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Xavier Campos and the $1 Million MACSA Pension Theft
BusinessCommunityLocalNewsPolitics Apr 25, 2012, by Josh Koehn 2 Comments
Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County’s District Attorney, and his deputy John Chase announced charges against two former MACSA executives for embezzling more than $1 million in employee retirement payments
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Man Gets Naked in Security Search before Flight to San Jose
Community Apr 24, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon
A high-tech worker from Silicon Valley stripped naked during a TSA security search last week before trying to board a flight from Portland International Airport to San Jose. The voluntary strip search served as a protest against airport security screeners in an act John E. Brennan, 49, deemed protected political speech.
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SJ Q&A: Barbara Goldstein, Public Art Program Director
BusinessCommunity Apr 18, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon 1 Comments
Barbara Goldstein became Public Art Program Director for the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs in 2004, and has since overseen the extensive development of public art at San Jose libraries, parks and community centers.
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San Jose’s cycling pedigree has been conditioned and refined for well over a century. The South Bay enjoys a special type of pragmatism, which translates into our cycling history; so, while we may not be fielding a top contender in any of this year’s Tours, Giros or Classics, a large number of fine athletes will be using equipment and financing born and raised right here.
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Egg Consumers Fooled by Misleading Labels
BusinessCommunityEnvironment Apr 12, 2012, by Alastair Bland 2 Comments
Call sparkling wine made outside of France’s designated region “champagne” and risk a lawsuit from the Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne. Call a conventionally grown potato “organic,” and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s enforcement branch may show up at the door as soon as it unearths the fraud. But raise a chicken in a cage, and feel free to make almost any claim to sell the bird’s eggs.
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San Jose delays ban on Styrofoam Containers
BusinessCommunityEnvironmentLocalNewsPolitics Apr 04, 2012, by Josh Koehn 3 Comments
For more than a year, city officials looked at following up San Jose’s single-use plastic bag ban with an anti-EPS ordinance. (EPS stands for expanded polystyrene, otherwise known as foam to-go containers at restaurants.) Less than 1 percent of the Bay Area’s EPS is recyclable because of food contamination—the only facility capable is Newby Island in Milpitas—so the nonbiodegradable containers are left to stack in landfills and break apart, often choking animals.
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SJ Q&A: Alan “Gumby” Marques, Heroes Martial Arts
BusinessCommunity Apr 03, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon
Bay Area native Alan “Gumby” Marques opened Heroes Martial Arts with his partner David McCleod in 2009 and has since built a nationally recognized team of instructors that provide a complete curriculum of grappling martial arts. A 1st degree black belt and head instructor at Heroes, Marques offers instruction in Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo and wrestling.
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There is something very special about British motorcycles, especially the ones made prior to the 1970s. England produced the most exciting motorcycles in the world during the first half of the last century. Some people may disagree that point, but those folks have probably never seen a HRD Brough Superior (1924) or a Vincent Black Shadow (1948) in action.
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SJ Q&A: Joel Slayton of ZERO1
BusinessCommunityNews Mar 27, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon
Since 2008, Joel Slayton has served as Executive Director of ZERO1, the art and technology network that is responsible for the ZERO1 Biennial Festival and several large public arts projects in San Jose.
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New Electric Car Dealership in Santa Clara
BusinessCommunityEnvironment Mar 21, 2012, by Brendan Nystedt 3 Comments
I put the hammer down at the CODA representative’s cue. The car responds quickly, doling out a near-excessive amount of speed. It’s a neighborhood, so I ease off the pedal. The regenerative brakes kick in and start to slow the car a bit. I don’t really care how fast we’re going—I’m focused on the chassis and the ride—but as we continue the drive, I find myself drawn back to the accelerator: I’m startled how fast 134 electrically-charged horses can push. What brought me into the electric car’s cockpit, cruising down Stevens Creek Boulevard, is the new CODA dealership—the only one of its kind in Northern California.
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