The soulful singer-songwriter comes home to the Bay Area to perform and record her sophomore album after three years of life on the road. She performs with Rodney Branigan this Thursday.
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At its meeting today, City Council will decide how the proposed high speed rail line will enter the city and make its way to Diridon station—on an elevated track, 60 feet above the city, or through a tunnel deep below it. An elevated track would be noisier and a potential eyesore. A tunnel would be more expensive and take longer to build.
Three weeks before the San Bruno disaster, long-time PG&E employee Mike Wiseman had filed suit against the company for its alleged disregard of safety violations. The outcome of his lawsuit could have a major impact into any investigation of what actually happened in San Bruno.
Despite all the budget cuts, despite all the layoffs, California’s schools are getting better, and Santa Clara is at the top of the pack. Three local elementary schools—Faria Elementary in Cupertino, Murdock-Portal Elementary in San Jose, and Millikin Elementary in Santa Clara—were named the highest scoring schools in the state, based on the Academic Performance Index test results.
There was no luck involved in Stanford’s 35-0 thrashing of UCLA. Okay, besides Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck, who threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns. The win was Stanford’s first at the Rose Bowl since 1996. Next up for the Cardinal is Wake Forest. Stanford (2-0) will look to exact revenge on the Demon Deacons, who scored with two seconds left capping a come-from-behind 24-17 victory to beat the Cardinal last season.
A number of loft-style developments have sprung up in recent years in San Jose’s downtown core and fashionable Santana Row, as well as along the Alameda and in Japantown, offering homebuyers a living experience akin to what one might find in San Francisco or New York City.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: DIY cheese; Tuesday Night Music Club redux; Pushcart-winner reads; Tegan and Sara at Streetlight (and HP).
Several local PR firms have taken up the case of PG&E, and are advising them on how to relate to the public, especially in the wake of the BP PR disaster in the Gulf. All of them are advising PG&E to be as transparent as possible as they communicate the facts with the public, and to show sincere sympathy for the victims.
The acquisition comes immediately in the wake of the purchase of 3Par for $2.35 billion, after a tense bidding war with Dell. HP will pay $43.50 a share for ArcSight, 24 percent higher than the stock’s closing price on Friday. Observers are suggesting that the recent acquisitions signal a trend in HP to expand its core operations beyond personal computers and printer ink.
Local celebrity Joey Chestnut has done it again.After losing to a petite Virginia woman in a Labor Day wing-eating contest, the man with the iron stomach won the burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair, gulping down 47 4-ounce burritos.
