Saturday was moving day for the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and over a dozen volunteers came to help out with the move. They hauled the desks and cabinets—and lots of paperwork and office supplies too—3.5 miles to the United Way Building in San Jose, all by the power of their own two pedals.
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At the National Buffalo Wing Festival held in, of all places, Buffalo, Chestnut certainly impressed the crowd by gobbling down 169 wings. But denizens of chicken coops everywhere beware. Sonya Thomas, 43, managed to take down 181 and win the coveted crown of feathers.
When one thinks of combining tribal tattoos and clothing, what usually springs to mind are roided-out MMA fighters in Tapout tops or L.A.-trash brands like Ed Hardy.
But Cukui Clothing Company, the latest addition to San Jose’s Japantown, takes a whole different spin on merging body-art-inspired designs and garments. Skulls, cherries, fleurs-de-lis and flash art this is not—Cukui takes its original tattoo designs seriously.
A statue of one of the Wilis in the ballet Giselle has stood in the courtyard of the Montgomery Theater since it was first commissioned in 1979. Now that the city has decided to relocate it to the San Jose Center for Performing Arts in time for an autumn performance of Giselle, the statue has disappeared.
County Assessor Larry Stone has estimated that thousands of properties will be reassessed for far less than they are currently listed, meaning less revenue for the county and city. EBay’s property alone, once valued at over $220 million, is now worth just is now valued at just $131.5 million.
B-R-E Properties has bought half of what was once the Town and Country shopping center in downtown Sunnyvale, and hopes to convert it into a housing and retail complex. The property, which has already changed hands several times this year, sold for $19 million.
An independent, five-month audit of PG&E’s smart meters, released on Thursday, found that it is not the smart meter that’s the problem, but the customer service people receive when they submit their complaints. The study was ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission after receiving a torrent of complaints that recently installed smart meters failed to gauge electricity use accurately.
Dr. Daniel Garza of Stanford is trying to calculate how much force there is when two football players crash into each other. He also hopes that by measuring this force during games, doctors will be able to determine when it’s time for a player to take a break, for the good of the team but also for their own well-being.
Located on The Alameda in San Jose, Wine Affairs is a wine bar and retail shop that focuses on eclectic and small production wineries you’re not likely to find elsewhere. The bar also offers a wide range of wines by the glass dispensed from a high-tech machine that preserves the wines with nitrogen. The lineup of wines changes periodically and allows you to try before you buy. Certified sommelier Chris Kay is the shop’s wine buyer.
Premier football intangibles, a great work ethic and a charismatic personality have made Andrew Luck the face of the Stanford Cardinal. With the loss of Toby Gerhart, last season’s Cardinal starting running back and Heisman Trophy runner-up (now playing in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings), the team’s heavy running offense from last year is expected to revert to the pass-heavy style that had the school being called “Quarterback U” in its prime.
