Josh Koehn is an editor and reporter with more than six years experience who joined Metro Newspapers and Boulevards New Media in 2010. During his career, he has covered everything from Bay Area business and technology to sports and politics. He serves as the news editor for Metro Newspaper, SanJose.com and SanJoseInside.com.
Entries by Josh Koehn:
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Hyped as a rematch of David vs. Goliath, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero plays the role of an unassuming, God-fearing underdog when he takes on the motor-mouth king of boxing, Floyd “Money” Mayweather. Their Las Vegas superfight, this Saturday at 6pm on Showtime (pay-per-view), has been in the making ever since Mayweather signed a new contract in February with the cable network.
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Amateur Hockey Thrives in San Jose
Sports Jan 23, 2013, by Josh Koehn
San Jose has subtly become one of the most popular hubs in America for amateur hockey. Sharks media-relations director Scott Emmert says that Sharks Ice—rinks that the team’s ownership group manages in San Jose, Fremont and Oakland—provide the largest adult hockey program in the country, with 4,500 registered participants.
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San Jose Sharks Hockey Season Begins
Sports Jan 23, 2013, by Josh Koehn
The long NHL lockout left businesses bereft, players adrift, fans downhearted—can all be forgiven as a truncated season begins?
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Look Out! FurCon 2013 Takes over San Jose
Jan 19, 2013, by Josh Koehn 2 Comments
San Jose is once again ground zero for the wild and weird as Further Confusion, or FurCon, takes place this weekend at the convention center. Corey Strom, vice chairman of this year’s event, was nice enough to take a moment out of his busy schedule and break down exactly what FurCon is and isn’t.
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NHL Lockout Ends; San Jose Sharks Set to Return
Sports Jan 07, 2013, by Josh Koehn
The NHL announced Sunday that a deal was reached in labor negotiations between owners and players, which caused the cancellation of nearly four months of San Jose Sharks games. As a result, the San Jose Sharks could be back on the ice for games as early as next week.
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SiliconHouse Accepts Entrepreneurs
BusinessCommunityLocalNews Dec 05, 2012, by Josh Koehn 2 Comments
This is SiliconHouse, the new melting pot for entrepreneurs and idea men. It is part training ground, part hostel, part portal to the most technologically advanced area in the world, and itÕs one hell of a party when the bottles are uncorked.
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South Bay Area Codes Are a Changing
BusinessCommunityPolitics Oct 19, 2012, by Josh Koehn
Years from now, residents of San Jose will tell their children and grandchildren about simpler times—when phoning a neighbor meant punching in seven digits. Those will have been the days. When we were a community that rallied around a single area code. But starting Saturday, the laborious and confusing process of using 11 digits starts, as a new area code—669—is introduced to the South Bay.
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Casino M8trix set to Open Soon?
BusinessCommunityLocalNews Jul 11, 2012, by Josh Koehn 2 Comments
San Jose City Officials have their fingers crossed that Police Chief Chris Moore will sign off on Casino M8trix’s opening at a public hearing Thursday, July 19. If Moore gives the OK to gaming and other bundled alcohol and entertainment permits, the towering 16-story casino near San Jose’s airport can open the next day.
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Downtown Association Hires Off-Duty Patrol Officers
BusinessCommunityPolitics Jun 22, 2012, by Josh Koehn 5 Comments
While private security firms increasingly patrol events, a new program in downtown San Jose plans to hire off-duty police officers to combat crime and the perception that the city’s core is unsafe.
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Real Estate Agents Losing Licenses in California
BusinessCommunityLocalNews May 02, 2012, by Josh Koehn
Jose J.R. Sandoval, his wife and three children load into the family car and drive to a residential street not far from San Jose’s Los Lagos Golf Course. With the engine off, they sit and stare at their dream house.
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