Willow Glen News

Sales have soared for Amazon's Kindle e-reader. Amazon says the Kindle is the most purchased gift in the company's history and e-books outsold paper books on Christmas Day for the first time ever.

A new fire station near Lincoln Glen Park took a step forward as the San Jose City Council hired BFGC Architecture to begin drafting designs.

Plenty of riders dressed up for San Jose Bike Party’s “Scarf Ride” on Dec.

On the day before Christmas break, my students gave to me: A disoriented mouse. Pre-tasted goodies.

Valley Credit Union President Keith Reynolds says the members deserve much of the praise for the institution's revitalization under a new parent company.

Wikimedia Commons. Christmas lights in Dublin, CA. Another San Jose holiday tradition is taking an evening drive to look at the Christmas lights .

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.