Tommy O’Hare, a former U.S. Olympian and most recently the general manager of ClipperVision, is San Jose’s new sports and events director.

Developers hope to gallop to the finish line to complete a San Jose hotel in time for a big Nvidia conference downtown.

If December is a time of merry indulgence, then January is an exercise in restraint. It takes a disciplined music fan to spend their money wisely amid the new year’s onslaught of show announcements, ...