Colette Phelps, a 28-year-old Los Gatos teacher, has been charged with committing “lewd and lascivious acts” against a 14- or 15-year-old student from one of the Stratford Schools in San Jose.
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After hacking the Senate website on Tuesday, the intrepid hacker group LulzSec targeted the CIA with a denial of service attack. LulzSec later tweeted, “Tango down – cia.gov – for the lulz.”
We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you taste a range of microbrews while gazing at helicopters, meet a culinary superstar, have your pick of mouthwatering father’s day dinners and tour California in a glass of wine all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another South Bay week. June 15-22.
At GreenWaste’s San Jose facility, which boasts the nation’s highest recovery rate among garbage processors, garbage is a dirty word. Three-fourths of all materials that enter the facility, via curbside bins from throughout Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, never actually go to a landfill.
The Internet radio station and online sensation Pandora has released an IPO at $16 per share, giving the company an estimated market value of $2.6 billion.
Google and solar panel development and distribution company SolarCity, believe that people’s energy choice “will help to play a major role in our economy and our environment.”
Los Gatos’ last 40 acres of undeveloped land is scheduled for private development, but the town’s Planning Commission wants to use on-line surveys to find out what people think should be done.
Our trip to California Cloverleaf Farms, just outside of Turlock, felt like our first journey into the heart of big ag country. Make no mistake, Cloverleaf is a big farm, and in the Bay Area, there’s a notion that only small farms can do right by the land and animals. But the Burroughs’ diversified farm will disabuse you of that idea right away.
“El huipil” refers to a traditional Mayan tunic, ornately decorated with embroidery that speaks to the cultural origins of the wearer. Redwood City’s El Huipil, a family-owned restaurant has a similar cultural throwback; each bite of food transports diners back to memories of warm Mexican beaches, Mayan ruins and food centered on simple, made-from-scratch ingredients.
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.1 struck this morning in Santa Clara County.
