Beach pollution on the San Francisco Peninsula has worsened for years, perplexing local surfers, scientists and officials.
Read MoreKyle Bozicevic can’t stop trying to brew something we’ve never tasted before. Lucky us. From left: Recent Alpha Acid can releases—their popular sour, Passion Fruit Belmonter, and Brosaic double IPA; the very slickly-named 650 IPA. (Images via the Alpha Acid Instagram account) Kyle Bozicevic’s beer career started with a minor legal hurdle. Enrolled at Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz and not yet 21, Bozicevic (pronounced Boz-eh-vick) had to endure the indignity of asking ...
Read MoreTiny local roasters are making the SF Peninsula’s coffee scene a little more interesting and a lot more fun. Hill of Beans: Indianpeaberry green coffee beans (pre-roasted) on the left, and roasted Bali Vintage beans on the right, at Emerald Hills Cafe & Roastery. (Photo by Michelle Le) Like a lot of other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Vikram Shirvastava and Rekha Shivapa’s founder story began at their shared day job — he in hardware, she in software — centered ...
Read MoreLure+Till brunch via IG: pcbeller Silicon Valley restaurants come and go (high rents, scarce labor, fickle customers), so it doesn’t pay to get too attached. But Lure+Till managed something surprising for Palo Alto: to simultaneously be a comfortable hangout and a place to be seen. The restaurant will close January 2 and for fans who knew its secret, we need to take a moment to say farewell. Lure+Till opened with, and inside, the ...
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