AltWeeklies Wire
Proposed Federal Laws Could Sweep Away Low-Wage Workersnew
The Shuler-Tancredo SAVE Act would require all employers to use E-Verify to check the legal status of their employees. Presently E-Verify is a free system that employers voluntarily use to check new hires. Critics point out that it has been shown to have serious shortcomings, the most problematic being the tendency to deliver "false positive" matches, declaring citizens in good standing to be illegal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
05-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
The California Music Project Fights the Decline of Music in Schoolsnew
No Child Left Behind nearly ushered music education out of existence, and the negative effects emerged quickly. But the nonprofit organization is pushing back, armed with a new CD, California Music Project Vol. 1., featuring Jack Johnson, Beck, Dwight Yoakam and Ben Harper.
Metro Silicon Valley |
David Ma |
04-24-2008 |
Music
Can the Music of Our Brains Make Us Sleep Better?new
A California psychologist says yes and is using mysterious Russian technology to treat patients with Brain Music Therapy. Our reporter gets strapped in to ride the waves.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Gary Singh |
04-24-2008 |
Science
San Jose's Solar Power Playnew
Mayor Chuck Reed puts some political muscle behind his vision with a push to make green building mandatory.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
04-17-2008 |
Environment
An Engineer Thinks His New Invention Will Save Motocrossnew
Motocross has been hunted to the brink of extinction in California, but the new Zero-X bike could save it.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Hahn |
04-17-2008 |
Sports
Morgan Spurlock's Average-Guy Shtick Makes Michael Moore Look Like Noam Chomskynew
There comes a time in every humorist's life when he has to ask himself: is my facetiousness actually contributing to global ignorance? In Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, the matter of whether Spurlock's ignorance is comically assumed or genuine begins not to matter.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
'Holly' is Never Quite Sure of Itselfnew
This earnest film is shocked, shocked that there are child prostitutes in Cambodia.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tasting Thymenew
Artichoke to Za'atar: Modern Middle Eastern Food is as good for reading as it is for cooking.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
04-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Isabel Alende on 'The Sum of Our Days'new
Allende's new book is a deeply revealing memoir of the intimate lives of an extraordinary family related by blood, marriage or absorption, living in "an emotional compound" within minutes of each other, with keys.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jean Stirling |
04-03-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
In Defense of My Chemical Romancenew
One million My Chemical Romance fans can't be wrong. The same could be said for the 1 million MCR haters.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Davis |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Chemical Romance
Jimmy Eat World Dodge Emo Falloutnew
The history of Jimmy Eat World reads like a rock & roll fairy tale, complete with teenage record deals and instantaneous pop-stardom.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Garret Wheeler |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chase This Light, Jimmy Eat World
American Psychotronicnew
From predicting the new 88 Minutes to pioneering the pop genre blender, Michael J. Weldon has always been ahead of his time
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
04-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 88 Minutes, Jon Avnet
Now Boardingnew
San Jose skate culture finally has a park as big as its worldwide reputation. Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park opens this month with a lot of buzz and a bit of anti-authoritarian drama.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Gary Singh |
04-03-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
'Making the River' Looks at How One Man Survived a Prison Ordealnew
Like Dead Man Walking, Making the River is less about the matter of guilt than the matter of punishment.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Does the Pig in the Slaughterhouse Give a Fuck if You're Grateful to It?new
The current trendy focus on sustainable and organic meat, coupled with the recent horrific revelations about Westland Meat Company, indicate that people are thinking about it more than ever. That's a good thing. Killing sentient creatures for pleasure, gustatory or not, still isn't.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Elisa Camahort |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
