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SJPL Picks Rec News: January 2025

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Lightning at Sharks (game 41): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks host the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight looking for a little revenge. The Sharks are in the midst of the team's worst losing streak of the season and have a chance to snap it agai...

Sharks Win! Snap Losing Streak in 2-1 Win Over Lightning

The San Jose Sharks welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning into SAP Center. Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro scored, and the Sharks win 2-1! Period 1 3 in: Ferraro, Liljegren, Kostin, and Zetterlund go th...

SJHN Daily: Yzerman Didn’t ‘Put In the Work’ Before Walman Trade?

Did Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman do his due diligence when he traded Jake Walman away? Frank Seravalli says no. “There were teams that would have [taken] less, or some would have even consid...

Preview/Lines #41: How Can Vlasic Help Sharks? Vanecek & Grundstrom Update

When will Marc-Edouard Vlasic play again? That seemed to be a big question mark as recently as yesterday. The answer is today, apparently. The veteran defenseman, after skating on his own since la...

January Book of the Month: Don’t Let the Forest In

Don't Let the Forest in 336p. Gr. 10+  Can’t wait for the second season of Wednesday? Don’t Let the Forest In has the macabre private school setting, teens that may or may not be in love with each...

Welcome to 2025!

We're officially in the future! 2025 sounds like a year where we should be driving flying cars and vacationing on Mars. It seems like we are well on our way to that kind of future, even if it's la...

Meet Your Reading Goals in 2025

Is reading more a goal for you this year? Our library experts have come together to help you!

Sharks, NHL Scouts Impressed by Collin Graf’s Instant Pro Success (+)

Collin Graf has impressed more than the San Jose Sharks organization. Of course, it starts with the Sharks, who signed the 22-year-old winger out of Quinnipiac, after a gaudy 49 points in just 34 ...

Monday 1/20: Trump Inauguration Day Protest: Build the Movement against Trump!

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Vlasic Has Been Practicing for Over a Month — When Will He Play Again?

Marc-Edouard Vlasic has been practicing since mid-November, but according to the San Jose Sharks, there’s still no timeline for his return to action. Vlasic missed the beginning of training camp w...

New Year's Eve in San Jose

Hope you all have a fun and safe end to 2024! If you are still looking for things to do, there are some last minute suggestions over here.

Preview/Lines #40: Celebrini Praises Michkov, Eklund & Walman Progressing

Macklin Celebrini is facing his closest Calder Trophy competition in consecutive contests. And he had plenty of nice things to say about them. On Tuesday, the San Jose Sharks star is taking on per...

SJHN Daily: Chernyshov Should Play Soon, Top 2025 Draft D-Man Suffers Serious Injury

Igor Chernyshov is on the way back. The 2024 San Jose Sharks' second-round pick, out since August after shoulder surgery, has been skating recently at Sharks Ice, as part of his rehabilitation. He...

Maintaining our streams to protect our community from flooding

Valley Water crews worked throughout Santa Clara County this past summer and fall, maintaining our creeks as part of our Stream Maintenance Program. Our work in the creeks is dedicated to enhancin...

SJPL Staff: Our Favorite Books of 2024

Before the new year, let's see SJPL library staff's Top Reads this year! You'll find books of all genres, format, and types!

Flyers at Sharks (game 40): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks have a chance to end 2024 on a high note when the team plays host to the Philadelphia Flyers this evening. The last time these two teams met was on Nov. 11, when the Flyers won...

Unhappy New Year: Sharks End 2024 on 8-Game Losing Streak

The San Jose Sharks welcome the Philadelphia Flyers into SAP Center on New Year's Eve. The Flyers, however, shut out the Sharks 4-0. Period 1 3 in: Tough shift for Ferraro, multiple occasions to g...

Subscriber Mailbag: Ask Us Anything!

It's mid-season for the San Jose Sharks! The San Jose Hockey Now Podcast will once again take your questions in a special subscriber mailbag. Subscribers, just drop your questions in the comments ...

Sharks Locker Room: Despite 8-Game Skid, San Jose in Good Place, Really

The San Jose Sharks are in a good place right now. Really. Rock-bottom for the Sharks was last year, when they were the second-worst team of the salary cap era with a .287 Points %. Their -150 Goa...

Monday 1/6: Yoga for Activists

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Friday 1/3: Palestine: A People, A Culture, A Heritage

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The Joy of News Reading

Reading Wisely Cures Misinformation Your local library will tell you that more reading will cure what ails you. But if an overwhelming political news cycle has left you avoiding the news altogethe...

What Can Celebrini, Sharks Learn From Losing Streak?

Macklin Celebrini says that he’s never experienced a losing streak this long. The San Jose Sharks have dropped seven in a row, heading into a New Year’s Eve match-up against the Philadelphia Flyer...

GM Grier’s top 10 trades of 2024

Rundowns at the end of the year are popular, so we're going to throw one together for the trades completed by General Manager Mike Grier in 2024. His teardown is practically done, and now we're in...

SJHN Daily: Celebrini on After Hours, Sharks & Blackhawks Leading Race for No. 1 Pick Again

Macklin Celebrini joined Scott Oake on Sportsnet's "After Hours"! There were plenty of fun revelations in this 18-minute interview, conducted after the San Jose Sharks' 3-1 loss to the Calgary Fla...

Zetterlund Wants To Stay With Sharks…What’s Next Step in His Evolution? (+)

Fabian Zetterlund wants to be a part of the solution for the San Jose Sharks. Recently, San Jose Hockey Now reported that the Sharks and pending RFA Fabian Zetterlund had begun talks on a new cont...

Winter Reading: National Hobby Month

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Community Engagement – Fall 2024

The San José Public Library is committed to connecting and listening to San Jose residents. One way we do this is by visiting public events and talking to resid

New Year's resolutions in San Jose

It's almost that time and SJ Today has some great food for thought on how to achieve your New Year's resolutions in San Jose. They list out ideas for everything from spending more quality tim...

Sharks Locker Room: Did Kostin Make Right Decision To Try To Fight Pospisil?

“Not right now! Not right now! Not right now! You gotta play!” That’s what color commentator Drew Remenda urged, after Klim Kostin tried to fight Martin Pospisil with three minutes left, San Jose ...

Quick bites: Sharks offense flames out in seventh straight loss

The San Jose Sharks losing streak has run up to seven games, the team's second seven game losing streak this season. On Saturday night, the Sharks lost to the Calgary Flames 3-1, in an effort that...

Noon Year's Eve at Happy Hollow

There are not a lot of kid-friendly options for New Year's Eve, but there is one great one at San Jose's Happy Hollow Park and Zoo. They are doing a "Noon Year's Eve" with a countdown to noon inst...

Sharks Locker Room: What Does San Jose Have To Learn About Winning in NHL? A Lot

"We don't know what it takes to win in this league." You can’t argue with head coach Ryan Warsofsky, after the San Jose Sharks dropped their sixth in a row, 6-3, to the Vegas Golden Knights. Shaki...

Flames at Sharks (game 39): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The string of games the San Jose Sharks have been playing in the past few weeks does not get any easier tonight. Once again, the Sharks will face off with a team battling for a playoff position, t...

Sharks pay tribute to Tomas Hertl in return to SJ

The San Jose Sharks paid tribute to Tomas Hertl last night, marking the forward's first game in San Jose since the February trade last season. While Hertl approached the game with trepidation and ...

Quick bites: Bad trend rising

The San Jose Sharks have lost another game, this time to the Vegas Golden Knights. While the 6-3 score is bad, the fact that the Sharks lost the team's sixth straight game after leading heading in...

Celebrini Takes Rookie Goal Scoring Lead, But Sharks Lose 7th Straight

The San Jose Sharks welcome the Calgary Flames into SAP Center. Macklin Celebrini scored, but the Flames edged the Sharks 3-1. Period 1 Saw a Hertl Cali Fin jersey. Whoops. (He never wore it, they...

Celebrini, Smith on Origin of Their Viral LeBron-Inspired TikTok

Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith are surprised by how much their TikTok team-up blew up. On Thursday, Smith dropped a TikTok which re-enacted a viral LeBron James video. Macklin Celebrini and Will...

Preview/Lines #39: Why’s Kovalenko Out? Vanecek Injury Revealed, Askarov-Wolf Duel

Klim Kostin is going from IR to the first line. The big winger, out with an upper-body injury since Dec. 12, is back in the line-up with center Mikael Granlund and winger Tyler Toffoli. “He can ge...