Scenes from Silicon Valley: take a visual tour of the Peninsula’s Covid-19 response

The line of hundreds of customers starts to move as Costco opens in Mountain View on the morning of March 15, 2020. The line serpentined through much of the parking lot. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) Six Fifty/Palo Alto Weekly photographer Magali Gauthier puts on a corona-sweater to get the shot Toss that day’s used masks and gloves in the garbage. Sanitize hands. Wipe down camera, laptop and car with disinfecting wipes. Remove sweater. ...

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Grappling with the best: Girls at Menlo-Atherton wrestle with Olympic excellence

United States national women’s wrestling team coach Terry Steiner demonstrates a recovery technique on Menlo-Atherton High School women’s wrestling on-mat caption sophomore Alex Lujan during a training clinic held at M-A on Jan. 4. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) Famed coach Terry Steiner teaches high schoolers about adversity on and off the mat “I’m not spending my life’s work in the sport of wrestling because we’re chasing gold medals.” As the coach of the United States ...

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Photos: Check out the vintage WWII planes on display at Moffett Field

Visitors walk around the North American B-25 Mitchell on display at the Wings of Freedom Tour at Moffett Federal Airfield on May 20. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) The Wings of Freedom Tour lands in Mountain View for Memorial Day Story by Mark Noack & Pics by Magali Gauthier (Mountain View Voice) They may be old, but they can still take to the skies. An antique fleet of World War II aircraft is on display at ...

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“Don’t dream it. Be it.” Get to know Silicon Valley’s Rocky Horror Picture Show troupe

The Bawdy Caste members Michael Delfino, Julie Shepard, Nina Loschiavo and Tim Sturm play Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Columbia, Magenta and Riff Raff in front of a screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Guild Theatre on April 6. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) It’s Saturday night, and The Bawdy Caste is all dressed up for the legendary B-Movie cult classic At midnight on the first Saturday of every month, restless fans line up ...

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Foothill College’s KFJC radio station celebrates 60 years of outsider audio

Jennifer Waits, KFJC’s publicity director who’s also known as DJ Cynthia Lombard, introduces music on the air during her show at the station, located at Foothill College, on April 2. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) “Flesh-peeling noise”: Foothill College’s KFJC radio station celebrates 60 years of outsider audio Go behind-the-scenes with the boundary-pushing Peninsula broadcaster that has spent decades challenging our ears beyond the mainstream. Story by Kevin Forestieri // Images by Magali Gauthier Like many residents ...

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Catching the Golden Snitch: Meet Silicon Valley’s star quidditch players

Kyle Pickett, a player for the Bay Area Breakers, squeezes his broom between his legs to throw the quaffle into a hoop during a quidditch practice at Stanford University in Palo Alto on April 6, 2016. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) Check out photos and video of the spirited Hogwarts-oriented competition on the SF Peninsula. Quidditch games aren’t just played in “Harry Potter” books — they’re taking place at Mountain View and Palo Alto parks. The Bay ...

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