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People often ask where I get my ideas for restaurants. The answer is everywhere—word of mouth, suggestions from friends and colleagues and simply walking into places that look intriguing. The story about how I found Tu Mero Mole, a Mexican restaurant I review in this week’s issue, is a little more involved.
Oakland’s preeminent hip-hop collective drops the beats and rhymes at the Avalon Nightclub on Friday, Jan. 28.
The Suzanne Vega Trio plays the Carriage House at the Montalvo Arts Center on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
On Tuesday, Santa Clara County officials will vote on a $6 million cut to the local Social Services Agency’s budget. The Agency’s Director Will Lightbourne calls the services being cut vital, noting that the most obvious cuts, the ones that will have the least impact on the county’s most vulnerable populations, “have been gone for a long time.”
Mayor Chuck Reed knows a thing or two about dealing with deficits, which may be why a South Bay consortium of local businesses has invited him to chime in on the CalTrain problem. Faced with a $30 million deficit, the rail line may have to cut services so that trains only operate during commuter rush hours. That would mean no midday service and no service on weekends.
Violence is on the rise in San Jose, especially gang violence. That’s why the city held a Crime and Gang Prevention Summit this Saturday. Among the solutions it offered was greater involvement by faith-based initiatives. It hopes that volunteers mobilized by the churches will turn out en masse to help people leave gangs.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Cavin and King’s Open Mic, Saint Michael Trio, Michelle Richmond, Wallpaper, Pamela Z.
There has been a murder at the Arclight Repertory Theatre. Don’t worry—it isn’t a real killing but a part of the company’s new world-premiere play, The Zahsman Murders, running now at WORKS/San Jose.
It might have meant more had the victory come in past seasons, when Gonzaga was a consistent March Madness dark horse to win national titles, but Santa Clara’s 85-71 men’s basketball victory Thursday night definitely qualifies as an upset.
