San Jose & Silicon Valley News

Perez's Jaunts for San Jose Evergreen Come under Scrutiny
It's good to be an executive assistant. Dr. Bayinaah Jones, executive assistant to Dr. Rose Perez, Chancellor of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District knows that all too well. Not only has she received a pay hike of $30,000 since 2005, not only did she buy a home in San Francisco together with the Chancellor (maybe to help her send emails from home), she was also appointed Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and given the rank of dean. » Read More

Adobe Enters eReader Fray
Amazon may have the Kindle, along with Oprah's endorsement, but there are plenty of new products entering the market, and San Jose's Adobe Systems plans to be a part of them. PDF's (Portable Document Format), developed by Adobe, are already ubiquitous online as a means of reading and sending documents that should not be altered, so it is only logical that the next step would be to adopt that format for electronic books. Sony has already done that, incorporating Adobe's technology into its eReader, and rumor has it that Barnes and Noble, the nation's largest book retailer, is planning to do the same when it co » Read More

Leggo San Jose’s Eggo
The national waffle shortage is hitting crisis levels. No less a media personality than Stephen Colbert has declared the country to be on Waff-Con Four. He has even called on President Obama to open the nation's strategic waffle reserves. While the problem began in Atlanta, the solution to the crisis, deemed a national emergency by CNN, could come from right here on Eggo Way in San Jose. » Read More

Supreme Court Decision to Have Impact on County
In 2005, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote: "It would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult, for a greater possibility exists that a minor's character deficiencies will be reformed." It was the majority view in Roper v. Simmons, a ruling that raised the age of eligibility for the death penalty across the United States from 16 to 18. Admittedly, it was no easy decision, and the court was almost evenly split with a 5-4 vote. Justices Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, and Thomas opposed. » Read More

Taiwan Recruiting in Silicon Valley
Are you one of the thousands of people recently laid off in Silicon Valley? There may be a job waiting for you—in Taiwan—and you don't even have to speak Chinese to apply. Just a few years ago, people from overseas poured into the U.S., looking for good high tech jobs with benefits. But the tide has turned, and now 31 recruiters from Taiwan are in Silicon Valley offering laid off employees tax breaks, bonuses, and the assurance of a lifelong career. » Read More

San Jose to Become Even More Bike Friendly
Portland may still be the best city for cyclists in the nation, according to Bicycling.com, but the website recently named San Jose as a runner up as one of the most improved cities. Andy Clarke, Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists, says, "If you put San Jose on the East Coast, people would think it was a mecca of cycling. » Read More

49ers New Stadium Up for Discussion
The Santa Clara Planning Commission will be meeting twice this week. On the agenda: the proposed new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. Monday night's meeting will focus on the review process for the construction of the new stadium, a design proposal submitted by the team, and the City Manager's term sheet » Read More

Pérez to Retire from San Jose/Evergreen Community College
Rosa Pérez, Chancellor of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, announced that she will be retiring because of poor health. Pérez has battled respiratory problems in the past. Her retirement will go into effect on June 30, when her current contract expires. » Read More

Look Both Ways Before You Cross
San Jose may be one of the country's top ten walking cities, but that doesn't mean it's safe or getting safer for pedestrians. In fact, city engineers will tell you that slow-moving traffic only adds pollution while fast moving traffic along the city's streets, make for a greener San Jose. Perhaps that's why a new report by the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership named San Jose as California's tenth most dangerous metropolitan area for pedestrians. » Read More

Joey Chestnut, San Jose’s gastronome extraordinaire, set the culinary pace by winning a brand new competitive eating competition in Las Vegas. The man who holds world records for eating everything from hot dogs (68 in 10 minutes) to matzoh balls (78 of them) and from asparagus (8.6 lbs., tempura fried) to waffles (23 in 10 minutes) won the first-ever meatball eating contest, scarfing down 50 in just 10 minutes for as cash prize of $1,500, a new world record, and possible indigestion. » Read More