Willow Glen News

Among the easiest is the Fresh & Easy Shop for Schools Program, which during 2011 raised more than $17,500 for 15 San Jose schools.

Photo courtesy of Running Press Cheryl Sternman Rule, author of RIPE: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables, will be at the Willow Glen Framers Market on June 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., selling and autographing her book.

A portrait of Gina Pena of San Jose at Willow Glen Tanning on May 25, 2012. Pena gets her tanning done throughout the year except the winter season.

The Willow Glen Business Association presents theA 17th Annual Dancin' on the Avenue Festival , Saturday, June 23, 3:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.. Dancin' on the Avenue is a summer evening full of music, food, drinks, dance acts, and kids' activities, all located along Lincoln Avenue in beautiful downtown Willow Glen.

It's Wednesday afternoon nearing 5 p.m. and Sara Quast is at the Cambrian Park Farmers Market with her two small children and a woven basket filled with fresh fruit and produce.

Moveable Feast organizes several food truck meet ups throughout the week in the South Bay, including meet ups on Friday evening and Saturday for lunch.

The District 6 public meeting on San Jose's budget takes place May 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Willow Glen Community and Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave.

Treehouse in the Glen, the toy store that put an emphasis on natural materials, domestic manufacturing and encouraging children to use their imaginations, is closing.

Investigators have ruled out connections between the disappearance of Morgan Hill-area teen Sierra LaMar and two kidnapping or luring attempts of other teenage girls in the Bay Area, which have been highlighted because of similarities in the descriptions of a vehicle believed to be connected with Sierra's disappearance.

Do you walk out into your backyard and just stare at the place, stretching your mind in every direction trying to imagine what you might actually want to plant there? Instead of racking your brains to reveal the ideal landscape, take advantage of National Public Gardens Day to visit local public gardens and other accessible places to fuel your ... (more)

A portrait of Ed Rathmann, the owner of Willow Street Wood Fired Pizza at his restaurant in San Jose on April 24, 2012.

A Santa Clara man suffered fatal injuries after a chain reaction vehicle crash took place in the Willow Glen area Friday morning.

One person died in a traffic accident died near a Willow Glen shopping center Friday morning, San Jose police said.