A fire at the Eggo waffle plant on Sunday spread to a nearby building, knocking out two local radio stations: KSJX, which serves the Vietnamese community, and KZSF, which serves the Hispanic community. The SJFD claims that part of the problem was the city’s budget cuts, which led to the layoff of 49 firefighters and the elimination of a water engine from the station right across the freeway.
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The FBI attached a GPS tracking device to the car of a local student without first obtaining a warrant. Yasir Afifi found the device when he took his car in for an oil change and promptly removed it. Two days later FBI agents approached him as he left his apartment. Federal law says that the FBI is allowed to track vehicles with GPS devices in the public space.
San Jose is about to decide whether it will join the ranks of cities that tax pot too. In November, residents will weigh in on Measure U, the “Medical Marijuana Ordinance,” which taxes every stage of the medical marijuana industry, from planting to processing to wholesale and retail. Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio says, “This is the only type of tax that would pass in this environment. We tax alcohol, we tax cigarettes … this would fall into the same category.”
Driving cars has gotten a lot easier thanks to Google Maps, and now thank to the Google steering wheel and the Google gas pedal too. The search engine megasite just announced that it has been testing its new robot car, which drives, parks, and gets around traffic without the pesky interference of a driver. They’ve put the “auto” back in automobile, using GPS, video cameras, radar, and computers for a smooth driving experience, on highways and around town.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: free salsa lessons, rare Beatles recordings, the Dalai Lama, Michael Moore, downtown Campbell artwalk.
Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, and it is turning into a sort of international celebration. The Google Doodle today is a sweet animation based on Lennon’s line drawings and set to a clip of his song “Imagine.”
Steven Johnson looks at the brain as a kind of environment, an ecosystem of information and associations. He shows how in the history of good ideas, great minds have thrived in communities of intellectuals communicating openly.
Artist/Professor Enrique Chagoya’s latest work, “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals,” was vandalized at a Colorado museum because it is considered “blasphemous.” The piece tackles the sex abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church. Some claim that it depicts Jesus and several other religious figures engaged in a sex act.
San Jose will be finishing line for Stage Four of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. The city’s Chief Development Officer Peter Krupko pushed for the decision, after two years in which San Jose was the starting point of the 800-mile bike race. According to Krutko, the city prefers hosting the finish line because it garners more excitement and attracts more people.
The Adobe Animal Hospital, a new, high tech veterinary hospital in Los Altos, is testing a new cure for canine arthritis based on stem cells. The cells are injected into the arthritic joints to reduce overall inflammation. The effectiveness of the treatment is still being studied, but some results indicate that it reduces inflammation and increases joint mobility in thirty percent of cases.
