the hazards seen in the annual Race Across America (RAAM).
Nate Roybal is part of the 99 percent. A 24-year-old salesman for a Mountain View telecommunications company, Roybal has unpaid student loans for a degree he never completed. His income keeps him just above the poverty line but doesn’t allow him to pay his bills. For nearly two weeks, Roybal has spent his days working a full shift before driving his car to San Jose to sleep in a tent.
Trendy food trucks roll across Silicon Valley in ever-greater numbers, hawking everything from Korean tacos to Cajun cuisine. But now there’s an effort afoot to bring a new kind of mobile food to the South Bay that aims to offer more than good things to eat.
Since the San Jose Sharks made their debut in San Jose in 1993-94 season, downtown San Jose and the area surrounding the “Shark Tank” is filled with activity as fans in teal and black arrive to cheer on their team.
If variety is the spice of life, San Jose’s Mexican food is spicy indeed. Mexico City street food? Oaxacan food? Michoacan specialties? San Jose serves up a wide range of Mexican food.
The latest technology news in Silicon Valley includes some surprising sales numbers for the latest version of the iPhone, a movie deal for the biography of the late Steve Jobs and an admission of stupidity by Netflix.
A violent three-day period in San Jose has left three people dead, one of whom was killed in a police officer-involved shooting Monday morning.
Reports indicate a significant struggle between a San Jose police officer and a suspect led to a gun being discharged several times Friday morning, sending the officer and suspect to the hospital.
Police are now investigating the death of a previously missing woman as a homicide, after her body was found in unincorporated San Jose.
