Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial kickoff to summer for those too eager to wait for the solstice June 21. Here are nine ways to spend the long weekend.
Read MoreIn July 2022, Cliff and Natalie Whearley leased the ground floor of a historic building in Redwood City. It is now the headquarters for Whearley & Co., a one-stop shop for real estate, home staging and shopping.
Read MoreKeep up a nearly 30-year correspondence with anyone and you'll get to know a lot about them. But for investigative journalist and Palo Alto-based author Geri Spieler, who traded letters for 28 years with would-be presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore, she also discovered the ways in which Moore was unknowable, by her own design — as well as the things she couldn't hide about herself.
Read MoreEric Kneeland’s job requires a lot of screen time. It’s not, however, the type that involves hours staring at a computer: Kneeland is the founder of Black Stamp Studios, a Princeton-by-the-Sea art studio and print shop producing custom screen prints and hand-painted signs.
Read MoreDespite the passage of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, cities and counties statewide continue to waffle over the cannabis question. Silicon Valley is no exception.
Read MoreHidden off of Big Basin Way near downtown Saratoga, Hakone Estate and Gardens feels like a secret oasis in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills.
Read MoreRedwood City couple Megan Gardner and Taylor Pope are spreading joy around their neighborhood with their homemade inflatable dragons.
Read MoreAlthough Molly Tuttle moved out of the Golden State more than a decade ago, the acclaimed musician will always be a California girl at heart – and in the hearts of her Peninsula family, friends and fans. The Palo Alto-raised Tuttle and her band Golden Highway will be back for a pair of concerts at The Guild Theatre on April 1 and 2.
Read MoreEach year, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional nonprofit think tank, publishes its Silicon Valley Index, a report chock-full of data points attempting to paint a point-in-time portrait of the region. This year's data points confirmed a lot of what I'd observed anecdotally in my own circles: Essentials like housing, transportation, food and child care feel more expensive than ever.
Read MoreWhile the rain may not be done with us yet, spring's arrival on March 20 ushers in the return of more outdoor festivals and seasonal events and brings us that much closer to the long, warm days of summer. Here are 15 events this spring we have circled on the calendar.
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