BART riders may be able to take the train all the way to Berryessa by as early as 2018, thanks to a Federal Transit Administration recommendation that the project receive $130 million in federal funds. Celebrations may be premature, however, with Republicans in Congress are already targeting the President’s plans to expand public transportation throughout the country.
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Without concessions from the city’s unions, San Jose may be forced to lay off 20 percent of its employees to cover a $110 budget deficit. The layoffs could include over 300 police officers, a first for the city, which is already struggling with a spike in violent crime. Mayor Chuck Reed sees retirement benefits as a key part of the problem. They will cost the city $61 million this year.
Apple’s market cap is now $100 billion more than Microsoft’s, and Google and IBM are catching up too. Could the days of Microsoft’s dominance of the tech world be coming to an end? The race to the top could leave Microsoft in the dust, or rather, in the not so coveted fourth place of U.S. tech companies..
Of all the days for heartbreaking news, one would hope Valentine’s Day would be set aside out of respect. Unfortunately for Richard Brooks, his black truck was stolen Monday morning while he was working out at Gold’s Gym on Monterey Road. Inside the GMC Yukon was his 14-year-old pug, Jessica. (In dog years, she is roughly 100.) The truck and pug have not been found yet.
Gumby, Santa and a panda joined adults in PJs and even a tutu for the city’s first annual pillow fight. Never to be outdone by San Francisco, the good people of San Jose decided that the Bay Area’s largest city would host its own Slumber Party to compete with San Francisco’s Annual Great American Slumber Party. And so a tradition was born.
Every silver lining has a cloud, they say. While the city really wants a $14.9 million FEMA grant to rehire laid off firefighters, accepting it means they can’t lay them off again for two years. The only way to avoid this would be for the firefighters to accept a 10 percent salary cut, and refusing to accept that cut led to the layoffs in the first place.
The neighborhood stretching diagonally from the center of downtown San Jose to Backesto Park—a section of the 95112 Zip—features some choice old apartment houses scattered among single-family units. Most of these are two- and three-stories, and some have received recent renovations. Among these older landmarks are a number of newer complexes—some of which bring a nice contemporary style to the neighborhood.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: comedian John Witherspoon, the story of stuff, the Electric Voice, the De Anza Daddios, soul sisters Andy Allo and Mara Hruby.
Pagoda Lounge in San Jose hosts two rising stars of the new breed of soul music. Andy Allo and Mara Hruby play Friday, Feb. 18.
On Thursday, the California Geological Survey put up a map of active earthquake fault zones. Looking at the map, you’d be hard-pressed to find a spot in the Bay Area that isn’t in or near such an area.
