The Arpanet is renamed the Internet – National Semiconductor and other companies announce layoffs – John Sculley ousts Steve Jobs from Apple – One Step Beyond nightclub opens in Santa Clara – Rodin Sculpture Garden opens on Stanford University campus
The Mission
We live in fast and furious times, in an area charged with excitement. Across the country and in distant parts of the world, people follow with amazement the latest news about Silicon Valley, a name that carries with it magic. Virtually every other major metropolitan area in America has a weekly newspaper … yet the San Jose area had none. Now Metro is here. It will seek to fill the information needs of a young, active readership hungry to live life to the fullest and learn more about what’s around them. Its goal is to become a newspaper as dynamic and interesting as the people who live here. Metro is a true homegrown product of the Santa Clara Valley. It is a startup, locally owned and independent. Metro intends to be fresh, lively and informative, to publish thoughtful, in-depth coverage on subjects of local interest along with honest, intelligent, commentary on the arts. Dan Pulcrano, March 7, 1985
Shoreline
Mountain View Mayor Maryce Freelen thinks her city is Bill Graham’s kind of town. “I think our citizens will be very pleased in a few years time,” she says, referring to plans to construct a 15,000-seat, $15 million amphitheater on city-owned land north of the Bayshore Freeway. Bill Graham Productions has provided Mountain View with a list of the performers they expect to bring to the venue., including Frank Sinatra, John Denver, Julio Iglesias and the Osmonds. Hal Plotkin, April 4, 1985
Enough Is Enough
I keep reading in your letters column what a jerk Richard von Busack is. I don’t usually write to newspapers, but enough is enough. It seems people cannot handle an intelligent writer with a sarcastic wit. Letters, June 13, 1985
The Layoffs
For 30 years or more, the valley has been a magnet drawing people to work in the electronics industry. For engineers and software wizards it is still a pot of gold at the end of high tech’s rainbow. But production line workers, office staff and even managers have seen the dream turn mean as the semiconductor industry staggers under the repeated blows of its most serious recession ever.Doug Millison, June 13, 1985
