Researchers in San Jose have been spending twelve years studying the behavior atoms. Using a highly refined scanning tunneling microscope he IBM team has been able to unravel how long information remains in a single atom. This, they believe, will be the key to developing even more refined ways of storing data, smaller than anything we can possibly imagine. Their size will be measured in atoms.
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The entire cast of Angels in America, Part One delivers great performances, which are all the more commendable because of the play’s great length and the fact that, as Kushner intended, most of the actors play multiple roles.
San Jose’s annual celebration of Mexican music, culture and cuisine kicks into high gear this weekend.
Even though I had never eaten at Palo Alto’s Lavanda Restaurant and Wine Bar, somehow I had an image in my mind of what it was all about: Italian food that rambles around the Mediterranean to pick up a few other culinary influences. I figured it was pretty good, but given the profusion of lackluster Italian restaurants on University Avenue, I never stopped in to see if my preconceived notions were correct. But a few weeks ago, I happened to walk by the restaurant and a flier caught my eye. “Specialties from Croatia,” the paper read. Croatia? That’s not what I expected.
You may have known it instinctively, but now you have the evidence to back it up. San Jose has the worst roads in the US, with 64 percent of the city’s roads in poor condition. The poor roads take a toll on local drivers, who end up paying $600 to $750 more on car repairs every year because of potholes, cracks, and bumps. The estimated cost of fixing the roads is over $250 million.
A federal indictment, first returned in June but unsealed only on Wednesday, names Timothy White, 40, of San Jose, as the key figure in an extensive network that transported cocaine from California to Pittsburgh, PA, for more than ten years. According to the indictment, White, who was the source of the cocaine, used a series of couriers to fly the drugs across the country, circumventing airport security along the way.
On Friday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will appear on the Oprah show to announce the establishment of a $100 million fund to improve education in America. His focus will be Newark, New Jersey, the struggling city just across and down the river from where he grew up in Manhattan. Newark Mayor Cory Booker will announce that he is attempting to find donors to match the donation, for a $200 million boost to the struggling school system.
A paper trail suggests that money from Bay 101, the San Jose card club, made its way to the campaign of City Council candidate Xavier Campos. Public records show that following the card club’s $50,000 contribution in support of a ballot measure, funds were transferred to Campos-aligned organizations that subsequently funded Campos’ bitter battle for a District 5 council seat, in apparent violation of city campaign laws.
The Medical Center in downtown San Jose has been closed since 2004. Now county officials have announced their plans to construct a new, 60,000 square foot clinic on the site, at the corner of Santa Clara and 17th streets. The new clinic will take five years to complete. The new clinic replaces plans to renovate the Mediplex Building.
The story begins with a fifteen-year-old boy who reportedly had sex with his girlfriend, and didn’t consider how his girlfriend’s stepfather might respond. The stepfather, who serves on the SJPD’s motorcycle unit, showed up at the boy’s house in full uniform, slapped the cuffs on the kid, and gave him a stern talking to, along with a threat to arrest him for sexual assault.
