A satirical farce targeting sex and the social awkwardness that often accompanies it, “First Day of School” is a play that does indeed “bring sexy back,” the stated goal of City Lights Theater Company for its new season.
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Michael Moore is set to receive the John Steinbeck Award, which is given to those who prove their worth as “planetary patriots” as Steinbeck’s son Thomas put it and has previously been given to Garrison Keillor, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Studs Terkel.
San Jose was listed as the city with the second highest incidence of drunk driving nationwide in a survey of 20 major metropolitan areas. The survey was conducted by Insurance.com, an online marketplace for auto insurance. The ranking was based on information submitted by users seeking car insurance. Among the factors taken into account were drunk-driving convictions and a number of other alcohol related violations.
Professor Carlos D. Bustamante, a professor of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, is one of just twenty-three recipients nationwide of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award.” Bustamante is a population biologist who mines DNA sequence data for insights into the dynamics and migration of populations and the mechanisms of evolution and natural selection. He will receive $500,000, paid quarterly over the course of five years.
The story of a fifteen-year-old San Jose boy who was falsely arrested by his girlfriend’s cop stepfather is receiving national attention. The boy’s parents, who have lodged a complaint against the officer, appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday to tell their side of the story. Paul and Nicole Villarruel maintained their claim that the girl’s stepfather abused his authority.
Weekly summary of scores and more from throughout the Valley: Cardinal football team ranked in Top 10; Wondolowski scores a hat trick to push Earthquakes past Toronto; Christen Press breaks the Stanford soccer team’s career scoring record; Utes crush Spartans in Salt Lake City.
San Jose’s young jazz saxophonist Oscar Pangilinan is continuing the tradition of jazz jams at the Hedley Club Lounge after long-time friend Hristo Vitchev recently passed the torch.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: an animation festival, bluegrass and BBQ, reasons to be pretty, a romantic symphony, and South First Fridays.
Companies across Silicon Valley have been taking advantage of an Energy Department grant program that refunds up to 30 percent of the cost of transitioning to greater energy efficiency. The funding has helped companies acquire pricey solar panels, wind turbines, and Bloom boxes to generate energy. The grant is set to expire this year.
President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines stopped by Silicon Valley on his way home from the United Nations Summit in New York. While here, he addressed a gathering of Filipino Americans with the Philippine Development Forum at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. The event was sponsored by the Ayala Foundation. Aquino also met with local business leaders and toured HP headquarters in Palo Alto.
