Elevation profile on Google bike directions

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Check it out: Google Maps has added an elevation profile to their bicycle directions. The directions also tell you how much elevation you’ll gain and lose on the selected route. My bike directions map mashup does the same thing, except it doesn’t work anymore. It looks like the Mapquest part of it is completely broken […]

Council Candidates appear at San Jose Bike Party

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Of five mayor and council candidates who promised to appear at last night’s San Jose Bike Party, eight either showed up or sent a campaign representative to ask participants to “vote for me” in the primaries coming up on June 3, 2014. The candidates are running for mayor and council seats for the city of […]

TONIGHT: San Jose City Council Candidates at San Jose Bike Party

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Five candidates for San Jose City Council say they’ll be at San Jose Bike Party tonight at 7:30. They are D1 candidate Susan Marsland, D3 candidates Don Gagliardi and Kathy Sutherland,   and Mayoral candidates Dave Cortese and Rose Herrera. Per I Walk I Bike I Vote, which contacted the campaign offices of these candidates and […]

A tale of two prosecutors: Bob Lee and George Gascon

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When Navindra Kumar Jain lost control of his Tesla last November and accidentally killed cyclist Josh Alper on California Highway 1 last November, the Santa Cruz County prosecutor’s office wasted no time in investigating the crash independent of the police investigation.