The Sharks are doing a sidewalk sale this Saturday from 11am to 4pm. It's happening at 1500 S. 10th Street just south of Downtown San Jose and right outside Sharks Ice. There will also be Barracuda gear and a raffle for prizes.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Unique Cafes in San Jose
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Conference in San Jose
San Jose is aiming to become a major player in the AI space and part of that is hosting major AI-related events. Earlier this year, Nvidia hosted their largest annual conference in San Jose and they have already booked the McEnery Convention Center again for 2025.
This week the ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle conference is coming to San Jose and will host a variety of speakers from companies like Waymo. Self-driving cars aren't coming, they are already here thanks to the latest innovations in AI.
The event is taking place this Wednesday and Thursday at the Convention Center. If you're interested in learning more, you can register for this conference for free over here.
Monday, August 26, 2024
First T&T Supermarket in California is coming to San Jose
A new supermarket specializing in Asian groceries will be coming to West San Jose in 2025. T&T Supermarket will be the newest anchor tenant at Westgate Center (which is owned by the same company as Santana Row). The store will be 55,000 SQFT and take over the former Walmart space.
T&T's goal is to be more than just a place to grab groceries. They want it to be a destination for discovery, innovation, and bringing people together through food. The store will have live seafood tanks, a full-service meat counter, a BBQ counter, noodle station, dim sum, and a street food section, and even a made-to-order Chinese crepe station. Their bakery will have mochi puffs, egg tarts, and assorted pastries.
T&T Supermarkets has 33 stores, mostly in Canada but there are a couple stores in the US. This will be their first location in all of California.
Source: SiliconValley.com
Source: SiliconValley.com
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Silicon Valley Pride Parade
The annual LGBTQ+ Pride Parade takes place today in Downtown San Jose. This year the route is from Julian Street to Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park on Market Street. The parade starts at 10:30am and continues until noon where it will end with a big festival in the park that lasts until 6pm.
This is the largest Pride festival in the South Bay and has run for 49 years, making it one of the longest-running Pride events in California. For more info, head over here.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Mama Kin
Mama Kin is a great intimate venue for Jazz and live music in Downtown San Jose's SoFA District. You can get a sneak peak of the show just by walking by, but they have a solid Southern-style food and drink menu on the inside.
Performances are typically inexpensive and are a great centerpiece for a night out Downtown. DL Edwards & the Disciples are playing tonight, and you can get tickets over here.
To see the upcoming music lineup and menus, head here.
Friday, August 23, 2024
San Jose's AI incubator plan
One of San Jose's most prolific supporters, Gary Dillabough, is championing an "AI Center of Excellence" in Downtown San Jose. The goal would be to create an accelerator for dozens of AI startups in partnership with Plug and Play Tech Center and the City of San Jose.
Plug and Play is working on the concept and would run the day-to-day operations of the center. They are currently headquartered at 4420 N. Wolfe Road in Sunnyvale and have multiple innovation centers around the world. It's not clear where the Downtown San Jose location would be yet.
In addition to the incubator, there would also be a learning center whole goal is to get 7th through 12th graders inspired about AI and generate the next generation of entrepreneurs. There would also be a showcase featuring outcomes from the program. For a lot more details, check out the source link below.
Source: SVBJ
Source: SVBJ
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Spartan Village on the Paseo
After several months of renovation, what was originally the Fairmont Annex tower will now be home to around 700 San Jose State University students that will be living there most of the year. Occupancy is already over 90% capacity. Students started moving in this past weekend.
This is one of the nicest student housing projects I have ever seen. Not only is it centrally located in Downtown San Jose, but it has a sky bridge lounge, a gaming lounge, video screening center, cafe, fitness room, and study rooms. Keep in mind that what are now dorms used to be the fanciest hotel rooms in San Jose and have a view of Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
This should have a significant impact on foot traffic and general ground floor activity around the tower. I think that will improve the retail scene, safety, and the overall vibe around Plaza de Cesar Chavez. It's a win all the way around except for the loss of a couple hundred hotel rooms. There are several new hotels being proposed that will hopefully fill in that gap.
Congratulations to the SJSU students moving into Spartan Village on the Paseo. Your college experience is going to be much nicer than previous generations!
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