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Popular San Jose Greek festival kicks off summer season of fun
Memorial Day weekend has long been the traditional start of summer, but in the South Bay it doesn’t feel like the season really arrives...
Colorful street mural takes shape in downtown San Jose
We’re painting a colorful 12,000 square-foot street mural on San Pedro Street this week. And “we” are the 1,250 volunteers who signed up to...
East San Jose community celebrates a new mural filled with symbolism
A new mural visible from Alum Rock Avenue includes some very symbolic and familiar images for the East San Jose community, and artist Edgar...
155-year-old Coyote train depot takes a road trip to San Jose
California had been a state for less than two decades and the Civil War had ended only four years earlier when Southern Pacific built...
Jazz in a fire museum? Opera in a grain warehouse? San...
Last weekend, jazz fans gathered amid vintage fire equipment and vehicles for San Jose Jazz’s Summer Fest Kickoff fundraiser at the San Jose Fire...
San Jose movie theater turns back the clock with 1984 movies...
I did a double-take when I heard 3Below Theaters in downtown San Jose was having a 40th anniversary celebration this weekend. I was there...
San Jose’s Raging Waters gets a new name ahead of opening
Goodbye, Raging Waters and hello, CaliBunga. That’s the decidedly more laidback new name of the water park at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose,...
Memorial set at Henry’s Hi-Life for beloved longtime bartender
When James Dillsaver retired as a bartender at Henry’s Hi-Life in 2019 after 35 years, the iconic San Jose restaurant was packed elbow to...
‘Star Wars’ fans survive 22-hour, nine-movie marathon
Apparently, it rained in the Bay Area on Saturday. But that would have been news to hundreds of “Star Wars” fans — including me...
Downtown San Jose gets a much-needed dose of ‘retail therapy’
It’s no secret that retail shopping has been a weak spot in downtown San Jose for decades. There have been a few success stories...
