Back in 2007, the 75 families of the South Valley Islamic Community received a permit to build a mosque on 15 acres of land in San Martin. Then the donations dried up because of the down economy. Now the community is trying to reinvigorate the project and hopes to have a new mosque in place within a year.
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It’s easy to talk about the awesome power of Waters’ fully operational stage show, but underneath the spectacle of what is certainly the most epic rock concert I’ve ever seen, there was a feeling of liberation radiating from the man at the center of it, which gave the music’s themes of escape from misery and hatred a new power.
Now in its regional premiere at San Jose Rep, “Backwards in High Heels” charts screen legend Ginger Rogers rise to stardom, from her girlhood victory at a Charleston contest through her time on Broadway and her appearances opposite Fred Astaire.
Gingerbread house making at Quattro restaurant, Dec. 11 and 18; Meet Rachel Ray at Santana Row, Dec. 11; Grow your own mushrooms with Veggielution at Emma Prushch Park, Dec. 1; Sur La table Cooking class, Dec. 13; Poultry 101 at Love Apple Farm, Dec. 14; Santana Row Holiday for Second Harvest, Dec. 14. 21 and 28
NASA Ames Airfield will soon be home to the world’s largest blimp, the 235-foot-long, 65-feet-in-diameter Bullet Class 580, manufactured by E-Green Technologies.The ultra-modern blimp has more room for helium in its compartments, making it able to reach altitudes of 22,000 feet, far more than the standard blimps, which rise to 4,000-5,000 feet.
San Jose took another step forward toward annexing Cambrian 36 on Tuesday. City Council voted unanimously to move ahead with the planned annexation, it agreed to postpone the matter for six months so that it can review an alternative offer made by Campbell to the city. The offer would likely include the exchange of lands between San Jose and Campbell, though Vice Mayor Judy Chirco says that any deal would be “revenue neutral” to San Jose.
Mark Zuckerberg was one of seventeen superrich individuals to sign on to the Giving Pledge, a campaign launched by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to get the very wealthy to pledge to give at least half of their wealth to charity. Also representing Facebook by signing the Pledge was Dustin Moskovitz, his Harvard roommate and Facebook cofounder.
A Continental Airlines flight from Mineta to Houston was diverted to Albuquerque because of a disruptive passenger, who threatened to commit suicide. Aviation police removed the passenger from the plane, and the FBI conducted interviews of the passengers to get a clearer picture of what happened in the air.
The holidays are still the time when only an old-fashioned solid chunk of the bookmaker’s art will suffice. Now is the season to seek out beautiful coffee-table extravagances and weighty tomes worth both displaying and reading.
The percentage of high school dropouts is inching up in Santa Clara County, and in 2009 stood at one out of every six students. The figures are making it hard to compete with up and coming educational powerhouses, like Shanghai, China.
