Neo-hillbilly Wayne Hancock is the real deal. He brings his house-rocking honky-tonk to the Blank Club on Saturday, Jan. 22.
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An apparent murder-suicide Saturday night at a Campbell shopping center brought a bloody close to a ten-year-old case that may have been mishandled by local authorities. Eighteen months after Jeanine Sanchez Harms disappeared in 2001, Metro Silicon Valley published an investigation that named Maurice Xavier Nasmeh as a likely suspect in the murder of Harms. The article quoted several sources who criticized the handling of the case by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
With money scarce and the future of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency hanging by a thread, the city has decided to sell off some of its properties to raise money for a new stadium for a transplanted Oakland A’s team. It may even have a buyer—none other than Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff. Many of the properties for sale are adjacent to the Fairmont Hotel, which Wolff also owns.
There has been a sharp increase in tagging in San Jose, and it is costing the city real money. Most of the graffiti is done by teens hoping to leave their mark on the city for posterity. What they don’t realize is that painting their expressions of creativity ends up costing the taxpayer $1.5 million a year.
A Sacramento man hacked the Facebook passwords of hundreds of women, using information he gleaned off their pages. He then used the information to find naked pictures of the women, which he mailed back to them. The problem, say experts, is that people are not careful in selecting secure passwords for the Internet.
It has been 23 years since the band broke up, but the Smiths still have their fans. One of these fans, Janice Whaley, has been covering the Smiths’ entire catalogue on her blog and on YouTube. Seventy-one songs later, her work is a lasting tribute to one of the iconic British bands of the 1980s.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: San Jose Stage Benefit, Grease, The 39 Steps, The Zahsman Murders, Made Up Theatre Grand Opening.
A local gun-rights organization has vowed to fight legislation reintroduced at the Capitol on Friday that would make it illegal to carry unloaded weapons in public.
Here are the ten ways that you can make sure 2011 is the best year yet.
Brandon Belt, the San Francisco Giants top prospect, might just be ready to make the same leap that Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey made after just one season of moving up the minor league ranks. Belt will be with the club in spring training next month.
