San Jose Stage Company Celebrates Anniversaries with Benefit Performance
Jun 19, 2013 by Josh Koehn Politics, Culture Comments (0)
San Jose Stage Company co-founder Randy King, left, and city of San Jose planning director Joe Horwedel will once again team up in Friday’s special anniversary celebration for the Stage Company’s 30th year and Monday NIght Live’s 20th performance.
On Friday, June 21, the San Jose Stage Company has an especially auspicious occasion scheduled, as the company will put on a benefit performance to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the political comedy show Monday Night Live! and the 30th anniversary for the company as a whole. The five-hour gala will start at 7pm inside the Silicon Valley Athletic Club’s Corinthian Grand Ballroom. Ticket reservations can be purchased at http://www.thestage.org, or by calling the box office at 408.283.7142.
Alvarado Campaign Staff Turnover a Cause for Concern?
Jun 19, 2013 by The Fly Politics, The Fly Comments (0)
County supervisor candidate Tersa Alvarado, right, overhauled her staff after the June 4 primary, which is when this picture was taken. (Photo by Aron Cooperman)
Most election observers thought Teresa Alvarado’s second-place finish in the June 4 primary exceeded expectations. Coming within 10 percentage points of Cindy Chavez for the District 2 county supervisor seat was seen as a momentum-builder, considering Alvarado’s campaign didn’t really get its act together until the final two weeks. But not everyone agreed—namely, Alvarado. Shortly after election night, Alvarado dismissed her entire campaign staff.
San Jose Officials Blame Bud Selig for Antitrust Lawsuit
Jun 19, 2013 by Josh Koehn Politics, Business, Culture Comments (5)
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, left, refused to meet with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed about the Oakland A’s relocating to San Jose. Now the commish could find himself meeting with San Jose’s attorneys in court.
More than four years have passed since Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig formed a committee to study the best places for the Oakland A’s to play ball. But what’s the point of studying something if that knowledge is never put to the test? On Tuesday, the city of San Jose called time and filed a federal lawsuit challenging MLB’s antitrust exemption, part of which prevents teams from relocating without approval of the league and other team owners.
Sam Liccardo: Why San Jose Sued Major League Baseball
Jun 18, 2013 by Sam Liccardo Politics, Business, Culture Comments (19)
Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball, has rebuffed requests from city of San Jose leaders ot meet about the Oakland A’s relocatign to San Jose. That could change now that the city filed a lawsuit against MLB in federal court.
Original Joe’s has become a San Jose institution by serving the best eggplant parmesan in the Bay Area for over 50 years. It has thrived in Downtown San Jose because their owners, the Rocca family, like so many other San Jose businesspeople, know what it takes to compete. As they compete for the loyalty of their patrons, Original Joe’s has helped to support the college tuitions and mortgages of generations of cooks and wait staff.
49ers Stadium Opponents Make Late Push
Jun 18, 2013 by Tim Reynolds Politics, Business Comments (1)
The San Francisco 49ers stadium in Santa Clara is expected to be completed by July 2014.
The San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara is just a year or so away from its July 2014 opening, but some Santa Clara residents are still fighting the stadium’s construction. Santa Clara Plays Fair, a committee opposed to the newly-named Levi’s Stadium, is organizing its members to appear at the Redevelopment Agency’s Oversight Board meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Council to Discuss Cost of Homeless Camp Cleanups in Fiscal Year’s Last Meeting
Jun 17, 2013 by Jennifer Wadsworth Politics, Business, Culture Comments (5)
Residents of a homeless encampment in San Jose. (Photo by Chip Scheuer)
The city expects to clear up 40 to 60 homeless encampments a year—indefinitely. Annual cost for the cleanups will range around $550,000, and possibly more, if the city approves a contract with Tucker Construction, Inc., at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Other agenda items for the last council meeting of the fiscal year include a settlement for a man struck by a police car, a renewal agreement with the city’s Sacramento lobbying firm and a potential shift to store city data through cloud computing.
County Finalizes 2013-14 Budget with Hearings This Week
Jun 17, 2013 by Jennifer Wadsworth Politics Comments (0)
County Executive Jeff Smith proposes a three-pronged approach to balancing the 2013-14 budget.
After 11 years of shortfalls and $2 billion of gap-closing, Santa Clara County plans to adopt a budget that maintains services and even restores some debilitating cuts. The Board of Supervisors will spend four days this week hammering out last-minute details of the $4.6 billion 2013-14 budget, which must balance a $67 million shortfall.
Attorneys Union Meeting Reveals ‘Deep Division’ on Admin Leave, Union Leadership
Jun 14, 2013 by Josh Koehn Politics, Culture Comments (0)
Max Zarzana, president of the Government Attorneys Association, may have miscalculated how to address the use of admin leave in the District Attorney’s office, as the county now wants to take back money from some GAA members.
The Government Attorneys Association (GAA) held a special meeting Friday, and sources tells San Jose Inside that if the county attorneys agreed upon anything, it’s that a “deep division” exists amongst the membership. The big question is how can this be resolved when the union’s leadership continues to focus on scoring fleeting political points.
‘Patient Dumping’ Victim Files Lawsuit with Help of ACLU
Jun 14, 2013 by Jennifer Wadsworth Culture Comments (2)
Mentally ill patients in Nevada were allegedly bused out of state with no one to help them upon arrival. (Photo by neovain, via Flickr)
A schizophrenic man bused with a one-way ticket, no cash and a few-days-supply of meds from Las Vegas to Sacramento earlier this year has filed a federal class action lawsuit against the state agencies he says abandoned him and at least 1,500 other mentally ill patients. Those patients were bused to nearly every state in the nation, many to major cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Jose.
San Jose Fire Chief Leaving for Las Vegas
Jun 13, 2013 by Christiana Cobb Politics Comments (10)
The San Jose Fire Department will have to find a new chief now that William McDonald will be leaving to take over Las Vegas’ fire department.
San Jose Fire Chief William McDonald will step down from his position after he was selected to serve as the head of Las Vegas’ fire department. His appointment is expected to be approved by the Las Vegas City Council in July.
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