The Six Fifty

by Sara Hayden October 21, 2021

Downtown Menlo Park

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Cheese, wine and ‘the best gelato’: French-inspired outdoor market opens in Menlo Park

French-inspired outdoor market opens in Menlo Park

by THE SIX FIFTY staff October 21, 2021

Congresswoman Barbara Lee holds her fist up at a solidarity George Floyd protest event in Oakland.

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International film festival brings documentaries back to Peninsula theaters

International film festival brings documentaries back to Peninsula theaters

by Sara Hayden October 20, 2021

RiSean "Bookie" Tinsley and Denzel Jackson hold the beers they have created in collaboration with local breweries.

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Home brews to home base: Brewing With Brothas aims to open East Palo Alto taproom

Homebrews to home base: Brewing With Brothas aims to open first microbrewery in East Palo Alto

by THE SIX FIFTY staff October 14, 2021

Zoppe Circus next generation

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How the Zoppé family built a Redwood City circus legacy

The intergenerational performing artists breathe new life into the big top

by Sara Hayden October 13, 2021

Seasonal crab cake at Mezzaluna in Half Moon Bay

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Made from scratch: Mezzaluna chef chats career and seaside Italian fare

José Dolores Marquez and team found a “little hometown” in Half Moon Bay

by Emily Olson October 13, 2021

Nicole Stott

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Meet the NASA astronaut who became a climate change activist after seeing the earth from outer space

Ahead of her Kepler’s talk on Oct. 19, astronaut, engineer and aquanaut Nicole Stott talks jury duty, watercoloring and how to save the world from space