A federal indictment, first returned in June but unsealed only on Wednesday, names Timothy White, 40, of San Jose, as the key figure in an extensive network that transported cocaine from California to Pittsburgh, PA, for more than ten years. According to the indictment, White, who was the source of the cocaine, used a series of couriers to fly the drugs across the country, circumventing airport security along the way.
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On Friday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will appear on the Oprah show to announce the establishment of a $100 million fund to improve education in America. His focus will be Newark, New Jersey, the struggling city just across and down the river from where he grew up in Manhattan. Newark Mayor Cory Booker will announce that he is attempting to find donors to match the donation, for a $200 million boost to the struggling school system.
A paper trail suggests that money from Bay 101, the San Jose card club, made its way to the campaign of City Council candidate Xavier Campos. Public records show that following the card club’s $50,000 contribution in support of a ballot measure, funds were transferred to Campos-aligned organizations that subsequently funded Campos’ bitter battle for a District 5 council seat, in apparent violation of city campaign laws.
The Medical Center in downtown San Jose has been closed since 2004. Now county officials have announced their plans to construct a new, 60,000 square foot clinic on the site, at the corner of Santa Clara and 17th streets. The new clinic will take five years to complete. The new clinic replaces plans to renovate the Mediplex Building.
The story begins with a fifteen-year-old boy who reportedly had sex with his girlfriend, and didn’t consider how his girlfriend’s stepfather might respond. The stepfather, who serves on the SJPD’s motorcycle unit, showed up at the boy’s house in full uniform, slapped the cuffs on the kid, and gave him a stern talking to, along with a threat to arrest him for sexual assault.
White Trash Gothic is perhaps the best label to stick on Killer Joe, a black comedy now being staged by Renegade Theatre Experiment. Written by Tracy Letts about 15 years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for August: Osage County, the play concerns the Smiths, a clan of Texan riffraff who decide to kill their family matriarch for her insurance money.
The San Jose Redevelopment Agency, once one of the largest in the state, is about to lay off twelve of the 78 employees it has left. Executive Director Harry Mavrogenes warns that more layoffs are down the road this coming year, and the Agency may be forced to let half of its remaining staff go. The drop in available fundscould also impact major projects under the RDA’s auspices, including the proposed baseball stadium and the Convention Center renovation.
The Palo Alto City Council unanimously voted no confidence in the proposed high speed rail link between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and called on the state and federal government to stop funding the $43 billion project. At the meeting, City Council also called on the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to refuse to accept any aerial lines in cities in the peninsula that oppose them.
City Council will once again take up the proposed move by the Oakland A’s to San Jose today and express its support for team owner Lew Wolff’s efforts on behalf of the move. Unlike other meetings about the move, however, this one is geared more for public consumption. Also on the table will be the eight “negotiating principles” for the new stadium, including no new taxes for its construction.
PG&E has released its list of top 100 gas pipeline trouble spots, including two in San Jose and a total of eleven in Silicon Valley. A second list, also released yesterday, consists of 100 additional segments that are being monitored for problems. Representatives from San Jose will be meeting with PG&E this Thursday to discuss further steps to protect residents from potential hazards.
