Some sixty medical marijuana activists and supporters took up their complaints with City Council on Tuesday night. They spoke out about recent police raids and the atmosphere of fear surrounding medical marijuana dispensaries. The Mayor was sympathetic to their cause, but said that the raids were conducted by the county and outside his jurisdiction.
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Alfredo Rodriguez blends Beethoven and Bach with Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk. Quincy Jones’ new Cuban jazz protege performs at the Montalvo Arts Center on Sunday Nov. 14.
Renegade Theatre Experiment’s production of “All This Intimacy” by Rajiv Joseph emerges as an enjoyable tragicomedy as well as a necessary story, reminding us that we all have the capacity to commit very big, life-altering blunders.
Saratoga’s Plumed Horse restaurant hosts an elegant four-course winemaker dinner with J Vineyards’ George Bursick Nov. 10. Jessica Theroux film screening and book signing at Villa Montalvo Nov. 12.
Earthquakes advance to MLS semifinals; Sharks shut out twice; Luck leads Stanford’s blowout; Stanford women’s soccer goes undefeated in Pac-10; SJSU freshman stars in exhibition win
On Saturday, Sacred Heart Community Services began registering families to receive food and gifts for the holiday. Thousands of people lined up, so many, in fact, that Poncho Guevara, executive director of Sacred Heart Community Services, says that it is the most that he has ever seen—an estimated 6,000 people.
The City Council is expected to expedite the construction of four new rental housing projects in North San Jose, valued at about $1 billion. The projects are expected to add 8,800 new jobs to the local construction industry. In order to ease the projects’ construction, the Council voted unanimously to lift the current affordable housing requirements in redevelopment zones, which, they claim, have prevented a number of potential projects from moving forward.
The SJPD has arrested five men for allegedly kidnapping a local businessman and demanding $1 million in ransom from his family. The victim, described as a local food business owner, was released from a home in the 1100 block of Fargate Circle and taken to the hospital, where he was treated for injuries resulting from the incident.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Lewis Buzbee, Sankai Juku, Moreno Gistain Piano Duo, CTRL+ALT+DEL, Oversocial Mofo Revue.
In “Love Life,” German director Maria Schrader recounts the affair of Ya’ara (Neta Garty, the Natalie Portman type) and an older, silver-haired gentleman named Arie (Rade Serbedzija).
