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11 Peninsula trails to keep you cool this summer

To help beat the heat this summer, we’ve compiled a list of Peninsula trails to keep cool, from shady spots with redwood canopies to breezy oceanside locations nestled in fog. Whether you’re hiking, running, biking, horseback riding or camping, these trails have you covered.

Here’s how you can celebrate the Fourth of July around Silicon Valley

This Independence Day, enjoy parades, fireworks, artistic displays, live music and much more on the Peninsula. Here’s your complete guide to Independence Day 2023.

Celebrate Pride, head to the redwoods and taste beer in Burlingame: Here’s what’s happening in June

Here are 10 ways to spend the month of June around the San Francisco Peninsula, from Pride Month and Juneteenth activities to fairs and an air show.

9 ways to spend Memorial Day weekend on the Peninsula

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.

Peninsula residents overwhelmingly supported marijuana legalization. So where are all the dispensaries?

Despite 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.

Readers share their most memorable Peninsula dining experiences

To celebrate the Peninsula Foodist's 100th newsletter, we asked our readers to tell us their most memorable experience at a Peninsula restaurant.

How Peninsula residents have transformed their yards with native gardens

The Six Fifty checked out three gardens on the Growing Natives Garden Tour and spoke with participants about what motivated their decisions to garden with native plants and advice they'd give people who are considering doing the same.

10 Peninsula restaurants offering Easter brunch feasts

Springtime has arrived on the Peninsula, which means Easter is on its way. Here are 10 spots pulling out all the stops for their Easter brunch festivities.

How three chefs are looking to turn a restaurant nestled in the redwoods atop Skyline into the Peninsula’s next dining destination

Following a two and a half year hiatus after owners Jerry and Lorraine Olson closed the restaurant in August 2020 amid shifting regulations and economic impacts during the pandemic, three new chefs have teamed up to bring a new concept to The Mountain House, offering "country coastal cuisine" and cocktails with forest views.

Inside the wacky ways Peninsula communities are trying to skirt new housing

Here are five of the most unique approaches that residents and politicians in Peninsula communities have taken to push back against adding new homes within city limits.