A play opening Feb. 10 at Stanford’s Cubberley Auditorium confronts issues of reproduction science. It’s written by Carl Djerassi, known as the chemist who pioneered development of the Pill.
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We are lucky to live in such a bountiful place. Where else can you do a blind wine tasting, explore a new wine bar, take a cooking class at a farm then choose between a French and an Indian Valentines day dinner all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another Silicon Valley week. Feb. 9-16.
The Campbell Union High School District is opening five new, state-of-the-art theaters in its high schools, at a cost of $6 million each. The message being sent at a time when staff is being cut and programs are being slashed is simple: “The show must go on!”
The Finns are coming! Finnish company Nokia, the world’s largest manufacturer of cell phones, is said to be considering a move to Silicon Valley for its executive team. The process is said to be part of a larger “de-Finnistration” project underway under CEO Stephen Elop, which may include replacing over half the company’s board—the Finnish half, that is.
The Winkelvii twins and stalker Pradeep Manukonda are three of the people who want a piece of Mark Zuckerberg’s billions. While the two brothers are planning to take Zuckerberg to court in The Social Network 2.0, Manukonda, has apologized to Zuckerberg. It turns out he wanted a loan to help pay for his mother’s medical care.
Caltrain may be faced with a $30 million deficit. It may be forced to raise fares and eliminate service too, but its CEO is the highest paid of the 23 Bay Area transit operators’ CEOs. Mike Scanlon, a 44-year veteran of the railroad, earns just over $400,000 per year.
City Budget Director Jennifer Maguire will have some bad news for City Council today. When voters approved Measure K earlier this year, they had hoped that expanding gambling activity in San Jose would increase revenue to the city by at least $5 million. Now the first figures are in, and the city was off by about $4 million.
Google executive Wael Ghonim was released from prison Monday night, after holding a meeting with Egypt’s new Interior Minister Mahmoud Wagdy. He was later interviewed on Egyptian television, and said that he was treated well while in detention. According to his latest tweet, he is heading to Tahrir Square to participate in today’s protests.
Police are worried after a gun collection valued at $2 million was robbed from a Gilroy man’s home. The invaders broke into his house, tied him up, and managed to get access to the collection. They beat him up severely and took off with the guns and truck. Police are still investigating the incident, but consider the robbers armed and dangerous.
Two controversial new apps for the iPhone and iPad are making headlines. One helps you smuggle immigrants over the border. The other helps you confess to doing that. According to its creator, the confessional app is intended, “to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology,” in keeping with a recent pronouncement by the Pope about the benefits of technology. “If used wisely.”
