Portland’s coolest ice cream shop sets up on the Peninsula

Six things to know about Salt & Straw’s new outpost in Burlingame Salt & Straw’s Breakaway Matcha & Black Raspberry flavor, made with matcha tea from San Rafael’s Breakaway Matcha and roasted berry jam. (Image by ...

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Wonder what Warhol’s Instagram would have looked like?

Wonder what Warhol’s Instagram would have looked like? Stanford‘s exclusive new exhibit gives a glimpse. The iconic artist was a photo fanatic who engaged the visual age to come. Andy Warhol (U.S.A., 1928–1987): From left, Liza Minnelli, 1977. Polaroid™ ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas on growing up undocumented in Mountain View

Jose Antonio Vargas, touring with new book, explores America’s immigration paradox by Mark Noack //Illustration by Kaz Palladino (Original 650 Illustration by Kaz Paladino/Awkward Affections) After leaving the Philippines as a child, Jose Antonio Vargas settled in Mountain ...

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In the ring with local MMA fighter (and mother) Keri Melendez

Brisbane-based kickboxer and Bellator MMA fighter Keri Melendez is a two-sport professional athlete eyeing a pioneering role in women’s MMA...with team support from her eight-year-old daughter. Keri Melendez (right) hits Thai striking pads held by her ...

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Native American photographer Dugan Aguilar captures the “living culture” of indigenous Californians

Santa Clara University’s de Saisset Museum reconsiders popular perceptions of Native Californians in new photography exhibit. Cousin Fred, Truckee, 1982. (Image courtesy of Dugan Aguilar and Exhibit Envoy) The U.S. government currently acknowledges 109 different Native American tribes ...

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Class of 1918: Stories from the Stanford Photo Archive

Trials and tales from the student body of a century ago. Japanese Students Association. (Courtesy of the Stanford Historical Photograph Collection) As the start of classes this week begins the new school year at Stanford University, The Six ...

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