RvB highlights a restored 35mm screening of ‘Nosferatu’ and the ‘Day of the Writer’ forums. Plus, the Smith Brothers in conversation with Candice Reisser, director of ‘Protect the Nation.’
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt may be tapped by the Obama administration to replace Gary Locke as the next Commerce Secretary. Another possible candidate is former Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler. If this is, in fact, the decision, it pits representatives of two of the country’s largest industries for the coveted cabinet position: high tech and pharmaceuticals.
Mayor Chuck Reed has suggested auctioning off licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries on eBay. According to Reed, putting the licenses up on eBay would help the city determine the real market value, while bringing some money into the city’s coffers. What Reed failed to note was eBay’s policy toward the sale of drug paraphernalia.
A tsunami warning has been issued for most of the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada, following the disastrous 8.9 earthquake in Japan earlier this morning. In the South Bay, a warning has been issued for the Santa Cruz County community of Davenport, with an ETA of 7:39. Early this morning it launched special versions of its People Finder program to help find people affected by the 8.9 magnitude quake.
RvB talks about his best bets for today, including ‘Push: Madison vs Madison’ by Rudy Hypolite, ‘Living in Seduced Circumstances’ by Ian Gamazon and ‘Sodankyla Forever’ by Peter von Bagh.
City Councilmember Nancy Pyle had a chance to get parents’ perspectives on a proposed city ordinance that would hold them accountable for the consequences of underage drinking parties they enabled. While the ordinance has yet to be written, supporters envision fining parents for the cost of emergency services incurred in DUIs involving teens who drank under their auspices.
City officials want to reduce the number of medical marijuana dispensaries active in the city. According to current estimations, there are 110 dispensaries doing business in the city, but the vast majority of these are not licensed. Mayor Chuck Reed and several members of City Council want to bring that number down to just ten.
A coalition of foundations and environmental groups are hoping to rein in development throughout the South Bay and protect the region’s natural beauty. The group, known as the Living Landscape Initiative, is not opposed to the high tech boom that fuels the growth of Silicon Valley. What they want is to maintain the balance, between housing and farmland, start-ups and forests.
Forget about fasting. Forget about meat. Foregoing Facebook is the new religious rage this Lent. Throughout California, churches are reporting that more and more parishioners are giving up Facebook during these forty days of sacrifice.
We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you take a cocktail mixing class, learn how to bake challah, how to taste wine just like an expert and eat some fresh, raw oysters all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another South Bay week. Mar. 9-16.
