“it’s just not enough,” said Sam Liccardo. The city councilmember was talking about the deal that the city reached with the firefighters union, Local 230, which includes a 10 percent salary cut and some additional cuts to benefits, and the introduction of a two-tiered retirement system. Licccardo is concerned about the impact this would have on the city’s deficit, currently estimated to be about $105 million.
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Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Apple guru Guy Kawasaki, children’s author Brandon Mull, The Soundtrack of Our Lives from Sweden, Matt McBane and Build, Art’N’Soul: Still Stoked.
Winter Fest 2011 by San Jose Jazz brings the globe-trotting troubadours Acoustic Africa to the Fairmont on Sunday, Mar. 20.
Santa Clara County and the San Jose Redevelopment Agency reached an agreement on the RDA’s $63 million debt on Wednesday, ending a feud that has been simmering for the past 18 months.
Miguel Chaidez, 24, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the 2008 murder Mark Achilli outside his home.
Netflix recently rented 20,000 sq. feet of office space in Los Gatos in order to expand its presence in the town. The new space, located at 170 Knowles Drive, is adjacent to its current headquarters.
The recession continues to plague the housing market, with sales in Santa Clara County remaining flat through February, and the median price of a home just $495,000, fully 3 percent less than just a year ago.
The tongue-in-cheek play affectionately parodies the 1980 film while sending up the current fad for jukebox musicals. ‘Xanadu’ runs through May 8 at the Retro Dome.
A shooting occurred at around the lunch hour Wednesday, outside the South Bascom Avenue McDonalds. According to police and eyewitnesses, one man walked over to another man, shot him at point blank range, and took off running down the street.
Match.com crossed the cities with the highest level of education in either technical or educational fields (no, field work in Anthropology doesn’t count) to come up with the top ten cities to find nerd love. Sunnyvale came in at the top.
