Google launches Recipe View, a new search tool to help users find the perfect recipe for any circumstances. The tool limits the search to recipe-related sites, helping to reduce search overload, an increasingly frequent criticism of Google’s search results.
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Clothes and hair possibly linking Maurice Nasmeh to the 2001 disappearance of Jeanine Harms have been turned over to the Los Gatos Police Department.
A memo sent out Thursday by Police Chief Chris Moore to the mayor and city council said the San José Police Department will be grounding its helicopter in March.
San Jose State unveiled plans to build new athletic facilities, which will include a $10 million football building.
A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel’s book examines where, how and, most importantly, why people work. It runs at Foothill College through March 6.
Schulberg and Silverman’s newest stage adaptation of the 1954 film runs at the San Jose Stage through March 13.
CAFO stands for “concentrated animal-feeding operation.” They are the beef feedlots, poultry warehouses, fish farms and pig prisons where the vast majority of American livestock live their miserable and short lives. To meet the demands of an increasingly concentrated number of agribusiness conglomerates like Cargill, Smithfield and ConAgra, animals have largely been removed from the land and placed in densely packed, cruel conditions, so that they can be raised more “efficiently.”
The International Kabob House serves a mix of Middle Eastern and Greek foods that you’ve no doubt encountered elsewhere;kebabs, falafel, moussaka, shawarma. But what sets the place apart is the hearty, fresh quality of the food, the excellent service and the attention to detail.
At their meeting on Wednesday, Apple shareholders rejected a request by the Laborers’ International Union of North America to release its succession plans in the event that Steve Jobs is no longer able to carry on as CEO. LIUNA representatives declared that they intend to keep pressing the company to release its succession plan.
Hoping to win the airport more visibility, city officials are considering adding “Silicon Valley” to its name. The proposed name change would have the airport’s new name as the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose/Silicon Valley International Airport. While Silicon Valley could be a draw, the name might also be more than a mouthful.
