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In San Jose, developers wipe out entire blocks, only to wipe them out again 20 years later. Paseo de San Antonio is no different.

The Grocery Outlet Bargain Market in downtown San Jose proves that music calms the savage breast. And yes, killer deals were aplenty.

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.

At the intersection of Blossom Hill and Santa Teresa, in the suburbs, sits a perpetually empty parking lot. I was there to absorb history.

One of downtown San Jose’s favorite mom ’n’ pop taquerias, Angelou’s, has now opened in a new location at 78 S. First St.

Some might not know that San Jose was the first capital of California, where a group of individuals met in the original State House in 1849.