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Sep 4, 2024
Places and Faces and Points in Time in the California Theatre
Last week, the ghost of Steve Jobs was lurking as I contemplated a zillion events I’d seen in the California Theatre over the last 20 years.
Aug 28, 2024
Lost Highways: Back Before Freeways Ruined Everything
From a Zen perspective, all San Jose phenomena are subject to change, decay and death. This is especially true with lost highways.
Aug 21, 2024
Memories of Redevelopment on Paseo de San Antonio
In San Jose, developers wipe out entire blocks, only to wipe them out again 20 years later. Paseo de San Antonio is no different.
Aug 14, 2024
Smoking Bargains and Blistering Rock at Grocery Outlet
The Grocery Outlet Bargain Market in downtown San Jose proves that music calms the savage breast. And yes, killer deals were aplenty.
Aug 7, 2024
Chris Esparza: Elegy to a San Jose Giant
Chris Esparza, who passed away over the weekend, was a pillar of the San Jose arts, restaurant, nightclub, music and events industries for at least 35 years.
Jul 31, 2024
How Metallica Made a Mark on South San Jose History
At the intersection of Blossom Hill and Santa Teresa, in the suburbs, sits a perpetually empty parking lot. I was there to absorb history.