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Oh, We Forgot Milpitas
After closing its stores in Palo Alto, Los Gatos and San Jose, the owners of Borders chain quickly remember that they had a store at Milpitas’ McCarthy Ranch and shut that one, too.
Not So Blue
Metro Fountain Blues Festival organizer Ted Gehrke is so sure the three-decade-strong festival was coming to an end after it lost its SJSU sponsorship that he has the farewell speech in his back pocket on March 2. Unlike a blues song, there was a happy ending: That very day, he gets a call from a mystery benefactor willing to sponsor the festival, so it’s back on.
A Cheeky End
After more than two years of lawsuits, closures and reopenings, the tortured relationship between the city of San Jose and Club Wet comes to an end thanks to a stiletto through the cheek. After a female clubgoer took one while in line for the bathroom last New Year’s Eve, it seemed like an inevitable grind toward what the city always wanted, closing for good in March
Meanwhile
Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor suffers an estimated $15 million in damage at the hands of Japan’s tsunami, really bringing the disaster home for people who own yachts.
If You Build It …
In late March, the San Jose City Council shifts key chunks of real estate to a new quasi-public entity in order to have land ready for a baseball stadium in the remote possibility that Bud Selig will make up his mind on territorial rights before the Cubs finally win the Series.
Foxy Pete
San Jose Councilmember Pete Constant goes on Fox News to defend his decision not to hire a union receptionist at $70k salary. His defense is inaudible, however, due in large part to everyone on Fox News screaming all the time.
