“The Social Network” topped the box office charts with 2.3 million viewers in its opening weekend, and revenues of $23 million. The film is expected to gross as much as $100 million. Prior to its release, Zuckerberg’s biggest media success was during a cameo appearance on the Simpsons. “The Social Network” depicts Zuckerberg’s turbulent Harvard days. On “The Simpsons” he advises Nelson to drop out of school and “get the best kind of degree—honorary, baby!”
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For kids, it’s like Christmas vacation came early. For teachers, it’s a salary cut. For parents, it raises that nagging question, “Who is going to watch over the kids when there is no school?” Starting today, schools across the San Jose Unified School District will be closed for the entire week for an across-the-board furlough, in lieu of teacher layoffs.
The smell of diesel fuel wafted along South Almaden Boulevard on Saturday, as firefighters and others struggled to stop the liquid from flowing from a rooftop tank. It was a race against the clock. At 8am on Sunday morning, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon was scheduled to take to the street—that street. Clean-up crews spent twelve hours trying to stop the flow and clean up the mess.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: pumpkin shopping, Angry Orts, Vicious Rumors with Bomb & Scary, Joe Sib and Richie Panic, Berta Rojas.
Speaking at a luncheon in San Jose, Roelof van Ark, CEO of the High Speed Rail Authority, said that the bullet train linking LA and San Francisco (with the obligatory stop in San Jose) will be built. The $42 billion projectfaces opposition from many local leaders, who are wary of the impact it will have on their municipalitiesVan Ark admitted that the Authority has communicated poorly with them, and vowed to improve on that in the coming months.
Grape-growers in Santa Clara County are facing a new pest this season—Lobesia botrana, the European grapevine moth. They are believed to infect a 94-square mile area in Santa Clara County, and agricultural officials are taking drastic measures to ensure that they do not spread. Pest control agents are removing all the grapes from backyard vineyards in the affected areas.
Two armed men walked into the Dispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary in San Jose, tied up the employees, and made off with an undisclosed amount of marijuana and cash. The incident occurred shortly before noon on Wednesday. There were no patrons on site at the time, and the two employees did not see where the robbers fled, or if they fled by car or on foot.
FabMo’s monthly distribution events have become a mecca for eco-conscious Silicon Valley artists, teachers, quilters and crafters looking for free premium materials. The all-volunteer, nonprofit organization has found use for tons of high-quality samples that would otherwise have been thrown away.
The Shack Shakers’ music is wedged securely between punk blues, psychobilly, alt-country and swamp rock. They’re rocking the Blank Club on Oct. 15 with Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Canaries and the Shitkickers.
Bounded by Taylor Street to the north and Empire to the south, First Street to the west and 10th to the east, San Jose’s Japantown is a fairly compact, walkable neighborhood. The area’s little “downtown” runs along Jackson Street and features professional services and retail shops, including a dozen-plus restaurants—from Mexican and Korean to Chinese and Hawaiian and, of course, Japanese—and a recently opened dog boutique.
