The Obon festival returns this July in San Jose’s Japantown for its 77th year.
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Every first Thursday of the month, the “After Hours” program at the Tech Museum invites adults 21 and over to come into the Museum after closing to enjoy a night of science, games and drinks.
The year was 1935. Prohibition’s attempts at stamping out alcoholism by force had failed, but two men discovered that simply sitting down and opening up to each other could help them stop drinking. The men were Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, whose story is now told in Bill W. and Dr. Bob.
The chef-owned restaurant is something of a rarity in Silicon Valley. There is a difference between a restaurant owner who hires someone to do the cooking and the restaurant owner who also leads the kitchen.
Hold the beef. Here comes the fish. Alexander’s Steakhouse, a luxury steakhouse with locations in Cupertino and San Francisco, plans to open The Sea, a high-end seafood restaurant on the site of Trader Vic’s on El Camino Real in Palo Alto.
Asia is known for strange food, and Japan is no exception. Mountain View restaurant Nami Nami has been serving a variety of chinmi-the peculiar small tastes that go with sake-which are rare in Japan and especially rare in America
Last week, the battle lines over crowdfunding were drawn at an event held at the MIT Stanford Venture Labs (VLABs). While venture capital firms and angel investors deplore some of the fundraising methods of websites like Kickstart and IndieGoGo, President Obama’s JOBS bill could be opening the door to equal-opportunity startup companies.
During the Olympic Trials in San Jose this weekend, Willow Glen High School and Stanford University alum Josh Dixon must come in sixth to secure a spot on the U.S. National men’s gymnastics team.
Courtesy of SV411.com, here’s a quick rundown of the latest technology news in Silicon Valley, including the Microsoft acquisition of Yammer, the first Tesla Model S sedans to hit the road and Twitter’s explanation for the two-hour global shutdown last week.
San Jose has some of the worst roads in the country, and the city is finally doing something about it. Construction crews are tearing up and repaving Almaden Boulevard, Third Street, Fourth Street, 10th Street and 11th Street, which are some of the worst in the city. These roads are so choppy and busy, many bicyclists risk a ticket by riding on the sidewalk.
