San Jose has named a successor for outgoing City Manager Norberto Dueñas: his second-in-command, David Sykes.

During his third State of the City address, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo promised that a fractured nation will not distract from the city’s vision.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo will deliver the annual state of the city speech this weekend at Gunderson High School.

The Topeka, Kansas–based Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing at the funerals of American soldiers because its members believe God is punishing the country for condoning homosexuality, has announced plans to stage a protest outside of San Jose’s Gunderson High School this Friday. The church says it’s coming to San Jose because Gunderson is staging a production of The Laramie Project, a play that tells the true story of the murder of a young gay man in 1998.