Singh, a “skinny, long-haired dude who roams the streets” picked out hundreds of 'Silicon Alleys' columns over 15 years for the book.

The Italian café in SoFA District has welcomed artists since Opera San Jose began performing at the shop-front stage 10 years ago.

Raul Peralez maintained a close edge over Don Gagliardi in the San Jose District 3 race. The two men will now face off November for the the downtown City Council seat.

From the late 1890s into the 1920s, there was a national movement in the United States to create more livable cities. At its core, this movement believed that cities should be more than simply places where people work and lived. The movement was called City Beautiful. Now, on a smaller scale, one local citizen has refashioned this idea while eliminating graffiti.