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Save Martin Luther King Library’s California Room from San Jose’s Budget Cuts

The California Room on the fifth floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Library is one of the most useful rooms in all of San Jose. Only a non-vibrant person would suggest otherwise. More than 5,000 people visited the room over the last year, including students, teachers, authors, historians,...
FanimeCon returns May 22–25, 2026, to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center

Fanime 2026

Each year, on the last weekend of May, the streets of downtown San Jose bloom into a rainbow of...
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Bay Area Musicians Grapple With the Rise of AI-Generated Music

High-quality artificial intelligence has spared no industry. In a creative space like music, these days, generating a song only...
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Strāta Opens in Downtown San Jose After Rollati’s Closure

In 2023, the MIRO building replaced the parking lot across the street from city hall. Rollati Ristorante moved into...
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Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for May 13-19, 2026

ARIES (March 21-April 19) When naturalist John Muir wanted to experience a storm, he climbed to the top of a...
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L.A. Guns Returns to Downtown San Jose’s Rock Scene

The remains of the Sunset Strip from 1988 surfaced last week at the Ritz for a small rock show...
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Mother’s Day and the Myth of Perfect Motherhood

Mother’s Day began with more ambition than a mere brunch reservation.  According to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, the...

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