Metro Issue: Oct 12–Oct 18, 2021

Cover Story
Think Simple.
Global technology's most influential figure stayed true to his vision and close to home
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back to topA New Occupation

Members of Occupy San Jose have been camping on the City Hall plaza since Oct. 2 to protest economic inqequalities in this country.
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back to topSilicon Alleys: Kickin’ It

A new exhibit at San Jose City Hall charts the storied history of soccer in San Jose
read more420: Feds Crack Down

San Jose pot pot dispensaries have a lot more to worry about than the city’s new regulations as U.S. attorneys in California announced last week a coordinated crackdown on the state’s cannabis clubs
read moreMusic & Nightlife
back to topPunk Rock Remix

From mixtapes to stage setups, Redwood City's Comadre takes a new approach to hardcore
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back to topHigh-Water Mark

TheatreWorks explores one family’s response to the tragedy of Katrina in ‘Clementine in the Lower 9’
read moreMad Love

Northside Theatre delivers an emotionally draining new production of Sam Shepard’s ‘Fool for Love’
read moreLoop Dreams

The looping festival that helped spark a musical revolution returns to the South Bay
read moreLife in Concert

‘Life,' the ambitious multimedia collaboration between Frans Lanting and Philip Glass that premiered at the Cabrillo Festival in 2006, is finally returning to the Bay Area
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back to topStormy Weather

Michael Shannon plays a stressed-out dad with big fears in taut ‘Take Shelter’
read moreStoned

The Poppy Jasper film festival is “the festival that really rocks”: the egregious pun refers to the semiprecious stone only found in the Morgan Hill area
read moreBird Brains

Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black are so good they can make bird-watching funny in ‘The Big Year’
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back to topLive Feed: Green Carts

Trendy food trucks roll across Silicon Valley in ever-greater numbers, but now there’s an effort afoot to bring a new kind of mobile food to the South Bay
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