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Every night in the Bay Area, a great chorus of singing emanates from dance floors in karaoke institutions like the old-school Mel-O-Dee Cocktails in El Cerrito, Effie's in Campbell, the Mint in San Francisco and dozens of celebrated others.
It seems ludicrous for San Jose to consider fining Garden City Construction's Jim Salata for cleaning up downtown's "Trash Bag Church."
Photo by Katie Lauer Above the din of conversation and faint whiffs of cigarette smoke inside Caravan Lounge in downtown San Jose, Billy Joel's "Piano Man" serenades customers spaced six feet apart underneath party lights at the bar. "I still feel like we should sway," Amy Conners says, arms outstretched to her fellow patrons. It's only a Wednesday, but Conners is in a celebrating mood, because this is the first night residents of Santa Clara County can gather inside bars—without the pretext of dinner—in more than a year. The South Bay moved into the yellow tier, California's least restr...
Silicon Valley not immune to anti-LGBTQ violence May 7, 2021 A youth attending the April 24 celebration of life for transgender woman Natalia Smut in San Jose draws a message for her in chalk. Photo by Vicente Vera. Three years ago, San Jose lawmakers voted to fly a rainbow flag over Chick-Fil-A—an effort to proclaim LGBTQ residents were welcome in one of the world’s most progressive cities. But not everyone shares that sentiment. “I was walking my dog, had my hair down but was wearing my normal boy clothes and someone drove up (and said), ‘Hey f-word’ and then just drove off,” sa...