San Jose wants to annex Cambrian 36, an unincorporated bit of land just 103 acres in size, jutting into San Jose along the border with Campbell. The courts want the city to annex it too, and have ordered City Hall to annex various unincorporated areas around the county.
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The half-billion people registered on Facebook are free to give up a little more privacy. The social networking site has launched a new service dubbed “Places.” With just a click on a button, you can let your Facebook friends know where you are around the clock via mobile phone.
San Jose police officer Edgar Ramirez was looking for the last suspect in a violent robbery that had just taken place in a Blossom Hill Check ‘N’ Go store. Then nature called. Ramirez asked some construction workers where he could relieve himself and was directed to a restroom in a vacant apartment. But something just wasn’t right there, so as he entered, Ramirez pulled out his gun.
Intel has announced that it will be purchasing McAfee, the antivirus software and computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara. The purchase is still pending shareholder approval, regulatory clearances and other customary conditions.
San Jose designer Hector Manuel says he aims to make clothing that enables women to feel sexy and empowered. That’s why he named his label Acta Non Verba, Latin for “Actions, Not Words.”
Other than Halloween, this is perhaps the only night of the year you can act like a real zombie and menacingly roam the streets of downtown San Jose without spending a night in the slammer. You can don your own zombie make-up or the good folks at SLG Art Boutiki can zombify you for $5 starting at noon.
Big Basin Vineyards is one of my favorite Santa Cruz Mountain wineries. While pinot noir has become the region’s marquee wine, Big Basin’s Bradley Brown is making a name for syrah with his luscious single-vineyard designated wines. (His pinots aren’t too shabby, either.) Not only are the wines beautiful to behold, but so is the winery itself. ALSO: Roamin’ the Rhones, Saturday–Sunday, Aug. 21–22: Burrell School, Hunter Hill, Loma Prieta, Poetic Cellars and Vine Hill; Hunter Hill’s vineyard dinner, Sunday, Aug. 22.
At 10:30 at night in the dark parking lot of an abandoned retail store, a group of young, muscly guys are engaged in what looks to be a very intense debate. But this isn’t a street fight, it’s Treatbot, the ice cream truck from the future, where Karaoke stars satisfy their musical ambitions and sweet tooth.
Minh Duong, the pro-business, Chamber of Commerce–endorsed City Council candidate, has made his business experience the central theme of his campaign to oust District 7 Councilmember Madison Nguyen. He believes his knowledge of budgets and finance can help the economically-strapped city better manage its money. Duong’s own business acumen, however, may not rise to the level his talking points suggest.
Four of eight works heard during the second weekend of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music took a decidedly retrospective look back that—big surprise—seduced audiences long-used to confronting the avant-garde’s cutting edge.
