A number of loft-style developments have sprung up in recent years in San Jose’s downtown core and fashionable Santana Row, as well as along the Alameda and in Japantown, offering homebuyers a living experience akin to what one might find in San Francisco or New York City.
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Five reasons to look forward to the work week: DIY cheese; Tuesday Night Music Club redux; Pushcart-winner reads; Tegan and Sara at Streetlight (and HP).
Several local PR firms have taken up the case of PG&E, and are advising them on how to relate to the public, especially in the wake of the BP PR disaster in the Gulf. All of them are advising PG&E to be as transparent as possible as they communicate the facts with the public, and to show sincere sympathy for the victims.
The acquisition comes immediately in the wake of the purchase of 3Par for $2.35 billion, after a tense bidding war with Dell. HP will pay $43.50 a share for ArcSight, 24 percent higher than the stock’s closing price on Friday. Observers are suggesting that the recent acquisitions signal a trend in HP to expand its core operations beyond personal computers and printer ink.
Local celebrity Joey Chestnut has done it again.After losing to a petite Virginia woman in a Labor Day wing-eating contest, the man with the iron stomach won the burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair, gulping down 47 4-ounce burritos.
The explosion in San Bruno is raising serious concerns about the state of the San Jose Fire Department and how quickly off-duty firefighters would be able to respond to a similar tragedy if it happened in the city. Only one in four SJFD firefighters lives in San Jose proper, and just over one in three lives in Santa Clara County.
On a visit to the Shanghai World’s Fair, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the abandoned Naval Air Station at Moffett Field as the ideal site for the 2020 Expo. Situating the event in the heart of Silicon Valley would showcase the importance of scientific innovation and technology to the modern world, Schwarzenegger told his hosts.
With the San Bruno fire under control, the Red Cross and other agencies are stepping in to help residents pick up the pieces and try to restore some normalcy to their lives following the San Bruno fire.. There is no precise casualty count yet, and it will be late Friday before the police and fire departments can comb the area to determine the impact of the fire.
When budget cuts did away with the school bus, parents formed their own “walking school bus” to get their kids to school. About twenty kids from Bagby Elementary School walk to school together each morning, accompanied by a parent or two, and some special guests as well, including the Mayor and the Chief of Police.
Despite campaign promises of greater transparency, a panel headed by Mayor Chuck Reeds rejects two requests from local residents that the SJPD release information to them. In the case of a 911 call claimed as a false report, Vice Mayor Judy Chirco called the request for information “almost vindictive.” The SJPD argues that 911 calls are exempt from disclosure.
