Features
Silicon Alleys: Over the Shoulder

A look back at the columns, alleys and interstices that defined 2011 in San Jose and beyond
read moreSilicon Alleys: On the Venue

A trip to Basel reveals what a great soccer stadium should be—can San Jose do the same?
read more420 Column: Holiday Highs

OK. So you totally spaced out and forgot that Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus is coming up, right? But chill out for a minute—we can think of an easy way to do that—and read this week’s column for some of the best holiday gift ideas for your favorite ston ... er, patient.
read more420: Here’s Your Stuff Back

While some San Jose cannabis providers experience a not-so-merry holiday season, Christmas has come early for others. About two weeks ago, employees at San Jose Patients Group and Angel’s Care Collective got word that criminal charges stemming from a Santa Clara County raid in November 2010 were being dropped.
read moreRacers’ Edge

The recent opening of K1 Speed in Santa Clara, at 295 Mead Ave., can provide one’s inner Michael Schumacher a chance to let loose around a winding track.
read more420: Numbers Game

The medi-pot people thought they had enough signatures for a referendum, buy San Jose’s Registrar of Voters didn’t think the numbers added up
read moreSilicon Alleys: Master Hermann

The anti-man-about-town has emerged in this space quite a few times over the years, but after experiencing the Hermann Hesse Museum and Foundation in Montagnola, Switzerland, he just may have found a new inspirational terrain
read more420: Pot Talks

While San Jose's newly suspended medcial marijuana regulations float in legal limbo, Metro has learned that city officials have held meetings with the area's cannabis activists to figure out a compromise
read moreSilicon Alleys: Special F/X

This Friday, the fans of San Jose’s once-famed F/X nightclub will gather at Brix
read moreWinter Sports for Bicyclists

San Jose Bike Club's Winter Series allows cyclists to maintain their fitness during the colder months.
read more420: Hemp Camp

Jittery sellers and users made for a sparser-than-normal turnout at last weekend’s HempCon in San Jose
read moreSilicon Alleys: Face Time

On the SJSU campus, a heroic faction of art students calling themselves Dirty Brushes has enlivened a primer-blue construction wall with replicas of famous self-portraits
read moreBlood and Guts

This Saturday, HP Pavilion will play host to one of the rawest forms of combat: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
read moreSilicon Alleys: No Bailing

A San Jose grassroots campaign fights to keep Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark open
read more420: Rolling Number

Anti-drug ads have portrayed pot smokers as lazy and unmotivated. But given the announcement by medical cannabis supporters at a press conference last Friday, that old stereotype might need some revising.
read moreSilicon Alleys: Rock On
A visit to Cleveland’s Hall of Fame reveals connections to history of rock & roll in San Jose
read more420: Referendum Update

San Jose cannabis activists hoping to repeal the city’s new dispensary regulations say they are on track to collect a 47,000th petition signature before the deadline
read moreWelcome Back Warriors
As fall begins to give way to winter, there is a distinct smell of burning leaves in the evening air that reminds me of basketball
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