On Thursday, KIPP Heartwood Academy of East San Jose was recognized by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as one of just 21 California schools that have shown a dramatic growth in achievements among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award for progress made by its students since 2005, particularly in the core subjects of English and mathematics.
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La Costa del Sol specializes in Salvadoran food, but to cover their bets they’ve also got the full lineup of tacos, burritos and enchiladas. But it’s the Salvadoran food that stands out here. Salvadoran food isn’t like Mexican food at all. It’s not spicy and is rather simple and straightforward where Mexican food can be quite complex. This is Central American soul food—pan-fried steak and chicken with lots of onion, hearty meat and vegetable soups, fried pork and yucca and, of course, pupusas.
After attending Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, Adrienne Garcia was on her way to becoming a pastry chef. After a stint at Manresa in Los Gatos, she went back and forth from the savory side to the pastry side, eventually arrived at Menlo Park’s Marché. Along with executive chef Guillaume Bienaime, she creates highly seasonal menus that play with flavors and familiar concepts and presents them in new ways with delicious results.
Michael Sandoval, the older brother of the San Francisco Giants star third baseman Pablo, racking up hits for the San Jose Giants.Sandoval was 17 when he began his minor league career in 1999 for the Minnesota Twins organization.
In an age of musicals centered on pop groups or based on Disney films, nothing could be more refreshing than a play that aspires to something greater, as Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s new play produced by TheatreWorks.
It seems bizarre that one of the most brutal acts of civic violence in American history took place in pastoral San Jose, a small town that had escaped the ravages of the Depression and was enjoying a period of peaceful affluence. But John D. Murphy, author of a book and movie about the 1933 lynching in St. James Park, says that bucolic serenity is part of what triggered the notorious event.
Los Gatos jewelry maker Angela Keller says that being diagnosed with breast cancer put a whole different spin on her creative process.
Keller is a Bay Area regular on the art and wine festival circuit who has been manufacturing Venetian and Italian glass bead jewelry under the name Dolce Beada for years. But it wasn’t until she came down with cancer in 2009 that she really understood the true value of her work, Keller says.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Shanghai this week, hoping to drum up some business for California. Sure, all the jobs and innovations are moving West to the Far East, but he wants to reverse that trend and have Silicon Valley host the 2020 World Expo. To win it though, means Silicon Valley will be competing with Houston, New York, and even Los Angeles.
Google has been rolling out its latest feature, Google Instant, to some pretty hilarious results. The new feature guesses what you are probably searching for, based on some top secret algorithm that God himself couldn’t figure out, but one can only assume has to do with the popularity of searches. Justin Bieber fans, beware.
Despite venue closures and occasional noise complaints, Andrew Moyco a.k.a. Audio Dru has been keeping San Jose on the underground hip-hop and dubstep map for the past four years. After shuffling between clubs, his two regular live shows are back at their original home at Johnny V’s. “The Cypher,” now the longest-running underground hip-hop open mic in San Jose, is held every Wednesday night.
