Weekly summary of scores and more from throughout the Valley: Cardinal football team ranked in Top 10; Wondolowski scores a hat trick to push Earthquakes past Toronto; Christen Press breaks the Stanford soccer team’s career scoring record; Utes crush Spartans in Salt Lake City.
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Companies across Silicon Valley have been taking advantage of an Energy Department grant program that refunds up to 30 percent of the cost of transitioning to greater energy efficiency. The funding has helped companies acquire pricey solar panels, wind turbines, and Bloom boxes to generate energy. The grant is set to expire this year.
The case of the off-duty police officer who faked the arrest of his step-daughter’s boyfriend took a turn yesterday, when the boy’s parents released a cell phone video of the incident. The new video, taken by the boy’s father, is being cited by the boy’s parents as evidence of what actually happened, but also by the police officer’s attorney as evidence that the policeman did not overstep his bounds.
Angelgate takes a new turn as prominent super-angel Ron Conway writes a scathing email to the participants in a secret VC meeting. The scandal, which broke earlier this week, suggests that prominent angel investors in Silicon Valley are “colluding” to lower startup valuations and keep new and traditional investors out of the market. Conway slammed the participant, writing that, ““Your motives are driven by self serving factors around ego satisfaction and ‘making a buck.’”
A paper trail suggests that money from Bay 101, the San Jose card club, made its way to the campaign of City Council candidate Xavier Campos. Public records show that following the card club’s $50,000 contribution in support of a ballot measure, funds were transferred to Campos-aligned organizations that subsequently funded Campos’ bitter battle for a District 5 council seat, in apparent violation of city campaign laws.
The Medical Center in downtown San Jose has been closed since 2004. Now county officials have announced their plans to construct a new, 60,000 square foot clinic on the site, at the corner of Santa Clara and 17th streets. The new clinic will take five years to complete. The new clinic replaces plans to renovate the Mediplex Building.
The story begins with a fifteen-year-old boy who reportedly had sex with his girlfriend, and didn’t consider how his girlfriend’s stepfather might respond. The stepfather, who serves on the SJPD’s motorcycle unit, showed up at the boy’s house in full uniform, slapped the cuffs on the kid, and gave him a stern talking to, along with a threat to arrest him for sexual assault.
The San Jose Redevelopment Agency, once one of the largest in the state, is about to lay off twelve of the 78 employees it has left. Executive Director Harry Mavrogenes warns that more layoffs are down the road this coming year, and the Agency may be forced to let half of its remaining staff go. The drop in available fundscould also impact major projects under the RDA’s auspices, including the proposed baseball stadium and the Convention Center renovation.
The Palo Alto City Council unanimously voted no confidence in the proposed high speed rail link between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and called on the state and federal government to stop funding the $43 billion project. At the meeting, City Council also called on the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to refuse to accept any aerial lines in cities in the peninsula that oppose them.
City Council will once again take up the proposed move by the Oakland A’s to San Jose today and express its support for team owner Lew Wolff’s efforts on behalf of the move. Unlike other meetings about the move, however, this one is geared more for public consumption. Also on the table will be the eight “negotiating principles” for the new stadium, including no new taxes for its construction.
