The raid on San Jose Patients Group was one of a number of “smash and grab” raids on local pot dispensaries that occurred last Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 and 4, just days after San Jose voters overwhelmingly approved Measure U, a medical marijuana tax.
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In the male-dominated world of streetwear fashion labels, it’s hard for a chick to cut a break.
But that’s exactly what East Side San Jose–based fashion designer Joyous Ladi is endeavoring to do with Girls Night Out Society (GNOS), her innovative new streetwear line.
Designed just with fly ladies in mind, Ladi’s ironic, irreverently funny screen-print girl-fit T-shirts have only been on the market for a few months. Nonetheless, GNOS is already generating some serious Internet buzz.
Adrian Oliver, arguably the Western Athletic Conference’s best player, was humbled by being forced to sit out a year for transferring to SJSU to be closer to his family. Since, Oliver has found a niche as the Spartans best player while being the glue that brings his family together.
Work on the 50,000-square-foot project is well under way, and completion is set for next spring. The marketplace will house about 30 vendors including a produce market, meat and fish market, wine bars, demonstration kitchen, restaurants, a barbershop, live music and a 25,000-square-foot public square.
OPENING a restaurant is an act of faith. The hours are grueling, the financial reward small and the failure rate extremely high. Opening a restaurant in an out-of-the-way location in a town that is not known for its food culture and that requires potential patrons to step out of their culinary comfort zone is plain insane.
Yet that is exactly what chef Royce Mori did, and his Red Crane restaurant is quickly coming up on its third anniversary.
Salvatore Calisi, former executive chef at Los Gatos’ excellent Dio Deka, has taken over the kitchen at San Jose’s Ristorante Fratello, a 10-year-old neighborhood Italian restaurant. He ditched every dish on the menu to create a totally new lineup. He also has plans to open a higher-profile Italian restaurant of his own in Los Gatos. Suddenly, it seems, Silicon Valley’s Italian food scene just got a whole lot better.
Based on the 1950 film noir classic starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden, Sunset Boulevard tells the story of Joe Gillis, a struggling Hollywood script writer who happens upon a crumbling mansion while fleeing some repo men.
City Council voted against the sale of the municipal water system to the San Jose Water Company. It wants the voters to approve the transfer of 10 percent of the water company’s revenues to the cash-strapped general fund to help counter a looming deficit.
Sixteen suspected gang members were arrested early Tuesday morning in a police sweep targeting a Bay Area gang. The raids occurred in 22 locations throughout the Bay Area, including San Jose, and resulted in the confiscation of over a ton of marijuana, ecstasy, firearms, and about $100,000 in cash.
In an email to Google’s employees, Eric Schmidt announced that the company has decided to give all of its employees a 10 percent raise and a $1,000 bonus, effective January 1. Schmidt explained the decision as a reward to “the best employees in the world.” Outsiders wonder whether it is an attempt to counter a growing brain drain at the company.
