Willow Glen News

Linda Cortez gives Kira Romberg, 5, a bookmark, pencil, and coloring book to take home after she finished reading to her canine friend at the Willow Glen Library on November 12.

Residents have watched as various neighborhood grocery stores closed their doors and then sat vacant, some for years.

Despite requests from San Jose officials and neighborhood groups to build a bullet-train station underground at Diridon station, high-speed rail leaders confirmed on Friday that the station would most likely be constructed above current train tracks.

One of the nicest things about the holidays is that we tend to spend more time with our loved ones.

When Lisa Morris and Vicky Malvini, co-owners of the Bella James boutique, decided to move their women's apparel shop two doors down from their location inside the Garden Theatre complex in San Jose's Willow Glen district, they looked forward to greater visibility for their business along busy Lincoln Avenue.

Sixty feet off the ground, Straun Edwards was lacing a strand of Christmas lights around a redwood branch, looking focused but as confident and comfortable as if his feet were firmly planted on the ground.

Whether or not you think it's too early for Christmas , the Downtown WG Business Association is going all-in this season starting today with the delivery of 75 live Christmas Trees to downtown merchants.

Back when this was the Valley of Heart's Delight, everyone was a locavore. So it makes sense for History San Jose to put a new, close-to-home spin on its annual Heritage Holiday event Dec.

Living tree yet to be decorated in front of Hicklebee's Bookstore in Willow Glen is part of a partnership with Our City Forest.

The bottom shelf of the frozen waffle section is empty on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

Santa's already in the window at La Villa Delicatessen, not far from the swinging salami.

In a random little strip mall just outside of Willow Glen you will find a little store that is really a diamond in the rough.

While we can't reproduce the whole paper online, here are some of the bigger headlines from Friday, November 6, 2009: City backs off idea for elevated train in Delmas Park area Some worry aerial tracks would halve neighborhood Cover Story: Taking a 'Spaycation' Dr.

Scott Wright of San Jose said police used force after he reached in his van to wash his hands.

The new San Jose - Willow Glen Lions Club held its Charter Night event last weekend.

Just when she really needed them, about 40 pairs of hands - and strong arms and sturdy backs - arrived Saturday to help Inez Gibino clean up her San Jose home.

Q Can you ask California Highway Patrol or San Jose police officers where are their favorite places to eat breakfast? I've noticed that some of my favorite places will always have officers eating there.

State officials looking to shoot 220-mph bullet trains through densely populated neighborhoods in San Jose - with the least resistance from residents - are shopping four alternatives to the original route along existing Caltrain tracks.

From a goblin fundraiser to a green Halloween celebration to a books for treats exchange... there's lots of Halloween spirit to be found this month in northern California.

Edith Sasaki and her husband Henry, owners of at Excel Printing, at their office in San Jose, Calif.