Breeze of Innovation was selected in 2019 in a juried international competition. The civic monument is intended to pay homage to the San Jose Light Tower, which stood at Market and Santa Clara streets from 1881 to 1915.

Gov. Newsom and the Legislature cut a California cannabis tax, but not everyone is convinced it’s enough to stabilize the legal market. Social equity operators say the changes don’t do nearly enough to help them.

In addition to the Discovery Meadow at the San Jose Children’s Museum and Almaden Lake Park in San Jose, public fireworks displays are scheduled for sites in Cupertino, Gilroy, Milpitas, Mountain View, Morgan Hill and Santa Clara, according to county officials.

Massey is the successor to symphony founder Andrew Bales, pending his long-planned retirement.

The San José Downtown Association selected downtown-based entertainment industry veteran Mauricio Mejia to promote future concerts.

The venerable Café Stritch will be reinvented as a new venue in the coming months as the keys are turned over to the jazz bar’s former general manager, Andrew Saman. The establishment will be known as Mama Kin, Saman says, and will continue to book jazz shows while expanding with other types of music.

Campbell, a writer and musician, is curator of Beautiful Black Books as part of Poetry Center San Jose and conducts lectures, workshops in creative writing and spiritual verse.

A star in wartime Vietnam, Phuong Tâm returns to the spotlight five decades later with reissued recordings next spring.

Even as national headlines fade, a core of young Black activists are demanding attention through community service and controversy

Podcasters Carmen Sánchez and Manuel Ávalos offer a weekly podcast all about San Jose legends and ghostly tales.

The South Bay’s roller-skating culture is rolling out plans to allow future generations to keep lacing up—indoors and out.

Skaggs was one of three co-founders who opened the Camera One theater in 1975, which blossomed into a 21-screen chain

“Jerusalem: The Bridge to Peace” will be aired on Sept. 13, 14, 23 and 25 on local KQED stations—30 years after its original production

One student was told she looked like an “Italian model" from Title IX staff, while another says student journalists were censored.

"Drag husbands" will be put to the test Monday on their abilities to be fast, work under pressure and patient with dramatics of creative/culinary genius.

The Bay Area Tarot project is a welcome distraction for a small crew of artists from the anxiety, physical pain and loss of the coronavirus pandemic.