The fine folks participating in the Willow Glen Relay for Life won’t be painting the town purple like last year, but that’s not stopping them from a day of celebration and awareness-raising. Oh, there will be purple, just no paint … In recognition of the Relay For Life program, the City of San Jose will [...]

Um no, of course not. But Fresh & Easy is a really easy April Fool’s Day target. The perpetually delayed store that may or may not ever be coming to the corner of Bird & Minnesota/Alma in Willow Glen is still not planning to open anytime soon. The chain now tacitly suggests that the Bird Avenue [...]

Following a grim parade of pedestrian accidents and fatalities over the last year, the City Council’s Rules Committee meets Wednesday morning afternoon to discuss a proposal to permanently fund the city’s SJPD Crossing Guard program by siphoning off money from non-profit funding: As an 8-year-old San Jose boy continued to cling to life Friday after being [...]

Starlight, Starbright …. how bright are the stars at 1:00 am? The City of San Jose’s planning department is convening a neighborhood meeting on Thursday to consider a conditional use permit application from the Assyrian Church located on Minnesota/Alma on the eastern edge of Willow Glen. Thursday, February 5, 2009 … 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Assyrian Church of [...]