The city’s Water Pollution Control Plant’s lagoons of untreated waste foul the air for its neighbors, but the city is taking its time to deal with the problem. While it recognizes that the odor is a problem, solving it could cost $250 million. A complete renovation of the facility will cost $1 billion, which would take thirty years. Neighbors of the plant wants a solution now.
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Five reasons to look forward to the work week: discovering new planets, comedian Dat Phan, photographer Ron Herman, authors of ‘I Hate People!’, South Bay Guitar Society’s 25th anniversary gala.
The Metropolitan Education District could be cutting all of its recreational classes for adults, due to statewide budget cuts. MetroED was once one of the most successful adult education programs in the nation, serving 115,000 students annually. Because of the cuts, 100 teachers could lose their jobs and two campuses will be shut down.
The last time Franciscan manzanita was seen in nature was in 1947, in San Francisco’s Laurel Hill cemetery. The Bay Area plant, once considered extinct, was rediscovered growing on a freeway divider in October 2009. Thanks to the efforts of local biologists, it is now making a comeback, and could be reclassified as endangered.
Facebook and Twitter aren’t the only sites being blocked by the Egyptian authorities in an effort to stifle unrest. As protesters take to the streets, the government has shut down the entire internet, leaving people to search for other means to communicate their frustration with the regime.
In a move that could come as a surprise to many, the Mercury News is reporting that San Jose City Manager Debra Figone has decided to stay in-house and make Christopher Moore the permanent chief of police.
The Director of Aviation at San Jose Mineta Airport sent a memo Monday to the City Council stating that an analysis of air space and high-rise developments surrounding the airport will be postponed due to budget constraints.
They helped usher in ska’s third wave in the States. The Toasters play the Blank Club on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
It all started with a simple design. In 2009, Mike Millares created an “I Heart SJ” T-shirt, on which the heart took the shape of a shark’s mouth. He printed up 30 or so of the shirts and gave them away for free. They were so well received that he started selling them out of his backpack and eventually approached stores about carrying them. He found, however, that the cut they were offering him didn’t cover the time that he put into making them and that he could make a lot more money selling them himself; but he needed a storefront.
Jeffrey Hatcher’s plays tend to revolve around historical events, and “Compleat Female Stage Beauty,” presented by City Lights, is no exception. The main character, Edward Kynaston (Thomas Gorrebeeck), is a man who specializes in playing females roles on the stage the 17th century.
