According to the Mercury News: Amid the worst budget crisis in city history, with even police officers worried for their jobs, city leaders last fall said San Jose’s gem of a skate park — California’s largest — would have to either be left as an unstaffed free-for-all, privatized or possibly even padlocked. Heaven forbid an unstaffed free-for-all! Then it would be just like every public skatepark in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin, and probably a few other states too. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

The Second Annual Skate The Lake Summer Contest Series kicks off this weekend on Saturday at the Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark in San Jose. Registration begins at 2:30 p.m.; contest begins at 3:30 p.m. Entry fee is $10. Events for this year include Street, Best Trick, Mini Bowl, and Main Bowl (Travelodge for June). For more information, call LCRSP at (408) 794-SKATe (7528) or check the flyer after the jump. – Thanks to event sponsor Weirdo Skateboards for the tip.

This week’s Shot of the Week is from Steve Potwin, who captured Steve Caballero on the monolith at San Jose’s Lake Cunningham skatepark. I actually saw this on Caballero’s blog. You need to see the full frame shot to get a sense of how GNARLY this is. Check out the Shot of the Week. And then go see Potwin on MySpace, he’s got more pictures and some animated sequences too.

Friend of the site Weirdo Skateboards is also one of the sponsors of a contest series at Lake Cunningham skate park. More info at sjparks.org, or check the flier after the jump. I hear that Cab is a regular there. Sure would be a bummer to have to skate against him, huh?