Metro Silicon Valley | December 27, 2006-January 2, 2007

December 27, 2006-January 2, 2007

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2006: Year of Living Safely
Cultural learnings of 2006 for make benefit glorious Valley of Silicon.

San Jose's City Hall scandals
From the files of The Fly, the year in scandals—from the decline and fall of a mayor to an election that felt just like starting over.

Silicon Alleys' year in review
Gary looks back on a year of writing dangerously—especially when the Elks are reading.

North San Jose redevelopment project
City planners envision an ultramodern north San Jose, but neighbors think the dream city of the future might turn into a nightmare of traffic and high-rises.

The Fly: 12.27.06
San Jose has been scrambling for political cover since Metro revealed that SJ has the least swimming pools per resident of any big city in America.

Silicon Alleys: Rudy Rucker
No one else can combine Santa Cruz surf culture with cutting-edge mathematics and find some way to ridicule Republicans, all in the same paragraph.

Technology News: New Year's resolutions for geeks
Next year, Annalee Newitz will spend at least one weekend doing nothing but sitting in front of the TV and practicing her death moves.

2006: The year in movies
The cinema of 2006 celebrated lies and lying liars—would we lie to you about the year's best?

Cult Leader: Cult greats who died in 2006
Giving some greats their due.

This Week's Revivals

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2006: The year in music
From yodeling coke whores to stolen tombstones—2006 left music lovers with a mixed bag.

Music Preview: The Odd Numbers
Don't call it a comeback. They've been here for years.

Musicbox
Our critics pick this week's rockingest shows: Trailer Park Troubadours, The Forgotten and Flipsyde.

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Restaurant Review: Hatcho
The Santa Clara Japanese restaurant is an outpost of authentic Japanese cooking.

Live Feed: The year in food
A list of 2006's tastiest dishes.

5 Things to Love: Restaurants up above it all
If the holidays have you feeling like you need to head to the hills and get away from it all, consider a meal at one of these top spots.

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Author Profile: Nathaniel Mackey
The National Book Award winner talks about poetry, jazz and beauty in discord.

Visual Arts Review: 'The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air'
Asawa's sculptures create volumes of meaning from lines in space.

Letters to the Editor
December 27, 2006-January 2, 2007.