It will be a tense day at UC Santa Cruz, as students and faculty return to class after the long weekend. Concerns have been raised about a threat of violence, posted anonymously in a bathroom in the Social Sciences building in December. Though there was no indication of what form the violence would take, many students have announced their intentions to stay home today. The Student Union Assembly canceled a meeting and a small number of professors have canceled classes.
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It has been a busy week for Facebook, with a new privacy policy reverted, a Golden Globe apology of sorts, and a Goldman Sachs decision to sell private stocks only to European and Asian customers. The privacy policy flip-flop came after the company announced it would make home addresses and mobile phone numbers available to the developers of third-party apps.
Hundreds of riders got on the Freedom Train yesterday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s famous march. The 27th annual commemorative ride was hosted by the Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara. Participants included people of all ages, from those who remember Martin Luther King Jr. and the changes he brought to this country, to their children and grandchildren, who have grown up in a better, more equal America.
Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts announced that he is one of the finalists for the job of top cop in San Jose. Batts has been in his current position for little over a year, but in that time he has had to deal with severe budget cuts, a reduced police force, and a tepid relationship with Mayor Jean Quan. Another top contender is Acting Police Chief Chris Moore.
SJ Giant Brandon Belt heading to the bigs; Stanford women look to keep winning streak alive; Roster changes looming as Sharks return home; Now or never for San Jose State women?
Neo-hillbilly Wayne Hancock is the real deal. He brings his house-rocking honky-tonk to the Blank Club on Saturday, Jan. 22.
An apparent murder-suicide Saturday night at a Campbell shopping center brought a bloody close to a ten-year-old case that may have been mishandled by local authorities. Eighteen months after Jeanine Sanchez Harms disappeared in 2001, Metro Silicon Valley published an investigation that named Maurice Xavier Nasmeh as a likely suspect in the murder of Harms. The article quoted several sources who criticized the handling of the case by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
With money scarce and the future of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency hanging by a thread, the city has decided to sell off some of its properties to raise money for a new stadium for a transplanted Oakland A’s team. It may even have a buyer—none other than Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff. Many of the properties for sale are adjacent to the Fairmont Hotel, which Wolff also owns.
There has been a sharp increase in tagging in San Jose, and it is costing the city real money. Most of the graffiti is done by teens hoping to leave their mark on the city for posterity. What they don’t realize is that painting their expressions of creativity ends up costing the taxpayer $1.5 million a year.
A Sacramento man hacked the Facebook passwords of hundreds of women, using information he gleaned off their pages. He then used the information to find naked pictures of the women, which he mailed back to them. The problem, say experts, is that people are not careful in selecting secure passwords for the Internet.
