Futuristic visions of robots in homes and businesses are much closer to a reality as robotics technology advances, a fact highlighted by the RoboBusiness convention coming to McEnry Convention Center in San Jose this month.
Articles by Christiana Cobb
The next pop artist to takeover the radio’s Top 40 could be a San Jose hopeful. From turning heads at Eastridge Mall to concerts in London, San Jose resident Xavier Toscano dreams of opening for a Top 40 act like Usher and selling out the…
The historic drought hasn’t stopped San Jose native Alan Hackler and his landscape business, Bay Maples: Wild California Gardens, from thriving. Bay Maples rips out lawns, educates and transforms yards to environmentally appropriate and sustainable gardens and landscapes. Hackler majored in Environmental Studies at San…
Inside two steel tanks, murky liquid ferments into what will be the first batch of beer produced at Santa Clara Valley Brewing’s new home, an under-construction warehouse on an industrial stretch of Alma Avenue. Head brewer Steve Donohue says the IPA- which he describes as…
Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather is the fight of this young century. The two have spent their illustrious careers beating everyone but each other. For a while, their equality—and haggling over drug testing—was a sticking point in making this fight materialize. Neither wanted second-billing. But…
Inspired by the Lantern Festivals of East Asia, the Lantern Run 5K celebrates Asian culture with a unique event that will stretch through downtown San Jose on May 16. After a visit to Pingxi, Taiwan, director and founder of Lantern Run 5K , David Kao,…
Off the Grid, the leading street food event organizer in San Francisco, is continuing its march south with the announcement this week that it will introduce its first weekly event in San Jose. The widely popular company from SF, will debut a new weekly lunchtime…
There are few better ways to kick off the summer than with Memorial Day weekend’s Taco Festival, returning this year with a “Freestyle” theme—freestyle tacos and freestyle music. In its fourth year, Moveable Feast presents the Taco Festival of Innovation on May 23 and May…
Fahrenheit Restaurant and Lounge has been illuminating the corner of San Fernando and Fourth Streets for 10 years and this weekend it celebrates the milestone with an anniversary party on April 11.
This is no April fools, Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza opens its third Bay Area location in San Jose this Wednesday and it is giving away free pizzas on Friday. The grand opening celebration for the build-your-own-pizza chain take place Friday with free pizzas all day…
