Vice Mayor Greg Scharff said he would like to protect all existing retail and does not want to prohibit personal service uses. “I think we’re basically very blessed with a vibrant downtown scene and just want to fill in the holes,” Scharff said. Councilwoman Karen Holman made a motion that staff research limiting the number of hair and nail salons, gyms and other personal service uses on University Avenue, which she said tend to increase in number during economic downturns. Mayor Pat Burt agreed, saying such shops have high turnover rates and do not add to the vitality of downtown.

At its heart, the festival is rooted in jazz, In fact, the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, as it ballet shoe for middle blythe / obitsu 11 was once called, was the biggest jazz festival in the country, But the past several years have focused on younger generations with country, blues, soul, rock and a Friday night headliner, This year it’s Tower of Power, “We’re going after younger bands these days, but the festival is still about traditional jazz,” Testa says, “You get exposed to it once you’re here.”..

The opening weekend hours are Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a free artist reception on opening day from 2-4 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 13 from 1-4 p.m. Participating artists are: Amy Schmidt, Angela Denise Allen Simms, Betty Espindola, Beverly Knight, Beverly Turner, Carol Jurczak, Dan Kennedy, Easy Gonzalez, Gloria Cannon, Joel Summerhill, Julia Starr, Kay Kirby, Michele Eakin, Paul Schorr, Shirley DiMercurio, Richard Meyer, Sandy Gangwer, Anna Chunn, Ron Kronewitter, Sherry Cullison, Milian Correa, Richard Edwin Meyer, Jessica Boriack, Arturo Garcia, Clyde Cox, D.D. Chabot, Mary Negrete, Prudence Capelle, Elizabeth Westfall, Michele Brady, Adele Boyer, Karen Nelson Kelly and Paul Yang.

VIA SERVICES OUTROARS THE ROARING ’20S: More than 450 people stepped back into the Jazz Age for the 23rd annual Via Ball, a “Great Gatsby”-themed black-tie affair that was held Feb, 24 at Villa Ragusa in Campbell, Former KBAY morning show host Lissa Kreisler kept things rolling as emcee, as the guests enjoyed dinner, a live auction and dancing to Velvet Plum, But Via ballet shoe for middle blythe / obitsu 11 Services CEO Leslie Davis says the highlight of the evening was hearing the Ann and JD Drosche share their story of adopting 17 special-needs children over two decades, many of whom still attend camp at Via Services as young adults..

Broadway San Jose is bringing the 21st-century tour of the 1970s musical about the 1950s to the Center for the Performing Arts this week, and there’s a lot going on beyond the shows. Members of the Bay Area Thunderbird Owners Club, the oldest Thunderbird club in existence, will be parking their classic cars in front of the center for opening night Tuesday. After seeing the actual T-Birds outside, audiences can enjoy the musical T-Birds on stage along with a seven-eighths-scale Thunderbird model during “Greased Lightning.”.