Tag: San Jose Mon, May 20, 2013
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Thousands Honor Slain Santa Cruz Police Officers
Community Mar 07, 2013, by Jennifer Wadsworth
Thousands of civilians and law enforcement officials gathered Thursday at HP Pavilion in downtown San Jose to honor the lives of slain Santa Cruz police officers Sgt. Loran “Butch” Baker, 51, and Officer Elizabeth Butler, 38.
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Beautiful weather, a diverse population and a reputation as the hub of technology, San Jose is a great place to live. It’s also home to the nation’s most prosperous.
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Man Caught Acting as Law Enforcement, Vigilante
Community Jul 27, 2012, by Alyxandra GoodwinThe spirit of vigilantism lives on with more than the recent release of “The Dark Knight Rises”. A San Jose man has been sentenced to prison for impersonating a federal agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), complete with a fake badge and an unloaded gun to serve some misguided justice and avoid paying his rent.
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Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse makes its San Jose debut July 18, exploring the intertwined relationship of humans and horses throughout their existence.
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SAP Open Won’t Return to San Jose in 2014
Sports Apr 26, 2012, by Josh Koehn
Professional tennis is leaving San Jose and walking to Memphis. The ATP World Tour announced this week that the 123-year-old tennis tournament, currently known as the SAP Open, will not return in 2014. In the past, the event featured greats such as John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and many others. More recently, casual fans would have a hard time identifying the top seeds. The event will move to Memphis next year before eventually becoming a stop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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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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Courtesy of SV411.com, here’s a quick rundown of the latest technology news in Silicon Valley, including Instagram going Android, a writer coming clean on his Foxconn story and a new downtown wi-fi system for San Jose.
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Fur Real
BusinessCommunity Jan 18, 2012, by Josh Koehn
When a pale, lanky fanboy skips through a downtown crosswalk wearing little else than pointy ears and a fox tail, it can only mean one thing: FurCon has returned to San Jose. The city’s annual hot mess, where thousands of men and some women let their guard down to celebrate fetishism in one of its most colorfully public expressions, FurCon—short for Further Confusion—is a stuffed animal freakfest.
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San Jose Named Healthiest City
Community Jan 06, 2012, by Josh Koehn
If smoking and obesity statistics are the most accurate measurements of health, San Jose comes ranks best among all cities in the US.
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Smokers Targeted Across the South Bay
BusinessCommunityPolitics Dec 21, 2011, by Alastair Bland
A drink and a drag off a cigarette were once a classic fixture of American nightlife. But in the mid-‘90s, new laws made smoking illegal in California bars and other public places, and to light up a cigarette meant placing a coaster on a pint and stepping out the door. Increasingly, cities around the Bay Area now are considering taking the law much further than that. Multiple municipalities in the South Bay are putting forth proposals to make smoking in public and, in some cases, inside one’s home, illegal.
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