Luck outshines Locker in Stanford’s blowout win; Sharks find groove at the Tank; Earthquakes lose playoff opener; Aggies stun Spartans with late touchdown; Press scores twice as Stanford tops Cal.
Luck outshines Locker in Stanford’s blowout win; Sharks find groove at the Tank; Earthquakes lose playoff opener; Aggies stun Spartans with late touchdown; Press scores twice as Stanford tops Cal.
San Jose city officials have worked out a way to renovate the McEnery Convention Center without taking money from the RDA or the city. They plan to use the 14 percent hotel surcharge tax collateral for expansion bonds, which will be issued as early as late December. Hotel managers welcome the decision.
Students at San Jose State University and other CSU schools may find themselves paying more tuition this spring semester. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed has proposed a 5 percent hike for the coming semester, followed by a 10 percent tuition hike this fall. If approved the hike, it will be the fourth time that tuition has gone up in the CSU system since 2007.
William Lynch walked into the Sacred Heart Retirement Home in Los Gatos on Friday and beat up Father Jerold Lindner, a priest that Lynch says says abused him and his brother 35 years earlier. Lynch and his brother pressed charges against Lindner in 1998, but settled out of court for a payment of $625,000 from the Jesuits of California Province.
Logitech has teamed up with the social networking program Neighborhood Central to provide neighborhood watch groups with fifty surveillance cameras. According to Logitech’s Eric Kintz, ““It’s HD quality so you can see license plates, recognize faces, and its motion sensitive so that you can record what matters to you.”
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Harold McGee, Miss Arely, Anthony Bourdain, ArtRage, Zero Hour.
Blind tasting challenge at Artisan Wine Depot; Summit to Sea and Psycho Donuts Tasting Event; Winemaker Dinner at Cin Cin; Winemaker dinner at California Cafe in Palo Alto; Anthony Bourdain at Sur la Table; British pub crawl.
It’s no secret the real estate market is still depressed, especially when compared to Silicon Valley’s boom years. Those looking to capitalize on the down market will find many foreclosures available—there are more than 300 foreclosed properties listed in San Jose alone, and hundreds more throughout the valley.
Wine Enthusiast magazine named J. Lohr Vineyards the finest American winery of the year. The tribute recognized the vineyard for its wines as well as its contributions to women’s health and for going green.
The San Jose City Council voted 4-7 to postpone the payment of bonus checks to retirees for eight months.: The current pension system is $2 billion in the hole and unsustainable as is, warned City Auditor Sharon Erickson. Mayor Chuck Reed agreed, warning that if the city does not do something about pension costs, it will run out of money in 17 years.