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The intersection of Almaden Expressway and Cherry Avenue has come a long way since the 1990 World Cup. Pak’nSave and Bakers Square are long gone, but soccer fans remain.

When the Earthquakes arrived in 1974, the South Bay had no national sports identity of any sort. Nobody knew where San Jose was.

Silicon Alleys columnist Gary Singh remembers the Scheller House and its significance to the history of San Jose’s celebration of the blues.

Thanks to Local Color, the block of San Pedro between Santa Clara and St. John is now painted in a variety of soothing hues.

Ghosts of sign painters, cannery workers and brickmakers will forever haunt the corner of Third and Keyes.

There are many ways to meditate. In most cases the goal is not to calm your mind, but to watch your mind. And where did my mind wander? Well, France, of course.