The Winkelvii twins and stalker Pradeep Manukonda are three of the people who want a piece of Mark Zuckerberg’s billions. While the two brothers are planning to take Zuckerberg to court in The Social Network 2.0, Manukonda, has apologized to Zuckerberg. It turns out he wanted a loan to help pay for his mother’s medical care.
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Caltrain may be faced with a $30 million deficit. It may be forced to raise fares and eliminate service too, but its CEO is the highest paid of the 23 Bay Area transit operators’ CEOs. Mike Scanlon, a 44-year veteran of the railroad, earns just over $400,000 per year.
City Budget Director Jennifer Maguire will have some bad news for City Council today. When voters approved Measure K earlier this year, they had hoped that expanding gambling activity in San Jose would increase revenue to the city by at least $5 million. Now the first figures are in, and the city was off by about $4 million.
Police are worried after a gun collection valued at $2 million was robbed from a Gilroy man’s home. The invaders broke into his house, tied him up, and managed to get access to the collection. They beat him up severely and took off with the guns and truck. Police are still investigating the incident, but consider the robbers armed and dangerous.
It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then a local kid accomplishes his dreams and reaches the pinnacle of his profession. For James Jones, a Gunderson High and San Jose State graduate, that moment came Sunday in Arlington, Texas. Jones, a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, had five catches for 50 yards in a 31-25 Super Bowl XLV victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
While it would seem college hockey players and beer would be a match made in Labatt Blue Heaven, San Jose State’s club hockey team is in crisis mode. The entire team was suspended from play this past week following accusations of student-athletes drinking during or after team events as well as possible hazing.
Sure, unemployment is still high, but if you already have a job, there’s no better place to have it than in San Jose. CareerBliss.com ranked 50 American cities, based on eight “happiness factors.” San Jose came out on top in each category. Now all San Jose needs is more jobs.
Three local companies have received a total of $6 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop technologies that would reduce the cost of solar energy production by as much as 75 percent by 2020.
Michael Moore continues to sport his Spartans cap on national television interviews since receiving the hat along with the prestigious John Steinbeck Award and a warm San Jose reception last October.
In just another example of how much it seems everyone wants to work for Google, a report came out Friday that the company received an astounding 75,000 job applications in just one week.
