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BEHIND THE RIFF: COME OUT AND PLAY (THE OFFSPRING)

Join my guest, Noodles, guitarist for The Offspring, as he takes us behind the riff in “Come Out And Play,” and in the process, reveals his reaction when he first heard the addition of the line, “You gotta keep...

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Where In San Jose You Could Find A SNAKE in Your Home

I saw a cockroach in my home recently. Disgusting. Oh, and I saw a rat too…and spiders. Yep. But snakes? Never. You? No? Good. If we want to keep it that way, we better think long and hard before we move to where...

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Where To Get Your Free Ice Cream On Sunday

Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, and you don’t even have to leave your car to get free ice cream if you go through the drive-thru at the Baskin Robbins on Campbell Ave. in the Nob Hill/Capers Shopping Center! But...

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How To Get A Job With the Sharks!

I say a cool job would be inflating that Sharks head behind me in the pic! What about you? Would you want to be full-time or part-time? Building security? Usher? Cook? Sharks Streen Team? Suite Concierge? Parking...

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The Pruneyard: First El Burro, now another fav closing

Alert! Eat here soon! The new owners of The Pruneyard in Campbell did not keep El Burro, and now we learn they’re not keeping another local favorite. New management wants a fresh new look and fresh new food. That...

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Warning: Snakes found in Pool Noodles!

The family that was shocked to find a snake crawling out of a pool noodle didn’t find anything as big as a Boa constrictor like I’m holding in the photo (taken in the KFOX studios), but word is it was just...

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Why Some Shark Fans Are At Brent Burns’ House This Summer

The San Jose Sharks just traded players and acquired players. The big name players are still with the Sharks: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski, and Joe Thornton, but what are they doing over the summer? And if they’re...

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2 FREE Easy Parenting Tips YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

Just in time for Father’s Day, my article, “Treat Your Kid Like A Rock Star,” is the feature cover story in the June issue of Growing Up, which will run my column monthly. I’m a parent of two...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture Food/Drink South Bay

Where Dads Eat FREE for Father’s Day

Can you tell where I took that pic of Wienerschnitzel? In Campbell on Bascom Ave. next to Taco Bravo. I will eat free on Father’s Day at either that one, or the one on Camden Ave. near highway 17, because, first...

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You Might Save A Life with ONE SENTENCE

Why the pic of the cool car? Read on…. It’s so sad to hear about Anthony Bourdain taking his own life. Sadly, I have experience with depression and suicide in my family and with my friends. When we hear...

BEHIND THE RIFF: COME OUT AND PLAY (THE OFFSPRING)

Where In San Jose You Could Find A SNAKE in Your Home

Where To Get Your Free Ice Cream On Sunday

How To Get A Job With the Sharks!

The Pruneyard: First El Burro, now another fav closing

Warning: Snakes found in Pool Noodles!

Why Some Shark Fans Are At Brent Burns’ House This Summer

2 FREE Easy Parenting Tips YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

Where Dads Eat FREE for Father’s Day

You Might Save A Life with ONE SENTENCE

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