In other economic news... current tech giant HP is buying former tech giant (?) 3Com.
More details are coming out about the 25th homicide of the year in San Jose was a sophomore at Santa Teresa High School. He was stabbed to death in his own backyard. There don't seem to be a lot of details about what happened or who did it.
There is at least one really good job that will be opening up soon: The Chancellor at San Jose/Evergreen Community College District will step down at the end of the year. The official cause of the soon-to-be-vacancy? Health reasons. The unofficial/ unmentioned cause? Financial problems and union issues. Between the Mountain View-Whisman School District, the Los Altos School District, and the San Jose/ Evergreen Community College District -- there will be a lot of new faces in Silicon Valley education circles next year...
Scott Herhold gets in on the "Berlin Wall 20 years later" action. He has his own interesting twist about being approached to be a spy, but it does remind Watch Dog of this...
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
Legends of the Wall | ||||
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There is an Opinion piece in the Merc today about how prosecutorial misconduct costs taxpayers money and hurts credibility of law enforcement. Yup. At least the San Jose Police Department aren't mentioned in the story...
Speaking of prosecutors... the suspects accused of killing Mark Achilli in Los Gatos are going to be in court on Monday to possibly get their trial date. The prosecutor in this high-profile case? Jeff Rosen. Does that name sound familiar Dolores Carr?
Palo Alto Unified is looking to April 2010 to renew their tiny ($493) parcel tax... They must be encouraged by these results... and these...
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The Merc Opinion piece that you cite was written by someone named "cookie."
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