This year’s San Jose Jazz Festival is more eclectic than ever.
This year’s San Jose Jazz Festival is more eclectic than ever.
Most people would never guess that Hellyer County Park, flanked by one of the busiest highways in the state and a typical suburban development, contains accommodations and hidden wilderness treasures within walking distance of the parking lot.
The 150-plus-acre park along Senter Road opposite San Jose Municipal Stadium provides a green respite for strollers and picnickers.
The annual free music series has come to define the downtown San Jose experience in the hot weather months. As work ends, the concerts provide a welcome transition from office to nightlife, with a canny mix of old favorites and new surprises in many genres.
No matter what they’ve tried, Fahrenheit has always been known as a nightspot first, and a restaurant second, but with the help of their new Executive chef, Christopher Graze, the lounge is finding a new culinary direction. Graze is introducing some real eclecticism to Fahrenheit’s Asian fusion approach, incorporating European and Middle Eastern touches that seem jarring at first but ultimately blend nicely into Fahrenheit’s style and array of tastes.
A San Jose man was shot to death late Wednesday night, and police are searching for suspects in the city’s 20th homicide of the year.
Manal al-Sharif is a hero to many women in Saudi Arabia, but she is also the scourge of many men there. She is pushing for the unthinkable—no, not granting women the vote. That would be ridiculous. She wants Saudi women to be allowed to drive cars.
The San Jose Sharks, a team that propelled the 10th biggest city in the nation through the spring yet left a legion of teal trembling in heartbreak, died on Tuesday in Vancouver. They were in the Western Conference finals.
We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you learn all about Sake by tasting it, cook an elegant lunch, learn how to grow veggies at home, taste some cheese, then enjoy port and chocolates all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another South Bay week. May 25-June 1
The narrative of freedom is being told at Stanford University this week, in the same way that it’s been told across the world for months, as journalists from countries crumbling and developing have come to Palo Alto to stay a step head of the social-media curve.